Collective Bargaining News 2013
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Sweden -Collective agreement for white-collar local government workers, blue-collar workers strike -May 02, 2013
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Greece -Mass layoffs in public sector -May 02, 2013
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Denmark -Teacher lock-out as dispute over hours flares -May 02, 2013
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Malta -Cost of living adjustment mechanism changed? -May 01, 2013
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Finland -Agency work becomes mainstream -May 01, 2013
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Turkey -Turkish Airlines agrees to talks after strike notice -April 27, 2013
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Ireland -Negotiations Croke Park II continue after union members refuse the deal -April 27, 2013
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France -Court rules on redundancy plan -April 27, 2013
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Sweden -New agreement for transport workers -April 26, 2013
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Lithuania -Official unemployment rate has fallen -April 26, 2013
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United Kingdom -Ballot over 1% pay offer -April 25, 2013
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Germany -Minimum wages legislation nearby? -April 25, 2013
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Belgium -Day of action for equal employment rights -April 25, 2013
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Slovenia -Sanitec workers on strike -April 24, 2013
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Poland -Silesia region general strike might turn national -April 24, 2013
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Netherlands -Healthcare deal without biggest union -April 24, 2013
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Ireland -Construction site compliance proposals -April 24, 2013
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Denmark -‘Hidden unemployed’ not counted -April 24, 2013
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EU sources -Worsening conditions in the European public sector -April 24, 2013
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EU sources -IMF policy threatens bargaining traditions -April 24, 2013
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Netherlands -Imtech cuts 1300 jobs -April 23, 2013
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Iceland -Wage index and real wages -April 23, 2013
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Finland -Electricians strike after the cancelling of a worksite agreement -April 23, 2013
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Cyprus -Tripartite meetings over Cyprus Airways social plan -April 23, 2013
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United Kingdom -Strike at Hewlett Packard -April 22, 2013
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Turkey -Tea plant workers organise largest public sector strike in 20 years -April 22, 2013
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Germany -Strikes at Deutsche Post -April 22, 2013
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Germany -Lufthansa forced to cancel nearly all flights during major one-day strike -April 22, 2013
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Netherlands -Tripartite deal softens austerity -April 20, 2013
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Greece -Strawberry pickers shot as they demand unpaid wages -April 19, 2013
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Serbia -Country-wide warning strike by construction workers -April 18, 2013
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Luxembourg -Luxair collective agreement negotiations fail -April 18, 2013
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Liechtenstein -Employment report 2012 -April 18, 2013
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Finland -Foreign owners change industrial relations in paper industry -April 18, 2013
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Austria -Social plan negotiations at Triumph -April 18, 2013
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Austria -Deal on redundancies at Tyrolean Airlines -April 18, 2013
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EU sources -United union protests at Holcim Annual General Meeting -April 18, 2013
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Spain -Trade unions wonder if negotiations will be in good faith -April 17, 2013
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Spain -Strikes at Madrid metro -April 17, 2013
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Romania -New railway strike over unpaid wages -April 17, 2013
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Netherlands -Collective agreement in primary care -April 17, 2013
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Latvia -Metallurgical company in trouble -April 17, 2013
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Germany -Employment guarantees at Coca Cola -April 17, 2013
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Estonia -Work abroad outpaces internal job creation -April 17, 2013
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Greece -Seamen strike against labour reforms -April 16, 2013
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Portugal -Workers protest against privatisation of water supply -April 15, 2013
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Netherlands -Striking workers at Unilever win better deal -April 15, 2013
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Italy -Unions protest as unemployment fund runs out of money -April 14, 2013
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Slovakia -Shrinking of self-employment -April 13, 2013
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United Kingdom -Pay dispute unresolved after more than a year -April 12, 2013
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Sweden -Collective agreement in industrial sector -April 12, 2013
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Norway -Dock workers block port to force compliance with collective agreement -April 12, 2012
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France -Protest of security services -April 12, 2013
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Bulgaria -Half of companies are single-person companies -April 12, 2013
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Switzerland -Protest against lay-offs -April 11, 2013
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Germany -Pay deal at Vattenfall -April 11, 2013
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Germany -Protest started after Siemens puts jobs at risk -April 11, 2013
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Austria -Quarrel over unpaid overtime -April 11, 2013
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EU sources -Social dialogue under strain -April 11, 2013
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Switzerland -Unions take right to strike issue to ILO -April 10, 2013
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Romania -Civil servants may pay solidarity tax on salaries above €1000 -April 10, 2013
