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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The answer is wages, not capital
By Professor Jordi Angusto As in any other religion, faith lies behind capitalism. Faith that capital is a panacea always and in any situation: to push economic growth or to help less developed ...
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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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British #payrise tour challenges decision-makers
The British TUC has been travelling up and down the country in advance of the UK elections, demanding a pay rise. The #payrise tour rolled into the north-east of England on 1 June, where TUC ...
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A wage rise: fair and necessary
The Belgian government has made ‘competitiveness’ into its Holy Grail. This quest was regulated by the Law “on the promotion of employment and preventive safeguarding of ...
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Poland: effective wage bargaining in automotive and postal sectors
Sectoral collective bargaining still does not exist in the automotive industry in Poland. However, as a result of ongoing company negotiations, trade unions have been able to secure monthly wage ...
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Women managers lose out on pay
Female managers in the EU earn almost one-quarter (23.4%) less, on average, than their male counterparts. In other words, women in management earn just 77 cents for every euro a man makes per ...
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Why pay rises boost the economy
By Ronald Janssen Wages across Europe have been suffering much in the aftermath of the Great Financial Crisis. Before the crisis, nominal wages were increasing at a rate of 3 to 3.5%. Since then ...
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Price developments reinforce the need to raise wages
From the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) in Spain Economic recovery must also reach households. But price rises are aggravating the loss of purchasing power of wages, pensions and social ...
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