During its Congress the Trade Union Confederation LO has expressed concern over the reduction of minimum pay levels and the creation of low-paid jobs. This policy contravenes the modernisation of the labour market and the goal of fair wages. LO will work to safeguard the collective agreement model with collectively agreed minimum pay levels. The growing pay gap between white and blue-collar workers has to be reduced.
English: http://www.lo.se/home/lo/home.nsf/unidView ...
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As a result of an arbitration in the pay dispute related to a transfer of personnel (see our Newsletter in April) the wages of the Iberia pilots will be frozen until the of 2014. According to the binding arbitration the creation of the cheap carrier Iberia Express is legitimate. The union of airline pilots SEPLA contested the transfer of the pilots. According to the arbitration text Iberia has to reduce the costs, increase productivity and improve the social climate.
English: http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/04/29/inenglish/1335726245_918880.html
Spanish: http://economia.elpais.com/economia/2012/05/25/actualidad ...
The confederation of railway trade unions KKZZ has ruled out a prospective strike. Following a general assembly of union delegates the union declared that the battle for security on Polish tracks would continue, but not during the tournament. A non-fatal crash in the week of the assembly together with an earlier fatal collision and other less critical incidents stress that change is urgently needed. Piotr Duda, head of the Solidarnosc trade union, has indicated that he will not resign from all protests, in spite of appeals from both the government and adverse public opinion.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/100563,Railway-workers-rule-out ...
Estonian Air pilots are considering a strike as the proposals by the company management for a new collective agreement are judged to work out very disappointing. According to the pilots and the flight attendants management's bid to increase the effectiveness entails tightening the work and rest conditions without any pay increase. Management has threatened to give up the collective agreement strategy and to initiate negotiations with every individual pilot.
English: http://news.err.ee/economy/33818608-2c49-4688-92dd-dfcbb2998e8b
CoiffureSuise, the employers' organisation in the hairdressing branches, has blocked further improvements of the working conditions for the 13,000 employees by rejecting a negotiated moderate pay deal. In the sector important fundamental rights are missing or formulated at a minimum level (13th month, parental leave, basic wages) and workers have been confronted with a wage freeze (since 2009). Trade union Unia will table new demands after this defeat.
German: http://www.unia.ch/Keine-hoeheren-Mindestloehne ...
French: http://www.unia.ch/news_aktion_fr.9.0.html ...
Public service workers supported by a vast majority of railway workers went on a one-day strike after collective bargaining failed between the three trade unions (Memur-Sen, Kamu-Sen and KESK) and the government. The unions were dissatisfied with the proposal of 3% pay raise. According to the unions further demands on economic, social, personal, professional and democratic issues, such as the right to strike and the improvement of working conditions, were completely neglected.
English: http://www.bianet.org/english/people/138574-public-servants-on-strike http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=146090
The Electrabel plan to close two plants (in Ruien and Les Awirs) with in total 130 workers involved is subject of actual consultations. The trade unions have the impression that the company is creating a situation of artificial scarcity. They have created a joint front and claim that the collective agreements have to be respected in a company that is flourishing; there is no reason for dismissals. The next round of talks is planned for 1 June.
French: http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx ...
http://www.dhnet.be/infos/belgique/article/396098/electrabel-la-direction-confirme ...
Dutch: http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/996/Economie/article/detail ...
http://trends.knack.be/economie/nieuws/bedrijven/electrabel-centrales-niet ...
Trade union Ver.di and Deutsche Telekom have signed a 24-month collective agreement that guarantees a 6.5% wage increase to almost 20,000 employees in T-Systems. The wage increase will take effect in three stages: a retroactive increase of 2.3% from 1 May 2012, an increase of 2.1% as of January 2013, and an additional 2.1 increase as of September 2013. For the lowest pay grades, the increase is even higher, up to 7.2%. The agreement that guarantees job security in T-Systems until 31 December 2013 was concluded after a successful strike. The result comes near to the demands as formulated by Ver.di and as recommended by an independent mediator for the DT-AG.
English: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/homepageEn ...
German: http://bit.ly/KWsq4p
The Bohemian and Moravian Confederation of Trades Unions (CMKOS) announced that it would not proceed with a threatened general strike, at least until the end of June. Union leaders said they wanted to give more time for the government to meet their demands for a suspension of pension reforms. The trade unions are waiting for signals of a more conciliatory tone and willingness to make concessions from the government of Prime Minister Petr Necas by June 4. CMKOS chairman Jaroslav Zavadil said meetings in September and October might decide on whether a nationwide general strike should be called. In the weeks to come the unions will organise blockade of five ministries that are responsible for the reforms.
English: http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/politics-policy/czech-general-strike ...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-22/czech-premier-faces-growing ...
Drivers at East Midlands Trains have scheduled six one-day strikes in May after the company announced it plans to reduce contributions into the occupational pensions scheme. While the firm states that recent evaluations show benefits will not be affected, unions claim those calculations are unreliable and that reduced contributions are unwanted at a time that pension funds' assets have been reduced by the crisis. The union demands were indirectly backed up in a letter from the Under Secretary of State who wrote that the government is disappointed that EMT pressed ahead with reducing contributions.
English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18184455 http://www.aslef.org.uk/information/100012/132949/even_the_government_backs .