The statistical office has published updated figures related to the wage development. The real wage index in March 2013 is 113.7 points, 1.1% higher than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the real wage index has increased by 1.5%. Some wage increases are part of collective agreements signed in 2011 that stipulate a general wage rise of 3.25% in March 2013. Also the 2011 agreement between the Association of Local Authorities and Municipal Employees stipulates a general increase in wages tables, from March 2013.
English: http://www.statice.is/Pages/444?NewsID=9474
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The Dutch engineering company Imtech has announced that it will cut 1,300 of its 29,000 jobs, or about 4.5% of its global workforce. Most job cuts would be in the Netherlands and Germany, with about a 10% reduction in staff numbers. The firm, which is investigating irregularities in Poland and Germany and is considering legal action against former management, said that the planned personnel and cost reductions are expected to support the operations' effectiveness and profitability.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/23/us-imtech-jobs ...
A work stoppage stems from a contract dispute at the Consti Group concerning a major renovation job in downtown Helsinki. The Electrical Workers' Trade Union charges that the Consti Group, who bills itself as the leading construction company specialised in renovations, has illegally cancelled a contract for refurbishment of the Scandic Continental hotel. The Electrical Employers Association (STTA) considers the strike to be unjustified and illegal.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/need_an_electrician_be_prepared_to_wait ...
Workers at Deutsche Post in Baden-Wrttemberg, Berlin, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate have organised a warning strike on 17 April. Trade unions are demanding a wage increase of 6% for all workers, with a minimum increase of €140 to ensure the lowest paid workers receive a bigger pay hike. In the second round of collective bargaining negotiations that preceded the warning strikes, Deutsche Post stated it had no intention of giving into the trade union's wage demands. On 22 April, trade union Ver.di announced the strike will be extended to all regions of the country.
English: http://www.dw.de/german-postal-workers-on-warning-strikes-for-higher-wages ...
http://postandparcel.info/55376/news/human-resources/deutsche-post-faces-nationwide ...
Workers at Hewlett Packard will go on strike on 29 April 2013 over a dispute on wages and layoffs. The workers rejected an HP wage offer of 1.6% and are outraged over an expected loss of 1,300 to 1,500 jobs in the company's UK offices in 2013 and 2014. Preceding the strike, an overtime ban will be in place from 26 April 2013 onwards.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages ...
Over 10,000 workers at 58 factories of publicly owned tea processing company aykur went on strike demanding payment of outstanding wages and compensations for foregone wage increases during the last five years when no collective agreement was in place. Tekgida-Is, the trade union representing the tea plant workers, has written to the employers' organisation and the government to initiate negotiations in good faith.
English: http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/2417
After the third round of collective agreement negotiations failed, ground staff and cabin crew of Lufthansa staged another major strike on 22 April. The strike grounded nearly all carriers' flights and was called excessive by the company. In the negotiations, trade union Ver.di is demanding a 5.2% wage increase and job guarantees for 33,000 Lufthansa ground staff, plus employees of various subsidiaries as well as cabin crew members who are union members. In its counter offer, Lufthansa only wants to agree to performance based wage increases for smaller groups of workers.
English: http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/lufthansa-worker-strike-grounds ...
http://www.france24.com/en/20130422-lufthansa-flights-grounded-staff-strike-airline ...
The social partners and the government have concluded a tripartite agreement on the labour market reform. The negotiations are a traditional part of the "polder model" of economic policy making including all stakeholders. As part of the agreement negative proposals to change the unemployment benefits scheme will be reversed. The three signatories hope the accord will revive public confidence. A €4.3 billion raft of cuts planned for 2014 has been put on ice. In the meantime a strong majority in the ranks of the trade union confederations backs up the deal.
English: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0 ...
http://amsterdamherald.com/index.php/election-2012-blog ...
Dutch: http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article ...
http://www.fnv.nl/nieuwsberichten/1233641/
http://nos.nl/artikel/497819-hele-fnv-achter-sociaal-akkoord.html
Focus on the Dutch tripartite and bipartite dialogue: http://www.fnv.nl/site/media/pdf/95491/The_social_dialogue_in_the_Netherlands.pdf
Twenty-seven Bangladeshi strawberry pickers in Manolada were shot by their foremen as they demanded payment of their delayed wages. Some 200 workers went to their foremen to get them to pay the wages, which had not been done in six months. The village of Manolada was in the news on 2008 as well, when migrant workers went on strike over slavery-like conditions.
English: http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/migrant-workers-shot-in-pay-dispute
Trade unionists from Italy, Belgium, France, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany and Switzerland came to the Holcim General Annual Meeting in Dbendorf (Switzerland) to protest against planned layoffs and the uncooperative operation of the company. Holcim has announced it will have to close down plants in order to reach a 1.2 billion euro profit. The European Works Council and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) have demanded decent information and consultation procedures, as well as a postponement of any layoffs until the completion of the consultation round.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/over-200-workers-protest-at-holcims-agm