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Hungary -New labour law comes into force -April 10, 2013
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Czech Republic -Industrial employers expect more layoffs in 2013 -April 10, 2013
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Luxembourg -Prime minister tests tone of state of the nation with unions and employers -April 09, 2013
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Italy -Unions demand negotiations in public sector -April 09, 2013
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Czech Republic -Governments wants social partners’ backing for plan against unemployment -April 09, 2013
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EU sources -European social model weakened -April 09, 2013
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United Kingdom -Trade union Unite proposes general strike -April 08, 2013
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Norway -Strike off-shore suppliers sea platforms narrowly averted -April 08, 2013
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Malta -Negotiations look set to start at WasteServ -April 08, 2013
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France -Strike at Adecco -April 08, 2013
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United Kingdom -Walkout as part of a three-month campaign of industrial action -April 05, 2013
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Romania -Consultancy firm employs 700 workers without contracts -April 05, 2013
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Portugal -Court rejects austerity measures -April 05, 2013
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Germany -Strike announcement at Amazon logistics -April 05, 2013
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Cyprus -Bank workers strike -April 05, 2013
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EU sources -Safran Group European Framework Agreement to employ young people -April 05, 2013
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Portugal -One worker dies every day on the job -April 04, 2013
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Luxembourg -Nearly 2000 financial sector workers affected by social plans, but sector grows -April 04, 2013
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Croatia -Unions and employers welcome tax authority’s attempts to ease debt burden -April 04, 2013
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Bulgaria -The struggle for social rights -April 04, 2013
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Austria -Redundancies at Swarovski -April 04, 2013
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Lithuania -Chief banker says it’s time for wage growth -April 03, 2013
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Belgium -Renewal of important collective agreements -April 03, 2013
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Belgium -Flanders: 15,000 more unemployed than last year -April 03, 2013
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Sweden -Strike averted as collective agreement is closed in building sector -April 02, 2013
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France -Sailors strike for employment guarantee -April 02, 2013
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Bulgaria -Employers refuse participation in social council -April 02, 2013
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United Kingdom -Post office strike -April 02, 2013
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Romania -Romanians in Germany cry out over slavery-like working conditions -April 02, 2013
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Portugal -TAP workers agree, ground handlers strike -April 01, 2013
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Luxembourg -Investment banker signs social plan -April 01, 2013
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Romania -Chemical workers protest -March 28, 2013
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Estonia -Energy sector workers accept 9% pay increase -March 28, 2013
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Denmark -Dispute over teachers‘ agreement -March 28, 2013
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Turkey -Another raid hits trade union offices -March 27, 2013
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Finland -Two-day strike at TeliaSonera -March 27, 2013
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Cyprus -Bank employees threaten strike over loss of jobs and pensions -March 27, 2013
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Poland -Unions startled by unexpectedly early dismissal round at LOT -March 26, 2013
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Poland -Workers in Silesia region strike against government policy -March 26, 2013
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Norway -Actions against social dumping -March 26, 2013
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Germany -Pay deal at Deutsche Bahn -March 26, 2013
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Germany -Labour cost ranked 8th in the EU -March 26, 2013
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Czech Republic -Trade unions demand minimum wage increase -March 26, 2013
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United Kingdom -Government attempting to curb right to strike -March 25, 2013
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Slovakia -New labour code reverses decisions of previous government -March 25, 2013
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Poland -Wages and unemployment increases in parallel -March 25, 2013
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Ireland -Tara Mines deal accepted -March 25, 2013
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Belgium -Ministers lodge complaint on social dumping -March 25, 2013
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Ireland -Pay cuts and voluntary redundancies -March 23, 2013
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Germany -More strikes at Lufthansa -March 23, 2013
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Estonia -Is labour legislation applicable for foreign workers? -March 23, 2013
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Bulgaria -3000 military plant workers on forced leave -March 23, 2013
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Bulgaria -Labour costs are extremely low -March 23, 2013
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Netherlands -Deal after actions at Albert Heijn distribution centres -March 22, 2013
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EU sources -Labour share and economic growth -March 22, 2013
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Romania -Strike at car manufacturer Dacia -March 20, 2013
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Italy -Trouble at ILVA plant continues -March 20, 2013
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United Kingdom -Yorkshire Ambulance Service de-recognises Unite in midst of industrial dispute -March 19, 2013
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Lithuania -Report on economic and social development -March 19, 2013
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France -American media give unions a bad press -March 16, 2013
