Trade unions at Caterpillar stand united in face of Caterpillar's announcement that it intends to lay off 1,400 workers (1,100 production workers and 300 administrative staff) at its plant in Gosselies. `We favour social dialogue to find solutions that will ensure the sustainability of the plant but we will change gear and take strong action if we are not heard' warned a union representative.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/strike-notice-at-caterpillar-belgium
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Pharmaceutical company MSD is to close its plant at Rathdrum in Co Wicklow by the end of 2015, resulting in the loss of 280 jobs. The company told workers that operations at the site will be ceased in two years' time. Manufacturing activities will start to be phased out in 2014, but no staff reductions are expected until the end of next year. Unions have the intention to secure agreement with the company that this time is used to ensure that each and every member receives the opportunity to train up so that they will be in a position to secure employment elsewhere.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0307/374559-msd-to-close ...
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/unions-hopeful-over-msd-workers ...
Companies with more than 25 employees are required by the Swedish discrimination law to perform salary surveys at least once every three years. In a published review, the trade union Akademikerfrbundet SSR warned that public sector employees were increasingly falling behind in their duty to map out incomes. The trade union Unionen has gone so far as to report Halmstad municipality to the Anti-discrimination board for failing to register its employees' salaries.
English: http://www.thelocal.se/jobs ...
The second largest trade union agreed to a 20% wage cut at the country's sole steel plant, which the government wants to restart more than a year after it bought it back from US Steel Corp.
English: http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Serbian_trade_union_agrees ...
The number of people killed in workplace accidents in Latvia is twice as high as the average number in Europe. An expert on occupational safety of the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia stated this during the opening a new occupational safety campaign. Between the beginning of January and Feb. 11 of 2013, twelve persons were killed in work-related accidents, a threefold increase when compared to the same period last year, according to information from the State Labour Inspectorate.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/32641/
Around 50% of younger Romanians say self-employment is important for the future, while the European average is 3%. This is the outcome of a study conducted by GfK Nuremberg, Germany. The most important reasons to start up an own business are: second income prospects - 55%, independence from an employer - 30% and self-fulfilment, possibility to realise own ideas - 23%.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/more-romanians-deem-self-employment ...
The call by the national ombudsman to increase the monthly minimum wage was rejected by the Prime Minister as a target amount that was not realistic. Speaking about the minimum wage the ombudsman referred to the ratification of Article 4 of the European Social Charter in full. Article 4 speaks about just wages. His plea led to proposals to increase the minimum wage with 1oo lats to 303 lats (?428). The government received objections from the Latvian Employers' Confederation and has said that a system of gradual increase in the minimum wage must be implemented in the future, balancing this in the interests of social partners, as well as the minimum wage in neighbouring countries.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/32619/
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-319595194/latvian-ombudsman-interviewed ...
Trade union Force Ouvriere said in a statement that it had decided by a large majority to sign the new agreement `for a new growth dynamic and social development at Renault in France'. The decision follows a similar move by the CFE-CGC, last month, giving Renault enough support to validate the accord. The deal between the company and unions eliminating 7,500 jobs and freezing wages is expected to be officially signed following a works council meeting.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/us-renault-unions ...
Statistics Austria reports that the labour force participation of women has steadily increased. The employment rate of women aged 15 to 64 years rose from 59.9% (2001) to 66.5% (2011). The increase in female employment is mostly due to a rise in part-time work. In 2011, 44.0% of women in employment worked part-time (2001: 34.3%). Part-time work plays an important role especially for women with children. In 2011, 71.4% of women aged between 25 und 49 years who have children under 15 years of age worked part-time. Looking at the income situation, there has been only a slight decrease in the gender pay gap.
English: http://www.statistik.at/web_en/press/070177
German (with more details and statistics): http://www.statistik.at/web_de/presse/070176
The social pact that was signed by three unions in January after lengthy talks with employers has led to polarised position within the trade unions. The agreement should lead to more job security for workers on short-term contracts, but makes it also easier for firms to put staff on shorter hours if orders dry up and gives them new rights to dismiss any who refuse to participate. The trade union confederation CGT and FO staged protests in some 200 cities along with small, scattered strikes.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/us-france-protests ...
http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/french-unions-protest-loosening-labor ...