The International Labour Organisation has published its Global Employment Trends report, in which it concludes that unemployment is rising. The report reveals that in those countries where unemployment levels remained stable, working conditions tend to have deteriorated.
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Goodyear announced it is closing its tyre plant in Amiens, leading to 1173 losing their jobs. Goodyear had been in negotiations with trade unions for over five years to salvage the plant, but the parties did not reach an agreement. Goodyear said plant closure was the only option left and that a social plan had been sent to the works council.
English: http://www.france24.com/en/20130131-goodyear-plan-close-tyre-plant ...
The public agencies have produced a practical guide for immigrants. The booklet was edited by the Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) in cooperation with a large number of official institutes like the Directorate of Labour and Welfare, the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs, the Directorate for the Labour Inspection Authority, the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning. The trade union confederation LO was involved as well.
English: http://www.nyinorge.no/Documents ...
Agency workers on the London Underground, organised in the RMT rail union, have announced they will go on strike to protect their jobs. Until recently, the agency workers were paid less than their directly hired colleagues. As they organised in the RMT and started defending their rights, the workers were granted equal pay. Shortly after, however, London Underground abruptly ended its contract with the agency, placing the agency workers' jobs in jeopardy. RMT is demanding the agency workers are incorporated as direct hires.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm ...
Civil servants across the country have protested against the pay freeze imposed on them by the government. The unions said that the lack of pay increase is particularly harsh on nearly a million civil servants who are earning the minimum wage. Civil Service Minister Lebranchu reacted she understands the situation is difficult, but added that there is no space in the budget for any wage increase.
English: http://www.news24.com/World/News/French-civil-servants-go-on-strike ...
Trade unions and Cargolux have started negotiating a new collective agreement after the company unilaterally repudiated the running agreement in October (see newsletter). Trade unions have stated the company first needs to present its new business strategy before negotiations can start over concrete issues.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/cargolux-collective-agreement-talks-begin ...
Steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal announced that it would shut down six cold-processing facilities in the Liege region, eliminating 1,300 jobs and triggering a call for a general strike at sites still open by trade unions. ArcelorMittal, already embroiled in controversy in France over the closure of two blast furnaces, blamed weak demand for cars and cutbacks in auto plants for fall in demand for steel. The company said it had proposed a flexible work model which was rejected by trades unions, but which would have enabled the facilities to adapt to demand. According to union officials the closures amount to a `social cataclysm for the region'. They cited 70,000 redundancies in Europe by the company as proof of his argument. The numbers employed in the Belgian steel business - like coal or shipbuilding beforehand in other one-time powerhouse industries - have collapsed from some 34,000 in 1981 to fewer than 10,000 in 2013. The workers decide to go back to work but to continue with the protests.
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http://www.euronews.com/2013/01/29/liege-steel-employees-vote-to-work-and-protest/
The national government has requested the European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to be allowed to raise the monthly minimum wage from €485 to €500. The increase has been a core union demand and has recently been put in place as the minimum in the metal sector through a sector-wide collective agreement.
English: http://www.eucoban.eu/EMF/Reports/Increased-minimum-wages-in-Portugal
Nurses are to be consulted over a ballot for strike action in support of administrative workers involved in a bitter dispute at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Unison is to consult all 3,000 of its members amid an on-going strike by administrative workers over pay cuts at the trust, which runs hospitals in Wakefield, Pontefract and Dewsbury. The trust has sent notices of dismissal to 162 affected staff and told them they face being out of job unless they sign new contracts on reduced pay, holidays, and all other aspects of work.
English: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories ...
After the negotiations failed for a new collective agreement workers at the SABIC petrochemical plant in Geleen decided to go for a strike. SABIC has around 1,850 staff. Workers and management were at loggerheads over target pay increases and planned changes in work hours. The unions also oppose expected redundancies related to business reforms under SABIC's so-called `social plan'.
English: http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Petrochemicals/8098170