The bankruptcy of OAD (Overijsselse Autobusdiensten), a leading tour operator that owned over 140 travel shops, has caused a stir among the other EU and especially Dutch travel companies. Even though OAD had previously announced in March to start with a new on-line strategy this has been too little and too late. The legal curator for OAD has informed the trade unions that all 1750 OAD employees will be laid-off because the administrator cannot meet salaries payments for September.
English: http://www.germany-north.com/blog/2013/09/27/dutch-oad-company-files-for ...
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A finance ministry proposal to abolish allowances for those working in state hospitals during afternoons, Sundays and on public holidays was brought to light during a meeting between civil servants union PASYDY and the finance ministry. It can bring to an end the extra pay given to all public professionals for working outside standard working hours. These are allowances for shift work that were put in place in 1989 after a 17 day strike. Nurses already accepted a 30% cut on their wages and a 15% cut on the amount they receive for extra work on afternoons, Sundays and national holidays.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/09/25/nurses-mull-strike-over-cuts/
1000 employees of state-owned postal operator Bulgarian Posts EAD staged a protest in front of the government building in downtown Sofia. EAD is in a poor financial condition and the government is considering various options to stabilise the operator. The protesters demanded the transfer of the due compensation for 2011 by the state for the universal postal service and an increase in salaries. The employees of EAD do not want the company closed but would like to see a stabilisation program implemented so that the postal operator can keep functioning.
English: http://www.novinite.com/articles/153938/Bulgarian+Posts ...
ADEDY, the public sector umbrella union, organised a 48-hour strike against plans to cut thousands of public sector jobs. The trade union said government efforts to reduce the 600,000 strong civil services was 'the most merciless plan' to eliminate workers' rights. The government is firing workers indiscriminately at a time when the country in enduring its worst peacetime crisis and record unemployment. The labour action also turned into a protest to mark the killing of an anti-racism rapper by a self-proclaimed supporter of the far-right Golden Dawn.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/24/us-greece-strike ...
Volvo Group, the world's second biggest lorry manufacturer, announced a 5 billion kronor (580 million euro) restructuring plan over two years. The programme encompasses both reduction of white collar employees and consultants and efficiency enhancements in the global industrial system, the company wrote in a statement, without indicating the number of jobs affected. The group employs 112,000 worldwide, including 16,000 consultants and temporary workers.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/50412/20130924/
Workers at the five-star Park Hyatt Paris Vendme Hotel went on strike for pay rises, better working conditions and direct employment. The majority of the 60 housekeeping staff and valets who participated in the industrial action are employed via service agency La Franaise de Service. CGT representatives said the direct hired staff of Hyatt supports the action but fears repercussions if they participate. The Paris Hyatt management said to be 'in no way involved' and referred to the maintenance subcontractor.
English: http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/2783
http://www.france24.com/en/20130920-paris-hyatt-hotel-housekeepers-go-strike
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/french-chambermaids-strike-over-pay ...
UCU, UNISON and UNITE are balloting for strike action in higher education. The workforce has not received a meaningful pay increase since October 2008. Since 2009, they have suffered four consecutive years of pay cuts and seen their pay drop by 13% in real terms. The squeeze on staff pay comes at a time when the cumulative operating surplus in the sector was over 1 billion, while many higher education institutions have built up cash reserves, and overall student numbers have held up in the face of higher tuition fees. Overall staff costs in higher education as a proportion of income have fallen from 58% in 2001/02, to 55.5% in 2011/12, although a minority at the top have enjoyed generous increases.
English: http://union-news.co.uk/2013/09/ucu-members-ballot-for-strike-action ...
http://www.unison.org.uk/news/unison-ballots-higher-education-members ...
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/university-staff-in-strike-ballot ...
Trade unions SAFE, Industri Energi, the Confederation of Vocational Unions (YS) and the Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) have initiated a lawsuit against the state in front of the ILO. The unions claim that the forced arbitration process that the government imposed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf collective agreement last year was a breach of fundamental trade union rights. The trade unions argue that the strike at Norway Continental Shelf was deliberately set up in such a way that it would not compromise gasp supplies to Europe and therefore posed no threat to the general welfare or to economic prosperity. The forced arbitration occurred when Norway Continental Shelf threatened a full lock out in response to the limited strike, in so doing 'ordering compulsory arbitration from the government', trade unions say.
English: http://www.aftenbladet.no/energi/aenergy/Four-unions-file-suit-against-Norway ...
An electrician who was blacklisted for raising health and safety concerns has been reinstated to his job. Within weeks of starting work he was identified as a union man and the company he was working for had its contract withdrawn. The 12 month dispute rallied thousands of union members to new tactics unseen in industrial disputes and led to questions being asked in parliament and the London Assembly. In a joint statement the management of the Crossrail consortium Bam Ferrovial Kier and trade union Unite have agreed to work together to continue the provision of transparent working practices including safeguarding the right of workers to choose whether or not to join a trade union. In the meantime campaigners are asking for a broadening up of the blacklist inquiry that started in the construction sector to what they say is continuing anti-union discrimination in the North Sea oil industry.
English: http://union-news.co.uk/2013/09/shout-this-from-the-rooftops-high-hopes ...
http://union-news.co.uk/2013/09/blacklist-inquiry-to-hear-from-hr-boss/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23947650
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/sep/23/construction-blacklisting ...
Schools have not yet started on the Balearic islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera) as 6,000 teachers have gone on indefinite strike. The teachers are protesting against cuts, which have increased working time from 35 to 37.5 hours per week, reduced salaries by 25% and left them with 1000 teachers less than last year to educate the same number of children. The strike, however, is further fuelled by a language reform which downgrades the status of the Balearic language (a version of Catalan) to the same level as Spanish and English in the school curriculum. University lecturers have walked off the job to support their colleagues in primary and secondary education.
English: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/55002