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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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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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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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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Swedish unions protect lowest paid
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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After 9 years of austerity, Europe’s public sector workers deserve a pay rise!
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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15% pay increase for transport workers in Hungary
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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Collective bargaining pays off in Italy
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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Pay rises in German textile and steel sectors
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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Estonian unions negotiate higher pay in the healthcare sector
Estonian trade unions won substantial pay rises in a new collective agreement in the healthcare sector, concluded at the end of April 2017. Wages have been increased this year by 5% for doctors ...
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