Trade unions and glass manufacturer Guardian Luxguard have come to an agreement to save jobs at the company's Dudelange plant. Decrease d labour costs, amongst others via government led shorter working time measures, and investment in reparations of one of the oven's mean the site can stay online for at least another four years. The agreement secures 263 jobs at the Dudelange plant.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/263-jobs-saved-at-luxguard-in-dudelange ...
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Data from the Social Security website revealed that there were 374,277 people on unemployment benefit in October 2012, while in September the number was even higher with 375,041 receiving the social aid. Data from the National Statistics Institute indicate that 870,000 people were jobless at the end of the third quarter of 2012, when the unemployment rate stood at 15.8%. Eurostat revealed that the unemployment rate in Portugal had risen to 16.3% in October.
English: http://www.algarveresident.com/0-50496/algarve/october-is-second-month ...
About 1,200 workers at the 2 Sisters Food Group in the West Midlands had decided to stage three days of 24-hour strikes after voting nearly unanimously for industrial action. In a dispute over pay and working conditions the workers voted by 98.5% for strike action and 97.2% for industrial action short of a strike. The turnout was 57%. The first 24-hour strike started on Friday 14 December when workers walked out in a dispute over pay and conditions. Furthers strikes planned at the 2 Sisters Food Group were cancelled after management made an improved offer to workers at the West Midlands company. The key elements of the package are an improved above-inflation one-year pay award, backdating of the pay increase to 1 August 2012 and `significant' joint training with the company on dignity and respect at work.
English: http://union-news.co.uk/2012/12/breaking-unite-calls-off-tomorrows ...
Public sector employees held a new 24-hour strike in protest against the latest austerity package. The latest measures, which include plans to lay off 27,000 civil servants, have increased the general outrage. The strike was organised by public sector union ADEDY and supported by GSEE and PAME. Train personnel joined the strike to protest against plans to privatise the railways.
English: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/19/uk-greece-strike ...
Parliament's lower house passed a bill authorising the raise of judges' salaries from 2.5 to 2.75 times the public sector average pay from 1 January 2013. State attorneys, whose salaries are fixed at 90% of that of judges, therefore also receive a wage increase.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2012/12/19/chamber-deputies-approves-higher-pay ...
According to a trade union spokesman of the trade union UHM the participation of women in the work place is important to help improve the economy and the UHM has formulated proposals to increase equality particularly in the case of parental leave instead of maternal leave which will give a couple the option of deciding who will stay at home and who will go to work. The creation of free childcare centres, through a public-private partnership scheme, will allow more women to enter the workforce.
English: http://www.di-ve.com/news/penisons-cannot-be-sustained-uhm
The ministry of home affairs has announced that the country's city policy will receive a 13.2% pay increase in 2013, whereas the militarised policy will get a 9.9% pay hike. The news comes in a series of Christmas announcements, including permission for all civil servants to take the two Mondays before Christmas and New Year's Day off.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/police-awarded-11-percent-pay-rise/27375 http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/government-allows-civil-servants-to-bridge ...
The last detained women of the 15 women KESK leaders and activists arrested in February 2012 (see the April and June Newsletter) - were released on bail pending trial. The ITUC has once again urged the Turkish government to stop the judicial harassment against trade unionists and ensure a fair and timely judicial process.
English: http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-kesk-trial-three-women.html?lang=en
A report published by staffing company Manpower has revealed that employers see an uncertain future in the first quarter of 2013, with only nine per cent planning to hire extra staff and 11 per cent saying they will release employees next year. The landscape of hiring and layoffs varies greatly from one sector to the next and even within sectors in their respective niche areas.
English: http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2012/12/18/new-year-new-fear-for-jobs/
Workers at the country's largest military plant, VMZ Sopot, went on strike on 12 December over unpaid salaries. The plant, which has been confronted with fewer orders, was put up for privatisation (see the July newsletter), but slow progress is made due to there being only one bidder. In November, unions and the state reached an agreement over the payment of the wages. However, at the end of the month no wages were received and the workers decided to go on indefinite strike. On 17 December, the prime minister decided to free funds for the payment of salaries. Next day, however, it became clear that the salaries never reached workers' bank accounts because banks discounted delayed credit payments incurred by most workers while they were waiting to receive their wages.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=146008 http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2012-12-18&article=40858