Massive support for Bulgarian pay demo
Some 10,000 Bulgarian workers flooded the streets of Sofia on 27 October demanding decent incomes and workers’ rights. Members of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CITUB) from all ...
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Croatian unions ready to act for better pay
Trade union activists from all over Croatia, belonging to the ETUC-affiliated SSSH/UATUC, met in Zagreb on 24 October to agree future action to make higher wages a reality. The meeting focused on ...
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Public and Commercial Services Union (UK) payday protests
The PCS is organising a range of activities for members to get involved in our pay campaign including payday protests against the 1% public sector pay cap in every civil service workplace in the ...
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Swiss building workers demand fair payment
Close to 5,500 angry construction workers took to the streets on Saturday 21 October in Switzerland to demand a 150 francs-a-month wage increase. Employers have refused to agree a general pay ...
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Working Bulgaria demonstrates for decent wages
Working Bulgaria is holding a national protest on 27 October, calling for decent wages, under the flags of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CITUB). The slogan of the protest is ...
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Working Bulgaria demonstrates for decent wages
Working Bulgaria is going out on a national protest on 27 October under the flags of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CITUB) with a request for decent wages. The motto of the ...
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In-work poverty: a growing social problem
The ETUC’s #ourpayrise campaign is highlighting the unacceptably low wages being imposed on workers across Europe, since the economic crisis took hold in 2008. A newly published study by ...
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Trades Union Congress: why we are taking action
By Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary British workers are still taking home pay packets that are worth less than their wages before the financial crisis. They have suffered the longest pay ...
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Dutch FNV Pay Rise campaign online
The ETUC’s Dutch affiliate FNV has set up a new website page to highlight the campaign for higher wages. As Europe recovers from the crisis, companies and shareholders are benefitting from ...
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World Day of Decent Work
By Esther Lynch, ETUC Confederal Secretary On October 7 every year, trade unions on every continent mark World Day for Decent Work. Decent work needs to be at the top of everyone’s agenda – ...
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