Workers at Wallis retail in Dublin balloted for industrial action in support of their colleagues in Limerick over what they say is a dispute over redundancy payments. Staff at Wallis in Blanchardstown also voted in favour of going on strike.
English: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/wallis-workers-stage-action ...
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Workers at brewing group Grolsch went on strike in the midst of a pay dispute. Collective agreement negotiations stalled after the company made an offer of 2% wage increase dependent on the company meeting certain targets. Trade unions reacted that workers deserve an unconditional raise given an inflation of 2.7% and a 14% profit that parent company SABMiller made last year. Further outrage was caused by the company's demand to cut three days of holiday's allowance. The strikers reached an agreement that entails a 2.5% wage increase. The proposed reduction of days off has been withdrawn.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/10/grolsch_workers_to_strike_over.php
Dutch: http://www.tubantia.nl/regio/enschede/akkoord-grolsch-acties-voorbij-1.4055480
Employers have protested against the appointment of six new chairs with trade union links to the industrial tribunal. After the labour party won the general elections the new government requested six of the eleven previous chairs to resign, a longstanding practice when governments change political colours. The strong links of the newly appointed chairs to the General Workers Unions, however, have left employers feeling disadvantaged.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2013/08/articles/mt1308019i.htm
Focus on the Industrial Tribunal: http://www.industrialrelations.gov.mt/industryportal/industrial_relations ...
The private sector trade union GSEE and the public sector union ADEDY will hold a 24-hour strike on 6 November to protest against austerity measures and public sector layoffs demanded by the country's international lenders. With this strike the unions want to warn the government and the troika (the three main lenders, the EU, the ECB and the IMF) that Greek families cannot take any more austerity and have reached their limits. The protest is against thousands of planned job transfers and layoffs. Together, both unions represent more than half Greece's work force.
English: http://www.worldbulletin.net ...
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The European industrial relations observatory on-line (EIRO) has published a review of the new civil service act that came into force in April 2013. The act, which limited the definition of `civil servants' to those workers directly employed in the central public administration, has first of all had the effect that all state and local government employees now fall under the Employment Contracts Act, effectively reducing the civil service by 25%. Those employees that are no longer considered civil servants have now gained the right to vote and negotiate their salaries, which civil servants do not. The 75% remaining in the civil service have lost most privileges they had compared to private sector workers, including wage increases for years of service, academic degrees and command of foreign languages. The civil servants also lost holiday benefits, the disability allowance and increase pension entitlements based on tenure. Civil servants retain their 35 days of holidays, compared to 28 days for private sector employees.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2013/08/articles/ee1308019i.htm
Workers at newly privatised Royal Mail postal service balloted to strike for 24 hours on November 4 if they cannot reach agreement with the firm on pay and working conditions. The management of Royal Mail, which listed on the London stock market in a high profile float, had expected a vote in favour of strike action and criticised the prospect of a disruption to services in the run-up to Christmas, its busiest time. Trade union CWU sent ballot papers to over 115,000 Royal Mail staff; 78% voted to strike, on a turnout of 63%.
English: http://www.cwu.org/news/archive/postal-workers-vote-4-1-for-strike-action.html
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/uk-royalmail-strike ...
The trade unions have announced rolling strikes in transportation, education and public service sectors in response to the 2014 draft budget approved by the coalition government, while Confindustria criticised proposed cuts to the cost of labour. The unions reacted negatively to planned government spending cuts and a continued freeze on public sector wages. Confindustria, the central business association, said the budget went in the right direction but was insufficient to promote growth with inadequate proposals to cut the cost of labour. Prime minister Letta stated that details would be `up to parliament and the social partners'.
English: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/19197-italian-unions-to-strike ...
http://www.ft.com/intl ...
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/16/us-italy-budget ...
Social partners, who have been negotiating the level of the 2014 minimum wage since the beginning of the year, seem unlikely to reach an agreement. Having missed the statutory deadline of 15 July, the members of the tripartite Economic and Social Council (HSR) submitted their individual proposals in August. The National Union of Employers (RUZ SR) does not want any increase, leaving the minimum wage at €337.70 per month. The Confederation of Trade Unions KOZ proposes to raise it to €364.70. Given the fact that the tripartite body did not agree on the final numbers the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family has put forward a 4.2% raise to €352. The ministry argues that it based the 4.2% increase on the fact that the 2012 consumer price growth index reached 103.6%, and was repeatedly higher than the year-on-year increase of average wages (102.4%), which means that in 2012 real wages dropped by 1.2%.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/51548/10/minimum_wage_to_go_up ...
A trade union delegation of Ford Genk might have to appear in court in Cologne for disturbing the public peace. The delegation protested with 250 workers in November 2012 in front of the central office of Ford Europe after the announcement of the closure in 2014 of the Genk plant. The German prosecutor has announced the start of a juridical investigation initiated by Ford-Cologne against 15 trade unionists and one German colleague.
English, for the original protest: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121107-46027.html
German: http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.deutsch/nachrichten/131016_Ford ...
The four largest trade unions, CGT, FSU, FO and Solidaires have called a strike against the pension reform bill that is being debated in the National Assembly. The four unions object to the new system because people must work longer to qualify for a full pension. Trade union CFDT has expressed its support for the reform.
English: http://www.connexionfrance.com/national-strike-pensions ...