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Luxembourg -Strike at Luxair averted -March 15, 2013
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Finland -Finnair technical staff on strike to protest cuts -March 15, 2013
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Greece -Banking sector collective agreement may be automatically cancelled -March 14, 2013
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EU sources -Day of action for a better future -March 14, 2013
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Spain -Unions and airline come to a deal -March 13, 2013
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Austria -Workers in religious hospitals strike -March 13, 2013
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Slovakia -Salary gap between men and women -March 12, 2013
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United Kingdom -Local council jobs down by 380,500 since 2010 -March 11, 2013
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Sweden -Union demands against split shifts in care sector -March 11, 2013
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Malta -Fatigue is high -March 11, 2013
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Germany -Security workers strike at Düsseldorf airport -March 11, 2013
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Czech Republic -Unemployment on the increase -March 11, 2013
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Germany -Pay deal for regional public workers -March 9, 2013
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Portugal -Business leaders call for increase of minimum wage -March 8, 2013
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Italy -Transport strikes -March 8, 2013
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Iceland -Average wage increase 0.8% in 4th quarter -March 8, 2013
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Estonia -Largest gender pay gap in the EU -March 8, 2013
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Austria -Vocational training for temporary workers -March 8, 2013
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EU sources -Women suffer from the crisis -March 8, 2013
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Sweden -Equality law on salary surveys ignored -March 7, 2013
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Sweden -Money raised for stranded guest workers -March 7, 2013
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Netherlands -Unilever workers walk off their jobs -March 7, 2013
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Netherlands -Ambulance workers strike -March 7, 2013
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Ireland -Pharmaceutical plant closed -March 7, 2013
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Germany -Think tank summarises minimum wage debates -March 7, 2013
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Belgium -Strike notice at Caterpillar -March 7, 2013
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Serbia -Wage cut leads to restart -March 6, 2013
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Romania -Self-employment popular -March 6, 2013
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Norway -Union wins major court victory for foreign shipyard workers -March 6, 2013
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Latvia -Employers object increase of minimum wage -March 6, 2013
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Latvia -More attention needed for safe workplace -March 6, 2013
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France -Deal at Renault wins support -March 6, 2013
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United Kingdom -Skanska director checked every worker -March 5, 2013
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Slovenia -Stronger limitations on temporary and agency work -March 5, 2013
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Ireland -Mixed feelings about Croke Park II, Fire fighters and prison officers have a deal -March 5, 2013
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Hungary -Steel workers reach agreement -March 5, 2013
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France -Controversial positions on labour deal -March 5, 2013
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Finland -Municipal workers waiting for a new agreement -March 5, 2013
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Bulgaria -Miners rally in Sofia -March 5, 2013
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Austria -Income differentials between men and women decline only slightly -March 5, 2013
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Switzerland -No to bonuses -March 4, 2013
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Greece -Vio.me occupation -March 5, 2013
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France -Unions and employers discuss permanent contracts for agency workers -March 4, 2013
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Cyprus -Greek teachers come over -March 4, 2013
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Croatia -Labour statistics on women and men -March 4, 2013
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EU sources -Unemployment reaches high record -March 4, 2013
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Turkey -Fight for union recognition -March 06, 2013
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Italy -Employment in large firms stable -March 06, 2013
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Germany -Strike and talks airport security staff -March 05, 2013
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Finland -Contract compliance and liability -March 04, 2013
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Bulgaria -Unemployed give up hope for a job -March 02, 2013
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United Kingdom -Journalist union concludes deal -March 01, 2013
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Romania -Strike for redundancy pay -February 27, 2013
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Serbia -National Council for Economic Recovery calls for re-industrialisation -February 26, 2013
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Lithuania -Youth perspectives and brain drain -February 26, 2013
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Malta -Collective agreement at Education and Training Corporation -February 25, 2013
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Ireland -Croke Park II leads to heated debates -February 25, 2013
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Bulgaria -Negotiations over lay-offs at Sopot military plant -February 25, 2013
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Greece -A crisis of insolvency feared -February 22, 2013
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Czech Republic -Women earn 16% less than men -February 21, 2013
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Belgium -Demonstration against austerity -February 21, 2013
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Austria -Case of gender discrimination won -February 21, 2013
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Netherlands -IT employer wants to cut pay of older employees -February 20, 2013
