The executive office of the Trade Union of Civil Servants (SNFP) has decided to postpone the all-out strike scheduled for October 25, union leader Sebastian Oprescu told a press agency. He emphasized that the recent collapse of the government asked for a responsible union attitude, but warned against the non-observance of labour legislation under pressure of crisis conditions. "This is one of the reasons for which we consider that the public administration needs parliament's special attention", Oprescu said.
English: http://www.emportal.rs/en/news/region/101896.html
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On 20 October, the Finnish Airline Pilots' Association decided it would impose a training ban on Finnair in two weeks' time. The union said Finnair pilots would refuse to train other carriers' pilots in protest against Finnair's plans to outsource some domestic and European short-haul flights. A pay and conditions agreement covering Finnair pilots expired more than a year ago, but talks on a new one stalled over the outsourcing plans.
English: http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID .
After some limited warning strikes, the strike committee of the joint railway unions has announced a nationwide strike unless the management of the state-owned companies agrees to their demands. Demands include being paid on time, receiving all social benefits railway workers are entitled to, and, most importantly, putting an end to the planned layoffs of 2,000 workers in the two state-owned railway companies BDZ (Bulgarian State Railways) and NKZI (National Company Railway Infrastructure). The unions are also opposed to the shutting down of railway stations and lines in poor regions. The Transport Ministry recently announced that the railways face a large deficit, blaming this largely on the policies of the former government.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=108980
UNISON members at Oxford City Council have voted in favour of a new pay structure that includes a minimum pay rate of UKP 7 (Euro 7.55) an hour. The UNISON branch is happy with a the new simpler pay structure in the council and the setting of a "living wage" well ahead of the national minimum wage that has been raised to UKP 5.80 (Euro 6.25) an hour for workers aged 22 and older from October 2009.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324; http://www.unison.org.uk/bargaining/index.asp
Over 300 health workers took to the streets of Fribourg in a campaign to secure an increase in shift premia for night work. The SSP public service union wants to see hospitals honour the minimum legal requirements of a 10% addition for night work and full compensation for on-call duties but also is claiming a 20% allowance for night work in line with practice in most other cantons (regions).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324;
French: http://www.ssp-vpod.ch/actualites/nouvelles/ansicht/article/300-salarie- .
Employees of the Metrix meter reading company, a subsidiary of Sibelga, the company that manages the gas and electricity networks in Brussels, went on strike in protest at the high level of temporary contracts in the company. Only one in four workers are on permanent contracts compared with 75% in comparable companies in Flanders and Wallonia. The company has refused to increase the number of permanent contracts.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324;
Dutch: http://nl.gazelco.be/2009/10/01/spontane-werkonderbreking-bij-metrix-sibelga/
Municipal and healthcare union Kommunal is very concerned that some 4,000 personal health care assistants will not get a pay increase next year, as a result of the decision by the Vrdfretagarna health employers' organisation to terminate a pay agreement with the union. Kommunal says it will continue to negotiate on the workers' behalf to see if an increase can be achieved. It is highly critical of the employers' organisation and says this is a blow to any further progress towards equal pay.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324; Swedish: http://www.kommunal.se/press/Pressmeddelanden/23026/
Unions have signed a new two-year agreement covering the 80,000 civil servants employed at federal level. Bearing in mind the difficult negotiating conditions, they are positive about the agreement that covers improvements in a broad range of employment conditions, including increases to the year-end bonus marking further progress towards a 13th month salary.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324;
Dutch: http://www.acod-overheidsdiensten.be/;
French: http://www.cgsp-ministeres.be/
Reports indicate that over 750,000 workers took part in the national public sector strike on 5 October in protest at government plans to cut pay and jobs. The government proposals are in response to a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund and European Union. The government wanted to implement a new public sector pay structure without negotiating with the trade unions (See also this Collective Bargaining Newsletter Year 2 September 2009).
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324; http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/09/articles/ro0909019i.htm
The unions that organise around 50,000 workers in the non-profit sector in Wallonia and the French community have submitted (CNE- CG- CSC/BI - FGTB/HORVAL- SETCa) have submitted a number of demands to employers covering pay and employment conditions. The unions point out that their members deliver a range of vital health and social services, demand for which is increasing as a result of the current crisis. Among the main demands are harmonisation of pay with health workers at federal level, granting of a 13th month salary and extra leave. The unions also want money allocated to employment measures to ease the increasing workload faced by many workers in the sector.
English: http://www.epsu.org/cob/324;
French: http://www.setca.org/News/Pages/Uncahierderevendicationspourles50000 .