Car manufacturer Ford will send 2,500 employees working on the B-Max model into technical unemployment for 13 days. This is the second time the division is send into technical unemployment, after having been so for a week earlier this year. During technical unemployment, the workers receive 80% of their normal pay. Workers in the engine division will continue to work normal schedules.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/ford-to-send-2500-employees-in-romania-into ...
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As rumours of a possible cut in the minimum wage through the 2014 budget process are spreading, trade unions have announced they will defend the currently level of minimum wage (?599.73 net), whatever it takes. While the date of a protest has not been set yet, unions have already announced that there will be a large protest if attempts are made to cut the minimum wage.
English: http://www.sta.si/en/vest ...
http://radiosi.eu/slovenija/article/Trade-unions-plan-massive-protests-in-Novembe/
Finnish based media company Sanoma is looking at major layoffs in its Dutch publications with editors asked to submit cost-cutting proposals as part of a strategic review. The number of jobs to be cut is still unclear, but Sanoma has already applied for collective redundancies and invited unions for consultations in November for what insiders call a restructuring at an unprecedented scale. Sanoma is also looking for savings and possible divestments in Russia, Hungary and Belgium.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/sanoma ...
Trade unions and employers' organisation Norsk Industri have started a row over the equal treatment of agency workers. The disagreement originates in the interpretation of the temporary agency Directive that came into force on 1 January 2013. Norsk Industri has argued that the equal treatment legislated in the directive is limited to wages, whereas trade unions argue that the Directive gives agency workers the right to travel reimbursement, room and board and the so-called 'town allowance', which is a 20% above base salary allowance for working away from home. If unions and employers fail to come to an agreement, the matter will be settled in court.
English: http://www.staffingindustry.com/eng/Research-Publications/Daily-News/Norway ...
After months of action, Amazon staff continues to fight for higher pay and has organised strike actions in Leipzig and Bad Hersfeld. The workers, whose struggle has been documented in these newsletters, demand that Amazon apply the regular collective agreement of the sector and the start of full-fledged collective bargaining at the company.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages ...
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/09/20/2794768/amazon-workers-strike-at-german ...
The government is expected to consider reforms to give trade unions greater rights to collectively bargain on the part of workers later in 2013 and to introduce legislation to restore registered employment agreements as a mechanism for setting pay and conditions for thousands of workers. The system of wage determination was struck down by the courts early in the summer of 2013.
English: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/government-to-grant-unions-greater ...
IG Metall has concluded a new agreement with employers' associations IGZ and BAP to increase the pay of temporary workers. The agreement will come into force on 1 January 2014 and will be valid until the end of 2016. In three steps, the wages of temp workers will increase with 9.6% in West Germany and with 12.8% in East Germany. The agreement sets a minimum wage of €8.5o per hour and prohibits companies from employing temporary workers as strike breakers. IG Metall has called for more actions to curb precarious work.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/german-unions-curb-precarious-work
Housekeeping staff of the Hotel Mercure Plaza has organised a strike against announced layoffs. The hotel is planning to dismiss the staff in what unions suspect is an attempt to hire cheaper external staff instead. As the hotel has not announced any other reorganisations or closure, rooms will still need to be cleaned and therefore the cleaning jobs will continue to exist. Housekeepers fear they may end up being re-hired under worse pay and working conditions.
English: http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/2768
Spanish: http://www.fecoht.ccoo.es/fecoht/Inicio:517318--CCOO_se_opone .
A strike at Sweden Post and the Swedish branch of Norway Post was averted hours before its start when an agreement was reached on pay increases. The pay dispute focused not so much on the total pay increase, but on its distribution among the employees. While employers proposed a percentage increase, unions demanded a flat rate increase. Where the former would grant a greater increase to more highly paid employees, the flat rate targets a greater share of the pay rise to the lowest paid workers. Just hours before the announced strike, employers and unions reached an agreement on a flat rate increase of SEK 1,700 (?197) for 16,000 staff. This means a minimum 6.8% increase across the board, while the lowest paid employees earn an increase of up to 10%. The deal will run from 1 June 2013 to 31 July 2016.
English: http://postandparcel.info/58015/news/human-resources/swedish-postal-strike ...
http://postandparcel.info/57985/news/human-resources/swedish-union-gives-notice ...
Health care workers went on strike on 17 September over budget cuts that have left them without overtime pay and pay for staff on call. According to the trade unions, 46,000 nurses and doctors joined the strike, which continued to guarantee emergency services. The nurses' union reported widespread intimidation of striking nurses by hospital managements, who demanded lists of nurses participating and made threats of dismissals. The benefits were scrapped earlier this year due to the state's budget deficit. This is the first time since 2005 that health care staff is on strike.
English: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n315048
http://dalje.com/en-croatia/nurses-union-to-report-hospital-directors-over-pressure ...