An agreement signed by LO and the employers association DA on 18 March settling the working conditions for approximately 500,000 workers has found a clear majority of 69.2% in a ballot among the union members. The result of the ballot came out on 17 April. The agreement increases workers' security, it includes measures to combat social dumping, better training opportunities and improved senior employee schemes. For the lower incomes annual pay increase is between 1.25 and 1.5%. The agreement runs from 1 March 2012 to 1 March 2014.
Danish: http://www.lo.dk/Nyheder/Nyhedsarkiv/2012/04/~/media/LO/Aktuelt/Nyheder_2012 ...
http://www.lo.dk/Nyheder/Nyhedsarkiv/2012/04/OKurafstemning_HBOE.aspx
English: http://www.lo.dk/English version/News/ok12.aspx
http://www.lo.dk/English version/~/media/LO/English/DanishLabourNewsapril12.ashx
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The German DGB and the OGB-L will enter into a new and very practical cooperation as the organisations have decided to start with an information office on working conditions and social security for German workers that commute to Luxembourg (estimated 38,000 daily or weekly). As announced in the OGB-L quarterly (page 31) DGB members can ask for advice in the city of Trier (next to existing facilities in Saarlouis and Bitburg) from 5 April. For French commuters a series of meetings is organised (on 25 April, 10 and 24 May) that is completely dedicated to the changes of the pension system in Luxembourg and the consequences for transfrontier workers from France (OGB-L quarterly, page 32). The trade union LCGB-SESM will open new advisory facilities on working conditions for commuters to Germany as from 1 May in Merzig in cooperation with the German Pension Association (DRV Bund)
German and French: http://www.ogbl.lu/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/aktuell_0312.pdf
German: http://deutschegrenzgaenger.lu/de/2012/04/19/deutsch-ab-mai-2012-neue ...
In a joint statement the trade unions OGB-L and the LCGB-SESM have expressed their worries about announcements related to the ArcelorMittal plant in Dudelange. Though a tripartite agreement just has been signed on the future of the metal sector the company has planned a significant reduction of the production, thus provoking artificial shortages. The unions have launched an appeal to the Luxembourg government to stop the systematic destruction of the steel heritage.
French: http://www.ogbl.lu/syndicat-siderurgie-mines/la-prochaine-victime ...
The cleaners' strike, lasting a total of 105 days, was ended after trade union members voted in favour of a new collective agreement. During the longest strike the country has seen since 1933, cleaners organised Marches of Respect, protests and media campaigns. The new collective agreement includes a 4.85% wage increase over two years, more training and job security, frequent workload tests and a pilot programme for a better sick leave arrangement. The lack of sick pay during the first two days of illness was one of the core issues in the cleaners campaign Schoon Genoeg.
English:http://unionrenewal.blogspot.com/2012/04/victory-for-cleaners-after-105-days.html
http://libcom.org/news/netherlands-cleaners-end-strike-after-105-days-19042012
The indefinite strike at the ArcelorMittal Galati steel pipes plant has ended after the signature of a new 2012 collective agreement. The strike was announced to put pressure on the management in the pay dispute. Production has resumed on 17 April.
English: http://www.romaniapress.com/news-10022048.html
The Education, Science and Culture Trade Union of Slovenia (ESTUS), has called for strike action by its members on 18 April. The trade union is opposed to an amendment to the 2012 national budget adopted by the Government which includes significant cuts in the budget for education and in public employees' salaries and also undermines their trade union rights.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2139
Twelve hours past the hour set by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions for the commencement of industrial actions, arbitrators succeeded in reaching an agreement on a new two-year framework contract for mainland industrial and technology workers. After wage negotiations broke down in the first week of April, arbitration was started.
English: http://www.upstreamonline.com/incoming/article1244727.ece
Trade union confederations UGT and CCOO have written to the International Labour Organisation requesting an infringement procedure against the Spanish government. According to the trade union leaders, the current labour reform is not only an attack on workers' rights but also on the institution of collective bargaining. The signatories therefore claim the government has violated ILO conventions 98, 154 and 158 that the country ratified in 1978.
Spanish: http://www.fspugt.es/UGT_y_CCOO_piden_la_intervencin_de_la_OIT ...
In a protest in Ankara the release was demanded of nine Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK) women members and managers who were taken into custody on February 13th and then arrested.
English: http://www.bianet.org/english/human-rights/137634-kesk-women-are .
Commercial Employees' Union have reached an agreement with the Svensk Handel retail employers association that gives retail employees a monthly pay raise of about €80 and stockroom employees, about €75. The agreement means that announced solidarity actions by paper workers, who threatened to block goods from leaving factories, were called off.
English: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-10/news/31316949_1_union-strike ...
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/04/13/Swedish-toilet-paper-shortage ...