Trade union Ver.di announced that employees of a big warehouse in the city of Leipzig were planning to go on strike. Ver.di hinted that the action might last several days. It would be the first strike ever at a logistics centre of the US online merchant across Germany. The announcement followed a vote in which 97% of union members in Leipzig had thrown their weight behind industrial action in a bid to secure higher wages.
English: http://www.dw.de/amazon-employees-in-germany-to-strike-over-pay ...
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In a large scale operation against noncompliance with labour regulations, labour inspectors came across a consultancy firm that employed 700 workers without contracts, 54 of whom had not reached the legal minimum age. In total, the inspection reported 700 companies who had employed a total of 3,200 workers without legal labour contracts between December 2012 and April 2013. Experts said this is an improvement compared to previous years and attribute it to higher fines deterring employers from breaking the law.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/authorities-discover-romanian-employer ...
The Constitutional Court ruled that planned cuts in salaries to state workers and payments to pensioners were in breach of the constitution. It rejected four austerity measures, including planned cuts in public sector pay and state pensions, after scrutinising articles of the 2013 budget. According to the court it was `unfair' to single public sector workers out. Cuts in sickness and unemployment benefits were also rejected.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/05/us-portugal-austerity-court ...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/10733675
After tens of thousands of civil servants, including staff in jobcentres, courts and driving test offices staged a half-day strike that caused `massive disruption' the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade union predicted that the dispute over pay, pensions and working conditions in the public sector is to be escalated. PCS told a rally outside the Cabinet Office in Westminster that a week of strikes will be launched at the Home Office and UK Border Agency from 15 April, with different groups of workers taking action at different times.
English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22035369
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/05/civil-servants-strike-pay-guerrilla-war
Bank workers organised a two-hour strike on 4 April because the pensions of the employees have not been protected in the bail-out process. As reported last month, the workers at the now-defunct Laiki Bank have been affected worse than most. Many borrowed money to buy shares in the bank - now worthless - and fear losing both their jobs and their pensions.
English: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130404/business-news ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22042727
Up to 150 redundancies are expected at crystal group Swarovski in Wattens (Tyrol). The company has been struggling with a downfall in demand during the economic crisis and is currently laying off 30 employees, 10 of whom through natural attrition. Media are reporting that later this year up to 150 workers will be laid off in the production department, which employs 2,900 people.
English: http://austrianindependent.com/news/Business/2013-04-04/13607/Swarovski ...
The Chamber of Crafts (HOK) and trade unions have welcomed newly adopted legislation that allows both businesses and citizens to resettle outstanding tax bills. The new legislation allows for interest to be written off and the principle debt to be re-scheduled for payment at a later time. Unions have called the new bill a `worthy attempt to relieve the impact of the crisis which is worst felt by citizens'.
English: http://daily.tportal.hr/253229/Businesses-and-unions-welcome-bill-to-write-off ...
Twenty years after the fall of the Eastern European block, the transition to a social market democracy has been disappointing. The drastic overhaul of the social-insurance, pension, and health-care systems have sown enormous personal insecurity. The country's radical and extensive privatisation and economic restructuring have led to systemic impoverishment. According to the European Commission Report of March 2013, 49% of the total population and 52% of the children were in 2011 at risk of poverty or social exclusion. For pensioners aged over 65 the situation is markedly worse with the people at risk amounting to 61%. Actually, the economic crisis has escalated into a political one.
English: http://www.euspeak.eu/bulgarias-rebellions-of-the-hungry-and-the-struggle ...
The Authority for Work Conditions (ACT) has released research results indicating that on average, one worker dies each day in Portugal due to a work related accident. The ATC also confirmed that many more accidents lead to temporary or permanent disabilities. The ATC is starting an awareness raising campaign on the improvement of health and safety standards in the work place.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/one-worker-dies-every-day-in-portugal ...
Figures provided by the Labour Ministry reveal that more than 1,900 workers in the financial sector have been affected by social plans since 2008. Meanwhile, the data also reveal that the total number of workers in the financial sector grew over the same period (from 42,946 in December 2008 to 44,000 in December 2012), whereas the number of people employed by banks decreased (from 27,200 to 26,537). Figures on the total number of layoffs were not available.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/over-1-900-financial-sector-workers-affected ...