Workers at Athens International Airport have suspended strikes scheduled to take place from 9 to 11 August after government officials agreed to resume negotiations. The workers object to an impending mobility scheme, in which 40,000 public sector workers could be involuntary transferred to other positions or fired if no alternative position is found for them within eight months. At the government's willingness to negotiate, the unions have called of the work stoppage.
English: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/08/05/athens-airport-workers-call-off-strike/
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Bus drivers rejected the labour court recommendations agreed with trade unions and Dublin Bus for an €11.7 million cost-cutting plan and started an all-out strike protesting against the implementation of the package. Having little hope of reaching an agreement, Dublin Bus management said it would no longer wait for an agreement and started implementing the labour court recommendation, including longer working hours and cuts in annual leave of clerical workers and management unilaterally. Bus services were resumed, after Dublin Bus suspended the implementation of the cost-cutting measures in favour of further talks mediated by the labour court. The parties then agreed on a temporary package of cuts on overtime pay and allowances that would be implemented for 19 months, after which working conditions would go back to normal. Some 72% of SIPTU members and 67% of NBRU members have rejected the recommendation; six other grades of workers have yet to be balloted.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0816/468628-dublin-bus-ballot-result/
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/bus-drivers-win-no-pay-cuts-deal ...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/full-dublin-bus-service-from-tomorrow ...
After half a year of negotiations for a collective agreement, 5000 out of 5300 workers on the Isdemir integrated steel and iron plant went on strike. In addition, 1800 steel workers at the Russian owned Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) went on strike after a similar failure of collective negotiations to yield results. The workers organised by the Iron, Steel, Metal and Metallic Products Workers' Union Celik-Is reached an agreement after a two weeks strike.
English: http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/isdemir-happy-ending-strike ...
http://www.industriall-union.org/7000-turkish-steel-workers-on-strike ...
The European Court of Justice has ruled that member states have an obligation to protect workers' pensions in double insolvency cases. The case was brought by former employees of glassware company Waterford Crystal, which became insolvent in 2009 and whose pension scheme became insolvent two months later, leaving workers with only 18% or 28% of their entitlements. The European Court of Justice ruled that the Irish state failed its obligation under the EU Insolvency Directive (2008/94/EC) to `ensure that necessary measures are taken to protect the pension-related interests of employees and of former employees, at the date of their employers' insolvency'. The Irish High Court will now make a decision on the exact amount the state is to pay the 1,700 former Waterford Crystal employees, which in accordance with the ECJ ruling will not be lower than 49% of entitlement and will probably amount to at least 300 million euro.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2013/07/articles ...
The plans to close the troubled ThyssenKrupp subsidiary Galmed have led to activities at national and European level. The company's goal is `to centralise production in Germany' since, `there are no economic reasons, not productive, not logistics' to continue. Negotiations, with the participation of the works council of ThyssenKrupp Galmed and its advisors from the trade union CCOO (Confederaci¢n Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) as well as the European Works Council, resulted in a provisional agreement. The deal provides for the termination of all employment contracts of the subsidiary and the closure of the facility in the city of Sagunto. The agreement that was approved by the workers includes a plan for early retirement, compensation of 45 days per year worked and relocations within the ThyssenKrupp Group for `an important part' of the workers. Latest press statements say that ThyssenKrupp never intended to sell the plant.
English: http://www.thyssenkrupp-steel-europe.com/en/presse/pressrelease.jsp?cid=2777515
Spanish: http://www.europapress.es/comunitat-valenciana/noticia-asamblea-trabajadores ...
http://www.eleconomico.es/galmed/item/110928-thyssenkrupp-vuelve-a-rechazar ...
Strike action may go ahead if airport privatisation at the Ostend and Antwerp airports ignores workers' demands. When French company Egis takes over at the beginning of 2014, over 200 airport workers stand to lose out directly. The National Bank estimates that privatisation will have an (in)direct effect on over 2300 workers. When the union members learnt about state plans to privatise regional airports in June 2013, they took initial action to ensure existing standards were maintained. Egis, the only interested party, promised to respect all existing labour and working conditions.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online ...
A national strike to try to head off thousands more public sector lay-offs, new taxes on workers, wage cuts and removal of employment protections was called for 16 July. The strike was called by the confederation GSEE and civil service union grouping ADEDY. Over 30,000 demonstrators - including police and teachers targeted in the layoff scheme - gathered in the central square before parliament beating drums and blowing whistles in one of the biggest anti-austerity protests in 2013. The strike actions continued during the following weeks with marches and protests in the streets of Athens.
English: http://www.ituc-csi.org/national-strike-in-greece-as?lang=en
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/uk-greece-strike ...
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/08/01/public-workers-union-on-strike-today/
The unemployment level stays stable and very low. In absolute figures the unemployment among youngsters is also low, though the percentage has increased. On the other hand the labour demand, in terms of job vacancies decreased. In the recent past some companies applied for the scheme of shorter working hours, motivated by economic reasons. This has almost vanished in the July figures.
German: http://www.amsfl.li/ams/presse-statistik/index ...
Deutsche Bank Group has signed a social plan with trade unions OGBL, ALEBA, and LCGB for the 175 workers it intends to layoff in a cost-cutting measure. The majority of the cuts will occur at Deutsche Postbank International SA (104); the rest of the job losses will come from Deutsche Bank Luxembourg (33), Sal. Oppenheim Luxembourg (26) and DWS Investment SA (12). DBG agreed to a social plan, which in addition to statutory redundancy payments includes voluntary severance, outplacement measures and training, social assistance and the possibility of extended notice for those who do not find a job after the legal notice.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/cargolux-and-unions-sign-collective-agreement ...
http://www.wort.lu/en/view/deutsche-bank-group-in-luxembourg-signs-social-plan ...
http://www.chronicle.lu/categoriesworkingjobs/item/4131-deutsche-bank-to-let-go-25-of-staff
French: http://www.paperjam.lu/article/fr/deutsche-bank-plan-social-pour-175-personnes
Bank employees' trade union ETYK endorsed a proposal for wage cuts for all workers except those from the Bank of Cyprus (BoC). The proposal for salary reductions and for the creation of a solidarity fund was upheld by 78% of union members who took a vote at general meetings across the island. The proposal includes monthly cuts ranging from 5% for employees on salaries up to €2,000 to 30% for salaries above €10,000. BoC staff cuts had already been agreed previously. Late July the union called off a strike after BoC agreed to a new deadline for a proposed voluntary redundancy plan.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/tag/etyk/