Pay rises for 270,000 Italian central government employees could already arrive in their February pay packets. The money should be available once the Court of Auditors and Accounting services ...
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During the four days that Chief Executive Officers from European companies attend the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2018, they earn more than most people get in 18 months to two years. ...
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German metalworkers are backing up their demand for higher wages and reduced hours with a campaign of warning strikes. On 8 January, some 160,000 workers at more than 80 companies, including ...
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The ETUC’s Croatian affiliate the SSSH/UATUC has been successful in getting the minimum wage increased and removing allowances (e.g. for overtime, night work, holiday work etc) from the ...
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They call them ‘low cost’ jobs – but they are low cost only for the workers. Thousands of people across Italy are being forced into arduous, low-paid work. According to research by Italian ...
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The right to join a trade union and the right to collective bargaining are basic, human rights recognised by the UN International Labour Organisation. Yet many well-known multi-national companies ...
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Despite all the claims that economic recovery is underway in Europe, more than half the population of 11 EU Member States say that they still have difficulty making ends meet. This is the shock ...
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The European Commission’s Annual Growth Survey (AGS) published on 22 November, launching the 2018 European Semester of economic policy, includes a very welcome call for real wage growth to ...
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Low wages are holding back recovery in the EU. Official confirmation came from EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici. Unveiling the EU’s Autumn 2017 economic ...
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Europe’s persistent gender pay gap of 16.3% means that as from 3 November this year, women doing the same job as male colleagues are in effect working for nothing. Earning less simply because of ...
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