Dock workers extended a strike in at least four ports until 28 November as they protest against a plan to change labour rules. The strike, which began before the government approved a draft law on 20 September to make employment practices in the sector more flexible and reduce exporting costs, will continue until the government and unions reach an agreement.
English: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-07/portugal-dock-workers-extend ...
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Recent figures show that average weekly earnings fell slightly in the second quarter of 2012. In the whole year 2011 the average worker's wage fell to under €41,000- a drop of over 4.5% since 2008. The highest annual wage in 2011, excluding costs, was €50,985 and was in the financial, insurance and real estate sector. The lowest was in the accommodation and food services sector at €16,910.
English: http://www.cso.ie/quicktables/GetQuickTables ...
http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/earnings/2012 ...
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/average-annual-salary-falls ...
October 2012 brought an all-time high in bankruptcy figures. The number of bankruptcies published in the Belgian Official Journal went up to 1236 (compared to 938 in September 2012). In the first eight months of this year the total number of bankruptcies recorded is 6,764 (in 2011, this number was 6,444), which is 4.97% more than during the same period last year. The increase is almost entirely noted within the Flemish Region with a clear increase of the number of bankruptcies within the catering, the wholesale and the construction sectors.
English: http://www.graydon.be/publicnew/default.aspx?i=144
After announcing €796 million losses over the firth three quarters, the Banco Commercial Portugus (BCP) made known that it will seek to lay off another 600 employees. A spokesperson said the bank hopes to achieve the jobs cuts through voluntary redundancies and natural attrition. Earlier this year, the BCP cut 93 jobs.
English: http://theportugalnews.com/news/bcp-reports-big-losses-and-job-cuts/27162
Medical unions in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland will stage a joint protest on 20 November against their governments' health policies. The Hungarian, Czech, Polish and Slovak union leaders that signed the `Visegr d Charta' in November 2011 called primarily for minimum salaries of junior doctors to be set at 1.5 times the national average and those of specialist doctors at three times the national average. They also called for rules for work beyond the basic 40 hours a week to be formulated according to the European Work Time Directive. In the actual call it is noted that healthcare in the Central European region, particularly Slovakia and Hungary, is plagued by low salaries, long working hours and staff shortages.
English: http://www.budapesttimes.hu/2012/11/08/last-warning-before-docs-get-tough ...
With a previous round of 3,700 layoffs not yet finished (see the July/August Newsletter), the turbine manufacturer Vestas has released third quarter figures showing that 3,000 more workers will soon be licensed. The company announced that it was seeking to reduce its workforce to 16,000 by the end of 2013. At the end of 2011 the company employed nearly 23,000 people. When all is said and done, Vestas will have reduced its workforce 30 per cent.
English: http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2223194/battered-vestas-confirms ...
http://cphpost.dk/business/vestas-continues-downward-spiral-3000-new-job-cuts
It's believed that thousands of foreigners are being exploited by Dutch market gardens, cleaning contractors and construction companies. They're locked up, swindled and intimidated. Labour inspectors are becoming increasingly concerned because the illegal economy behind this exploitation is continuing to grow. The number of victims who have been found by the police has doubled in recent years.
English: http://www.rnw.nl/english/video/modern-day-slavery-growing-netherlands
After having published that it had made a third-quarter net profit of €609m the largest Dutch financial services group ING , which employed 94,000 people at the end of June 2012, said it was to cut 1,350 jobs at its European insurance operations and 1,000 in commercial banking, or 2.5% of its workforce. The company said the redundancies would be made over two years. So far, it is unclear where the bulk of the cuts will take place and when they will start.
English: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/07/ing-cuts-bank-insurance-jobs
A total of 35 jobs will be slashed when Kraft Foods Austria, soon to be known as Mondolez, transfers its premises from Vienna to a new plant in Germany in 2013. The profitable company is the first victim in the division of Kraft Food Inc. into Kraft Foods Group and Mondolez International as of October 2012. The 35 employees affected have already been informed of the company's decision. Together with the works council the trade unions PRO-GE and GPA-djp have prepared the negotiations on a redundancy agreement. Some of the employees will be offered early retirement whilst others will have the opportunity to switch to the company's office in Vienna.
English: http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-10-31/45137/_Jacobs ...
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The start of the 2013 school year will see a return to four-and-a-half days of classes in primary school, the introduction of new teacher training, the launch of e-Education, and the creation of a `legitimate body' to write the curricula. Other announcements included: more teachers than classes, the return of schooling for the under-threes, and a reduction in the number of children having to repeat the school year. While most of these reforms were welcomed by the teachers trade unions the unions hope that the negotiating stage due to begin after the first assessment by the National Education Minister will ensure there are no partisan decisions against the interests of school teachers and the very foundation of their professionalism and commitment to public service and national education.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2341