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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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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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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‘Speed up to 1,000’ campaign accelerates Spanish pay demands
ETUC Spanish affiliate UGT is mobilising for a pay rise in Spain through its ‘Speed up to 1,000 euros’ (Ponte a Mil) campaign. Together with the CC.OO federation, it is pursuing a collective ...
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OurPayRise campaign gets high-level backing!
The clamour is growing for higher pay across Europe as some big hitters throw their weight behind the ETUC’s arguments for #OurPayRise, including the European Central Bank, the International ...
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Revealed: true size of EU east-west pay gap
Workers in 11 central and eastern EU countries are paid up to €944 less per month than workers in Germany when costs of living are taken into account, according to a study published today by the ...
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Czech rally demands end to cheap labour
A rally of Czech trade unionists in Prague on 14 September, organised by ETUC affiliate organisation ČMKOS, agreed the following Manifesto: Fair growth of wages in collective agreements for 2018 ...
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Wages, profits and corporate greed – Short term greed is the enemy of fair wages
In this paper, we show that wages, which are an important engine of growth in Europe, are being held back by an increasing amount of profits being paid out to shareholders. Europe needs a pay ...
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