Bulgaria: profits soar while wages stagnate
Industry in Bulgaria has one of the highest profit rates but pays some of the lowest salaries in the EU, according to research by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria ...
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Collective bargaining and wage growth
The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has published a new analysis of developments in collective wage agreements across Europe in 2016. Wages ...
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Young women and young migrants need a pay rise
By Viktória Nagy and Rune Bugten, ETUC Youth Committee Vice-Presidents Europe does not yet offer equal opportunities in the labour market for all young people. When it comes to getting a good job ...
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British workers reject ‘low-wage culture’
Resistance to the UK’s ‘low-wage culture’ is growing. According to new research from the TUC, the value of wages in the public sector has fallen by thousands of euros a year since 2010. But ...
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Young workers need a pay rise
By Tom Vrijens, President of ETUC Youth Committee Young workers need a pay rise. Of course, all workers deserve a pay rise, but young workers suffer specific difficulties that put them in even ...
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Young people and the youth pay gap
Pay Rise Campaign – Briefing Note Young people and the youth pay gap Young people earn below the average wage in all EU countries. But in some the gap is much wider than in others, and is ...
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Not greedy, just fair
By Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary When they demand pay rises, workers and trade unions are all too often described as greedy – but nothing could be further from the truth. Pay rises are ...
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EU wage austerity condemned by Council of Europe
The reduction of the minimum wage for workers under 25 – as part of the austerity programme imposed on Greece by the EU and other creditors – has been condemned as “excessive”, and ...
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The European Social Pillar and Wages – en route to a European Minimum Wage Policy?
By Thorsten Schulten and Torsten Müller On 26 April, the European Commission launched its proposal for a European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) as one of its flagship initiatives to strengthen ...
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Young people in traineeships
Pay Rise Campaign – Briefing paper Young people in traineeships Traineeships are supposed to ease the path from education to work, and should have a strong training or learning element. In ...
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