The paper, paperboard and pulp industry is increasingly being taken over by foreign owners. While foreign-owned companies employed 3,688 permanent workers and 187 temporary workers in January 2012, by June of the same year the numbers had increased to a total of 14,210, of which 3,236 had temporary contracts. Workers report that health and safety standards have received far more priority than before. However, layoffs are also reported, as well as greater problems in communicating with management due to language barriers.
English: http://www.artto.kaapeli.fi/unions/T2013/q15
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Negotiations about a redundancy programme for the lingerie producer Triumph have started between representatives of the trade union, the works council and the management. Two works will be closed and up to 100 people will lose their jobs in the headquarters in Wiener Neustadt. The first redundancies will be made in October 2013 by which time a social plan for the 350 affected staff will be set up. As the company wants to try and reduce uncertainty among their employees, they are all informed on possible steps.
English: http://austriantimes.at/news/Business/2013-04-18/48083/Triumph_Jobs_Discussed
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/factsheets/23956/Triumph ...
Against the background of the strong increase of the unemployment figures over Europe the data released by the statistical office read like a fairy tale. The unemployment increased in 2012 to 2.4% on average, compared to 2.3% in 2011. Unemployment is highest among youngsters (age group 15-24 year) with 2.7%.
German: http://www.llv.li/pdf-llv-as-arbeitslosenstatistik_2012
Over 25,000 construction workers participated in a one hour warning strike on 12 April. The workers demand regular payment of salaries, a safe working environment and a normal eight-hour working day. A spokesperson of the Trade Union of Construction and Building Materials Industry Workers said the construction workers would go on an indefinite strike if the government failed to intervene to improve conditions in the sector within thirty days.
English: http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=4869&Language=EN
The Tyrolean Airlines works council, the Austrian Airlines (AUA) management, the trade union and the Chamber of Labour agreed on a compromise of a redundancy programme. The agreement is based on three pillars: voluntary redundancies; every employee will have the possibility to enter a foundation in order to use training measures; establishment of a redundancy programme, suitable for the Tyrolean venue.
English: http://www.friedlnews.com/article/austria-tyrolean-and-aua-agree-on-social-plan
Collective agreement negotiations at Luxair have failed, unions report. The trade unions and Luxair started negotiating an agreement about half a year after Luxair unilaterally repudiated the previous agreement in 2012 (see newsletter October 2012). Trade unions have requested the intervention by a national mediation officer.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/luxair-collective-agreement-negotiations-fail ...
The 2012 labour market report compiled by the Bank of Estonia found that workers leaving to work abroad outpaced internal job-creation, which grew by 2.2%. The working-age population decreased by 12,700, of whom 5,300 moved abroad. The report says that the fast-paced, post-recession labour market recovery is over.
English: http://news.err.ee/economy ...
After a two-hour strike reported in the January newsletter, locomotive service unit workers at CFR railways operator organised another spontaneous strike. The workers are demanding payment of their long overdue wages. Earlier this month CFR promised payment, then announced a slight delay. When this was followed by a later message that they had attempted to transfer the wages but that the banks had frozen the CFR accounts, the workers went on strike again.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/workers-of-romanian-railways-operator ...
Trade unions Abvakabo and CNV Publieke Zaak have reached a collective agreement covering staff in primary care, with the exception of general practitioners, apprentice GPs and directors. The agreement, which lasts from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013, contains a wage increase of 1.75% from 1 April onwards. Employers and unions also agreed that the employers will pay to all obligatory trainings for employees, which will be done during working time or paid time outside working hours.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/9442
Dutch: http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/517215-principeakkoord-cao ...
http://www.mijnvakbond.nl/Zorg-nieuws-Principeakkoord-CAO-Huisartsenzorg ...
Trade unions UGT, CCOO, SATSE, CSIF and USAE have been invited by the minister of health for a meeting. While the unions confirm their presence, they also stated fearing that the meeting is merely convened to meet the ministry's legal obligation to annual collective negotiations. The unions remember that in 2012, they were invited once and were never involved in any social dialogue concerning the far going cuts and reforms in the public sector. The unions also note the invitation was only received after they lodged a common complaint about the lack of a structured dialogue.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/9444
Spanish: http://www.fspugt.es/FSPUGT_acoge_con_reservas_la_convocatoria ...