Miners at the Santa Lucia mine, near the town of Pola de Gordon, launched a 48-hour work stoppage as they recalled the horror of a methane gas leak that swiftly killed six coal workers in the troubled industry's deadliest accident in 18 years. Another five injured workers were taken to hospital and are in a stable condition. The trade union confederations CCOO and UGT urged the National Commission for Mining Safety to investigate urgently and to take measures to prevent further such disasters.
English: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/29/spanish-miners-go-on-strike-after-gas-leak ...
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-1-211174-Spain-miners-halt-work-after-methane ...
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The Ryanair Pilot Group, a group that claims to represent more than 50% of Ryanair pilots in Europe, has called on the company to enter into negotiations on industrial relations and professional matters. The group is asking for a basic contract that covers all pilots. RPG held its first conference in Brussels. Directly after, one of the its leaders, who attended the conference, was fired by Ryanair after appearing in a Channel 4 documentary that discussed aspects of the airline's operations.
English: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-29/ryanair-pilot-group-calls-on-o-leary ...
http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1029/483268-ryanair-pilots/
The EU's biggest coal miner, Kompania Weglowa, plans to shed almost half of its 15 mines and cut more than 7,000 jobs by 2020 in a bid to restore profitability. Kompania Weglowa would like to reduce the employment level ultimately to about 50,000 from the more than 57,000 now and has planned to present the restructuring plan to its workers' representatives by 19 November. Trade unions at the company have already said they are prepared to strike over the threat of job losses.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/poland-coal ...
Over 1,000 workers of `Fabrika automobila Priboj' (FAP), an automotive manufacturer, blocked the railway line connecting Belgrade to the south Adriatic port of Bar in Montenegro in protest against long-overdue payment of wages and salaries, failure to renew workers' healthcare cards and lack of work. The strike committee leader said `workers will stay there until their demands are met or a senior government official speaks to them'. In the same week workers of the transport company Autosaobracaj spent the night on buses they used to block the main road and railway line connecting Kragujevac and Kraljevo. They demand payments of nine overdue wages, implementation of social programs, calculation of years of service to include all previous work, resolving the issue of the company's status and establishing the responsibility for the collapse of the company.
English: http://inserbia.info/news/2013/10/over-1000-workers-of-fap-block-belgrade ...
http://www.b92.net/eng/news/business ...
Trade union Kommunal and KFO, an employers' organisation representing health cooperatives, have signed a three year collective agreement. The agreement includes a wage increase of a minimum of 1700 SEK (?196) over the three years. Additionally, the sector wide minimum wage will now apply for workers of 18 years and older, compared to those of 19 and older in the previous agreement. The social partners committed themselves to improving parental leave provisions and keeping split shifts to a minimum.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/9817
Swedish: http://www.kommunal.se/Kommunal/Medlem/Avtalsrorelse/Avtalsnyheter/Nytt-avtal ...
Postal workers are on strike to protest against the upcoming sell up of 70% of the national mail service CTT - Correios de Portugal. Postal workers will be walking off the job for 24 hours, which will signal the start of another series of strikes against austerity. Centre of the strikes that will continue from 31 October to 9 November is the privatisation of many state companies that the government promised in exchange for the 2011 bail-out.
English: http://www.timesunion.com/news/world/article/Portuguese-labor-groups-begin ...
The management of the INEOS refinery and petrochemicals facility in Grangemouth gave workers a `sign or be sacked' ultimatum to slash jobs, pay and pensions with a deadline by 21 October 6pm. Unite the Union urged workers not to give in to the `menacing' tactics to sign away their rights since this would create a two tier workforce and strip away collective rights. At the end of the deadline given by INEOS over 65% rejected the company's cynical attempt to intimidate the workforce. After the reopening of talks it was believed that the union would not let the plant close and was willing to accept a new survival plan. Therefore, Unite and its members at Grangemouth were devastated by the announcement of the closure of the petrochemical plant. A day later the news came that the owners will reverse the decision to close the petrochemical site.
English: http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/grangemouth-petrochemical-plant-closure ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grangemouth-unite-union-to-make ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24647843
http://www.industriall-union.org/scottish-workers-continue-to-fight-against-ineos-for-their-future
Union leaders at a Goodyear tire plant in northern France have agreed to talks with a Texan executive who caused an uproar earlier this year by accusing the plant's workers of being lazy and its unions of being `insane' in an open letter to the government in February. Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, who spoke with Taylor, said the executive was reconsidering his abandoned takeover bid for the plant. His latest offer, for part of the operation, would save 333 out of a total 1,200 jobs. The CGT trade union, which represents a majority of workers, is ready for talks and for pushing things forward, insofar as nobody is left behind.
English: http://europe.autonews.com/article/20131024/ANE/310239946/french-union ...
The Paris-based company PSA/Peugeot-Citroen said in a statement that it has reached a deal with trade unions to reduce fixed costs at French factories, a key step as it looks for new partners to expand and shore up its finances. According to the statement trade unions representing more than 60% of workers signed an agreement to freeze salaries in 2014 and reduce overtime pay in exchange for investment guarantees and new models.
English: http://europe.autonews.com/article/20131024/ANE/310249926/psa-reaches-deal ...
The new managing director of the publicly owned Prague public transport company DPP, who inherited a financially troubled company, has announced he intends to freeze the wages of the 10,500 staff. DPP employees earn an average of 31,000 CZK (?1,211) per month, which is just below the Prague average salary and above the national average. The Prague Trade Union of Transport (ZO OSD Motol) has reacted that wages are not the cause of the company's financial difficulties, but unfavourable contracts with suppliers are.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2013/10/articles/cz1310019i.htm