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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British workers reject ‘low-wage culture’
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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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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ETUC pay rise campaign is a mark of European solidarity
By Jean-Claude Mailly, General Secretary, Force Ouvrière, France Trade unions affiliated to the European Trade Union Confederation have launched campaigns, in each country, for a general increase ...
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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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Public services: how workers continue to pay for the crisis
In response to the financial crisis of 2008, governments across Europe used public money to stabilise the system and bail out the banks. Public spending also helped maintain the European economy ...
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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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