| 28 Feb 11 | MMCH interns strike on 3rd day -- Interns and students of Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital staged a sit-in in front of the hospital building on the third day of their strike on Sunday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Feb 11 | Spanish unions threaten Easter airport strike -- MADRID Spanish union leaders threatened a strike by airport workers that could close down airports during the busy Easter vacation season. ( Laborstart ) |
| 28 Feb 11 | * Home -- Clerks and paramedics were already on strike throughout Algeria when 40,000 other union members decided to join them. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | Polish post to lay off 5,000 workers -- Poczta Polska (PP), the Polish post, is to lay off 5,000 workers by the end of October, reports PAP. In response to the announcement, the labor union Solidarity plans to picket government offices in Poznań on March 2 and in Warsaw on March 16. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | An Unusual Event In Saudi Arabia - Labor Strike In Makkah -- Over 600 construction workers employed by a major construction company on a project close to the Grand Mosque in Makkah are in the second day of a strike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 24 Feb 11 | AWU launches fresh action against Rio Tinto -- Nine days after AWU national secretary Paul Howes declared war on Rio, the union will today file papers in Fair Work Australia claiming the company's "undue and intimidating questioning" of workers at the Bell Bay smelter in Launceston was in breach of the Fair Work Act. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 11 | Gaza govt cracks down on male salon workers -- GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Five male hairdressers were summoned to Gaza police stations this week and compelled to sign a pledge that they would stop working in their salons, which serve primarily women. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 11 | Wage claims 'not a problem' for most businesses -- The National Australia Bank's latest quarterly survey shows that companies expect enterprise bargaining settlements over the next six months to deliver average increases of 3.3 per cent. ( Laborstart ) |
| 23 Feb 11 | Solidarity for Workers’ Struggles Grows -- From California to North Carolina to Poland, workers, community and faith activists are standing in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and around the nation in their fights against a coordinated attack on middle-class jobs. ( http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/22/solidarity-for-workers-struggles-grows/ ) |
| 22 Feb 11 | Hongik University workers reach tentative agreement -- Cleaners, guards and other non-permanent workers at Hongik University reached a tentative agreement with their employers, ending the 49-day labor dispute that started with a sit-in protest at the school campus in Seoul. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Feb 11 | Germany to be hit by train strikes -- BERLIN (AP) — A German train drivers' union says it will hold a warning strike across the country following a dispute over pay and working conditions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Feb 11 | Bulgarian state rail likely to declare 'effective strike' on March 11 -- Employees of Bulgarian state railways BDZ are set to go on strike on March 11 2011, although the final date for the strike action is "yet to be voted on," television channel bTV said on February 21. ( Laborstart ) |
| 22 Feb 11 | Egyptian Union Leader: ‘Today Is the Day of the American Workers’ -- Kamal Abbas, general coordinator of the independent Egyptian Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS), has sent an amazing message of solidarity to U.S. workers under assault by CEO-backed governors and state legislators. From Michael Moore’s ( Laborstart ) |
| 17 Feb 11 | Nominations for Award for Promoting Union Rights -- The deadline for nominating candidates is 1 March 2011. The Arthur Svensson International Award for Union Rights will be presented in Oslo on 16 June 2011, together with the award money of NOK 500,000 (approx. US$86,000). ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Feb 11 | Dutch supermarket workers speak out -- More than 250,000 people in the Netherlands work at one of the thousands of supermarkets and grocery stores around the country. Research conducted by the CNV Services Union coordinator Fedde Monsma indicates that many of these workers are being cheated out of part of their salaries. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Feb 11 | Codelco Copper Miners in Chile Ready Strike Actions at Chuquicamata -- Copper mining unions at Chuquicamata in Chile’s northern Region II are poised to take job action against state-owned Codelco if certain terms and benefits aren’t met. Codelco’s largest copper mine is undergoing a restructuring that includes a drop in production, retirement severances in order to thin job ranks, and then a multi-year US$2 billion investment to develop and extract copper from underground deposits. ( Laborstart ) |
| 15 Feb 11 | Workers demand dissolution of state-run trade union federation -- Around 500 workers and labor activists congregated outside the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) on Monday to demand the federation’s dissolution. Protesters gathered at 4 PM and chanted slogans calling for the right to conduct peaceful labor strikes, the trial of ETUF leaders, and the right to establish independent unions. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Feb 11 | Oil workers in Iraq's Kirkuk threaten strike -- KIRKUK, Iraq — Some 300 day workers at Iraq's state-owned North Oil Company on Saturday warned they would go on strike if their work conditions did not improve, threatening oil production that is the lifeline of the country's economy. ( Laborstart ) |
