The Flemish employment ministry has announced that there are 15,723 more registered unemployed people in Flanders now than in 2012. Unemployment increased most strongly among youth (13.5%) and men (11%), while female unemployment rose more slowly (3.9%) and the unemployment rate of older workers dropped slightly (-0.8%).
English: http://www.expatica.com/be/news/belgian-news/15000-more-jobless ...
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In the last week of March 2013 the social partners concluded a series of collective agreements in the National Labour Council. Important elements of the agreements are the phasing out of the minimum youth wages (for youngsters in the age group 18-20 years a certain percentage of the normal wages was applied in the past), an increase of the minimum payments for pensioners, unemployed and people depending on social benefits, and an improvement of the position of workers that risk to become unemployed after a long period of service.
French: http://www.csc-en-ligne.be/Actualite/Communiques/detail/accord_CNT.asp
http://www.cnt-nar.be/Home-FR.htm
Dutch: http://www.acv-online.be/Actualiteit/Nieuws/Detail/Totaalakkoord_NAR.asp
http://www.cnt-nar.be/Home-NL.htm
The chief economist of the Nordea Bank Lithuania has said that a 6% wage increase would be a reasonable growth this year. The economist, Zygimantas Mauricas, stated that the wage restraint in the last three years, which was by far outpaced by economic development, helped the country to recover economically. Mauricas said 2013 should be a year of wage increases.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/32754/
Sailors at the services of the National Society Corsica Mediterranean (SNCM) went on strike after rumours that the company intends to hire foreign vessels and crew in order to cut costs of its operation this summer. The sailors, allegedly supported by transport minister Cuvillier, demand that SNCM guarantees employment of its French crews.
English: http://www.plenglish.com/index.php ...
Employer representatives in the tripartite social council have submitted an official declaration conveying their refusal to further participate in the council. The employers leave in protest of a law passed by Parliament just before its dissolution, which requires board members of employer organisations and trade unions to publicly disclose all their assets. The trade union representatives have protested that the law is unconstitutional but confirmed they will obey it until it is repealed and continue to participate in the council.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=149191
A strike of construction workers was called off, as negotiators from trade unions and employers organisations reached a deal on a new collective agreement. One of the last disputed points of the negotiations concerned primary contractors' responsibility to ensure that subcontractors abide by the collective agreements. Employers argued the clause would make it impossible to hire foreign subcontractors, but unions referred to existing clauses in collective agreements in other Nordic countries. As a part of the deal, a working group will now be established to explore ways of writing primary contractor responsibility into collective agreements.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/jobs/?site=tlse&AID=47080
Fifty Romanian workers at a construction site Nohfelden, near the Luxembourgish border, started a protest over working conditions approaching slavery. Their employer, a subcontractor involved in the building of a holiday village, has not paid the workers in time. They work up to 170 hours per month, do not get regular breaks and sleep with fifteen people in the same room. The workers have contacted both media outlets and the local branches of the building trade union IG Bau. A spokesperson of IG Bau has reacted outraged at information on the working conditions. The union took up immediate action and negotiations with the main contractor led to compensation pay. According to the main contractor the workers' wages were paid to the subcontractors but never transferred to the workers. Workers will be directly engaged as of 1 April and the service contracts with the subcontractor are dissolved.
English: http://www.ituc-csi.org/romanian-workers-deceived-and?lang=en
German: http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/Bostalsee-Skandal-Nohfelden ...
In a dispute over jobs, pay and closures thousands of staff in the country's biggest post offices have decided to go on strike. In around 370 so-called `crown' offices workers will walk out in protest at plans to close or franchise 70 sites. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said hundreds of jobs would be affected by the proposals, which it warned could cause further problems for struggling high streets already suffering from shop closures.
English: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/mar/29/post-office-staff-strike ...
http://union-news.co.uk/2013/03/post-office-workers-deliver-strike-message ...
Transport workers at airline TAP as well as the railroads had planned to strike from the 21 to 23 March, protesting against the budget cuts and demanding the resignation of the government. Following a range of emergency meetings, however, TAP management and the eight unions representing its workers came to an agreement that led to the cancellation of the strike. In the meantime the employees of the ground-handling unit of Azores regional airline SATA decided to strike in a protest against cuts in overtime and holiday pay, which they say violates existing accords between the company and its workers.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/tap-saves-face-after-strike-is-scrapped ...
http://www.euronews.com/2013/03/06/portuguese-transport-workers-to-strike ...
http://theportugalnews.com/news/tap-cancels-azores-flights-for-friday-sunday/28096
Negotiations that took around one month, following the announcement that the company would axe over 200 jobs, have led to a social plan at RBC Investor Services. A joint monitoring committee will supervise the implementation of the social plan. Whilst up to 288 jobs were threatened under cost-cutting measures at this branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, unions managed to reduce the number to 210. Unions, staff representatives and the management agreed compensation payments for employees based on their age and the duration of their time at the company. Additionally, benefit payments will take into account the family situations of employees.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/rbc-investor-services-signs-social-plan ...