Rising prices, inflation and the cost of living are the greatest worry facing individual Europeans today, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey of public opinion in the European Union. ...
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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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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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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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A major round of collective bargaining is underway in Sweden, covering some 2.4 million blue collar, white collar and professional workers. Industrial unions have already signed a three-year ...
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On 23 June, Public Services Day, citizens around the world acknowledge the wide range of education, health, social and other key services delivered all day and everyday by public service workers. ...
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Workers at Budapest’s public transport authority (BKV) have avoided strike action and obtained a new pay deal worth an extra 15% this year. The two BKV unions initially sought a 30% wage increase ...
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On 23rd June, Public Services Day, citizens around the world acknowledge the wide range of education, health, social and other key services delivered all day and everyday by public service ...
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Since the three Italian trade union confederations CGIL, CISL and UIL came together to sign a new industrial relations agreement in January 2016, giving a fresh impetus to national and secondary ...
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Social partners in the textile sector in Germany have agreed a new wage deal that will offer a 4.4% increase overall to 100,000 employees in the Länder of the former West Germany. The accord also ...
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