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Lithuania -New portal opened -February 20, 2013
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Latvia -Social services not in a good shape -February 20, 2013
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Italy -Indefinite strike at ILVA plant -February 20, 2013
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Ireland -Teachers’ union in pay battle -February 20, 2013
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Greece -Protest against austerity measures and planned strike barriers -February 20, 2013
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Czech Republic -Statistical office produces regular pay figures -February 20, 2013
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Czech Republic -Labour inspectorate cracks down in illegal employment -February 20, 2013
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Croatia -Wage cut for 231,000 public sector workers -February 20, 2013
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United Kingdom -Strike at BBC broadcasting -February 19, 2013
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Turkey -Unionists arrested -February 19, 2013
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Austria -Closure and transfer of production -February 19, 2013
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Spain -Three five-day strikes at Iberia -February 18, 2013
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Hungary -Teachers’ strike after ‘total failure’ of talks -February 18, 2013
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Germany -Neo-Nazi guards used to control workforce? -February 18, 2013
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Germany -Teachers’ strike started -February 18, 2013
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Estonia -Unfavourable working conditions push for migration -February 18, 2013
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Denmark -Agreements signed for the public sector -February 18, 2013
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Sweden -Report on temporary jobs -February 17, 2013
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Denmark -Work less and longer -February 17, 2013
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France -Agreement on early exit at Peugeot -February 16, 2013
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Croatia -Protest against privatisation -February 16, 2013
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Portugal -Socorama closes half of its cinemas, 75 to be laid off February -14, 2013
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Finland -Paternity leave on its way -February 14, 2013
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Cyprus -Construction strike ends in renewal of collective agreement -February 14, 2013
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EU sources -Austerity is not working -February 14, 2013
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Bulgaria -Highway construction workers protest over unpaid wages -February 13, 2013
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Austria -Debate on seasonal workers from 3rd countries -February 13, 2013
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Slovakia -Mixed picture of employment figures -February 11, 2013
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Austria -Collective agreement in mineral oil sector -February 13, 2013
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Spain - Seville garbage strike ends -February 08, 2013
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Luxembourg -Reform in company level bargaining coming up -February 11, 2013
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Iceland -Labour market statistics 4th quarter 2012 -February 11, 2013
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Denmark -380 job losses at Lego -February 09, 2013
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Greece -Government attempts to break seafarers’ strike -February 08, 2013
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EU sources -European workplaces in the economic downturn -February 08, 2013
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Switzerland -Commitment to employment and social rights -February 05, 2013
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Netherlands -Strike at Sabic hits output -February 05, 2013
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Hungary -Hunger march to Budapest -February 05, 2013
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Spain -Carmakers expand after wage deal -February 04, 2013
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Denmark -Sex discrimination between fiction and facts -February 04, 2013
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EU sources -Crisis in automotive and steel industries far from over -February 04, 2013
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Portugal -Self-employed to wait two years before being eligible for unemployment benefits -February 03, 2013
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Liechtenstein -New collective agreement in industrial sector -February 03, 2013
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EU sources -Wage setting under pressure -February 03, 2013
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United Kingdom -Agency workers London tube to go on strike -February 02, 2013
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Norway -Guide ‘New in Norway’ -February 02, 2013
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France -Goodyear closes Amiens plant -February 02, 2013
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EU sources -Unemployment on the rise as working conditions worsen -February 02, 2013
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Luxembourg -Talks start over Cargolux collective agreement -February 01, 2013
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EU sources -The European newspaper industry portrayed -February 02, 2013
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France -Civil servants strike over pay freeze -February 01, 2013
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Portugal -Government asks troika for higher minimum wage in line with metal sector -February 01, 2013
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Slovenia -Warning strikes in metal -February 01, 2013
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United Kingdom -Nurses balloted over strike -February 01, 2013
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Belgium -Turmoil continues at ArcelorMittal -February 01, 2013
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Sweden -Forced labour for migrant workers -February 01, 2013
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Spain -Cleaners’ strike at airport -February 01, 2013
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Netherlands -Strike at petrochemical site -January 29, 2013
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France -Peugeot must continue negotiations -January 29, 2013
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Estonia -Healthcare workers do not sign 'good will' agreement -January 29, 2013
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Cyprus -Indefinite strike in construction -January 29, 2013
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Greece -Riot police against metro workers -January 28, 2013
