Coverage of a national teachers' strike on 17 June was nearly universal. The teachers protest against cuts in education, including layoffs and lower severance pay. The strike was planned for the first day of the national exams period, in order to maximise the pressure on the government.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2590
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Statistics Iceland has updated its `Wage, income and labour market' indexes. Figures are provided for the wages in the private and public sector, by occupational group and economic activity for the period 2005-2013. Real wages and changes in the monthly wages data start already from 1989. The real wage index in May 2013 was 0.1% higher than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the real wage index has increased by 2.1%.
English: http://www.statice.is/Statistics/Wages,-income-and-labour-market/Wage-index
http://www.statice.is/Pages/444?NewsID=9494
The government's amendments to the Labour Code that eliminate the 8-hour working day are accomplished by increasing accounting periods for calculating the average amount of hours worked for the whole year and by also introducing flexible working hours.
English: http://libcom.org/news/poland-does-away-8-hour-day-15062013
Workers in child care services have voted in favour of a new collective agreement for the sector. The agreement includes a 1% wage increase in August and another 1% in February 2014. Workers will also receive two lump sum payments in March (?200) and September (?150) 2014. The end of the year bonus is replaced by a general 2% wage increase. The agreement will run until December 2014.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/9580
Dutch: http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/532458-leden-akkoord-caoko/
The mediation of Chambre des Relations Collectives de Travail (Chamber of collective labour relations) put an end to a conflict at Hotel Capitole in Geneva as parties signed an agreement. The conflict started in April, when workers went on strike to protest against lay-offs during the temporary closure of the hotel for renovation. As the employer, Capitole Management SA, was in advanced talks with French transnational hotel operator Accor, for a management contract at the re-opening, workers were also asking to be employed in one of the other 11 hotels that Accor operates in Geneva and to be re-hired at the re-opening. Both trade union Unia and workers stated that they are satisfied with the result of the agreement.
English: http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/2542
A radical decision by the government to shut down public broadcasting overnight has destabilised the country more than any of the previous austerity measures could have. On 12 June, Conservative prime minister Samaras shut down the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, ERT, insisting that all 2,600 employees must be fired in order to be able to build a sustainable public broadcasting corporation after the summer. In response to the sudden closure, massive protests have broken out and trade unions called a general strike. ERT staff has refused to close down and continued bringing the news online. Amidst large scale international condemnation of the closure, the two left wing coalition partners in Samaras' government denied having been consulted on the closure and brought motions in Parliament to undo the actions.
English: http://www.independent.ie/world-news/general-strike-in-greece-in-tv-row ...
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130612/staff-greek-public-tv-defy ...
Trade union JHL has started a campaign against the use of zero-hour contracts. JHL issues a statement saying that the zero-hour contract shift risks that are to be borne by entrepreneurs onto mainly young employees. The union explained it is the increasingly widespread use of the contracts, even in the public sector, which motivated the campaign action.
English: http://www.jhl.fi/portal/en/jhl_info ...
A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60% of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace. Over 2,000 flights were cancelled in France as more workers joined the second day of the strike, according to the civil aviation authority. Workers in 11 countries - including Austria, Britain, Italy and Portugal - held a series of brief walkouts, gatherings and minimum-work actions. The trade unions, all affiliates of the European Transport Workers' Federation, represent about 25,000 air traffic control workers. They are upset at an EU plan to consolidate the patchwork of air traffic control systems under one authority. The plan wants to open up more duties to private enterprise, allow bidding on services like weather forecasting and navigation. The trade unions fear the plan will threaten jobs and passenger safety, and claim the EU is yielding to industry pressure to cut costs.
English: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/13/business/global/french-air-controller-strike ...
http://news.yahoo.com/strike-over-eu-plan-disrupts-european-flights-171648860.html
The trade union of CGT and FO in the public transport sector (subway and trains) in the region of Ile-de-France called a strike on 3 June with the objective to denounce the deterioration of the work conditions. According to the trade unions a new protocol for the functions of the subway and train drivers will harden the working conditions. It is considered by the unions as very complex and poorly paid. Less than ten day later, rail workers nationally followed the example of Ile-de-France and went on strike against government plans to split the SNCF in three divisions, which workers fear will be a prelude to the collapse of the public railway system.
English: http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/12/french-air-traffic-control-strike ... http://www.plenglish.com/index.php ...
Trade unions FIOM-CGIL, FIM-CISL and UILM have started organised protests at white goods producer Indesit. The unions are protesting against the company's plan to outsource its low cost appliance production to Poland and Turkey, costing 1425 jobs in Italy. Indesit said earlier talks were underway with unions to use welfare support schemes to avoid outright layoffs.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/italian-unions-protest-against-1425-layoffs ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/04/indesit-plan ...