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Estonia -Energy workers demand 15% pay rise -January 28, 2013
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Bulgaria -Strike at Sopot plant called off -January 28, 2013
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Portugal -Massive teachers protest against cuts -January 27, 2013
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Greece -Healthcare underfunded -January 26, 2013
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Turkey -Warning over union-busting complicity -January 26, 2013
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Ireland -Austerity and bank debt – day of action -January 25, 2013
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Ireland -Bad record in workforce disability and illness -January 25, 2013
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Ireland -Healthcare under pressure -January 25, 2013
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Germany -Security workers strike at airports -January 25, 2013
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Slovenia -Massive public sector strike -January 24, 2013
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Ireland -Adoption of social clauses in public procurement expected -January 24, 2013
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Hungary -Pay deal for teachers disputed -January 24, 2013
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France -Pressure on negotiations at Renault -January 24, 2013
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Finland -Increase of redundancies in 2012 -January 24, 2013
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EU sources -Protest against social dumping -January 24, 2013
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United Kingdom -Call for blacklist inquiry -January 23, 2013
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Slovenia -Police and teachers back on strike -January 22, 2013
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Netherlands -Workers harassed by supermarket giant -January 22, 2013
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Malta -Job declaration signed -January 22, 2013
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Italy -Domestic workers convention ratified -January 22, 2013
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Iceland -Wage agreement extended -January 22, 2013
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Germany -Warning strikes at Coca Cola -January 22, 2013
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Czech Republic -Trade unions to campaign against government coalition in next elections -January 22, 2013
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Switzerland -Unia hopes out-of-court settlement on Domino’s pizzas leads to agreement -January 21, 2013
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Spain -Bankers join the strikes -January 21, 2013
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United Kingdom -Beyond the Bottom Line: the living wage can boost -January 20, 2013
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Italy -Strike at ILVA plant ended -January 20, 2013
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Austria -Energy sector comes to a pay deal -January 18, 2013
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Belgium -Public service unions announce joint demonstration -January 18, 2013
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EU sources -Eurostat documents low work intensity -January 17, 2013
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EU sources -Gender gap examined -January 18, 2013
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Romania -Spontaneous strike over unpaid wages at Railways operator -January 16, 2013
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Germany -Euro Marshall Plan launched -January 16, 2013
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Finland -New information channel for municipal workers -January 15, 2013
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Luxembourg -Study finds women earn more than men -January 14, 2013
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France -Tripartite agreement on employee board-level representation -January 14, 2013
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France -Unions and employers agree on labour market reform -January 14, 2013
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Estonia -Union trains members on how to strike -January 14, 2013
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Turkey -Turkish Airlines to meet with trade unions in collective negotiation -January 11, 2013
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Hungary -Pessimism over future -January 11, 2013
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Slovakia -Moderate wage growth in November 2012 -January 11, 2013
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Estonia -Air deal averts strike -January 11, 2013
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Denmark -Pension fund blacklists Walmart -January 11, 2013
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Portuugal -Redundancy pay from one month to 12 days per year worked -January 10, 2013
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Turkey -Petrol-İş recognised and in collective negotiations at Standard Profil -January 10, 2013
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Slovakia -Support for new public procurement rules -January 9, 2013
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Norway -Unions against Ryanair on domestic flights -January 9, 2013
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Latvia -Critical article on the country’s profile -January 9, 2013
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France -Protests against closure of 26 Virgin Megastores -January 9, 2013
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Germany -Pay increase needed after years of restraint -January 8, 2013
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Croatia -Increase of unemployment -January 8, 2013
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Austria -Not enough workers to guarantee checks -January 8, 2013
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EU sources -Unemployment rises in Europe -January 8, 2013
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Poland -LOT to lay off one third of its labour force -January 7, 2013
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Luxembourg -Disagreement between unions leads to split representation -January 7, 2013
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Lithuania -Unions ask for law enforcement -January 7, 2013
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Germany -Action against outsourcing at meat slaughterer Vion -January 7, 2013
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Bulgaria -Dismissals are cheap in Bulgaria, report says -January 7, 2013
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Italy -New regulations for fixed-term and project contracts -January 3, 2013
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EU sources -Trade unions must go for a ‘wage safeguard clause’ -January 2, 2013
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Ireland -Agency workers still wait for back pay -January 1, 2013