| 14 Feb 11 | Workers block highway for pay hike -- Workers of a polypropylene’s packet manufacturing factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for one and a half hours Sunday morning demanding a pay hike. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 11 | Pakistan airline staff on strike, many flights cancelled -- Many pilots, flight crew and ground staff of Pakistan International Airlines (PIAa.KA) went on a strike on Tuesday to protest against a proposed codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines THYAP.IS. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 11 | AFL-CIO Backs Egyptian Worker Protests, Says Obama Policies Not Clearly ‘On Their Side’ -- Showing both support for Egyptian protestors and discontent with the Obama administration’s cautious policy, about 100 Egyptian-Americans and representatives of the AFL-CIO and U.S. unions demonstrated at the White House Tuesday evening. ( Laborstart ) |
| 11 Feb 11 | TNT facing strike over super -- The union had also flagged industrial action at Toll after talks yesterday did not result in significant progress in enterprise bargaining negotiations. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 11 | Skills for green jobs in Europe -- Developing a low-carbon economy depends on improving existing skills rather than specialised green skills states the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, CEDEFOP. Clear evidence of the link between developing a low carbon economy and job creation is found in reactions to the economic crisis. Several Member States introduced economic stimulus packages in 2008-09 which included investment in energy efficiency and renewable-energy programmes. The European Economic Recovery Plan, launched in 2008, provided a fiscal stimulus of around EUR 200 billion to counter the economic downturn and focused investment on clean technologies and infrastructure. This theme has been carried over into the European Union’s (EU) new strategy for sustainable growth and jobs, Europe 2020, which puts innovation and green growth at the heart of its blueprint for competitiveness. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 11 | Canadian energy unions stand in solidarity with American and Mexican counterparts -- The fourth tri-national energy meeting took place the last week of January in Los Angeles, California. The CUPE delegation included Charles Fleury, secretary-treasurer of CUPE 1500 Hydro Quebec, Mark Hadder, president of CUPE 998 Manitoba Hydro, Dave Shier from CUPE 1000 Power Workers’ Union, as well as CUPE National research and policy staff. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 11 | Egypt: A new wave of workers strikes and sit-ins -- Following the “Million Man" demonstrations and mass strikes that escalated across Egypt on Tuesday, a new wave of mass strikes and workers' sit-ins also spread on Wednesday. ( Laborstart ) |
| 10 Feb 11 | Egypt: ITUC Supports Strikes and Protests -- In Suez, Cairo, Luxor, Mahalla, Menya, Quesna…workers are protesting in support of the struggle for democracy and to demand the respect of their social and trade union rights. Many sectors are involved including textiles (Mahalla Spinning Company, Misr Spinning and Weaving Company), cement (Helwan Cement Company), coal (Helwan Coke Company), tourism, telecoms, and the pharmaceutical industry (Sigma in Quesna). Several companies linked to the Suez Canal Company are also concerned, although maritime traffic has not been affected. Public sectors, such as education and the postal service have also been affected by this widespread movement. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Police continue strike, talks with prime minister announced -- The Independent Trade Union of Police will continue its strike on Tuesday in expectation of talks with Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic, whereas the Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) has announced a meeting with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Bosnian railway workers strike for back wages -- Belgrade. Railway workers in Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) went on strike on Monday after no agreement could be reached by union and government representatives, reported Radio Television Republika Srpska (RTRS), Xinhua reported. ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Volkswagen to create 35,000 jobs in China -- * Merkel slams dearth of female executives (8 Feb 11) * Volkswagen agrees to 3.2 percent pay hike (8 Feb 11) * German builders fear influx of cheap workforce (6 Feb 11) ( Laborstart ) |
| 09 Feb 11 | Demonstrations and strikes across Egypt -- Thousands of Luxor's unemployed and those affected by the impaired tourism sector gathered in front of the Labour Force Authority to register their names and seek compensation and financial aid as designated by the ministry of finance. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Feb 11 | Forging a better deal for SA's workers -- The current debate about whether we need to create jobs or create decent work that ensures the protection of workers' dignity and rights as a matter of principle is not apolitical or ideologically neutral. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Feb 11 | Guyana pledges US$5m to state-owned sugar company -- GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The Government of Guyana says it will give the state-owned sugar company a US$5-million grant to spur production following last year's large-scale strikes and heavy rains. ( Laborstart ) |
| 07 Feb 11 | MUA and Patrick set to return to negotiating table -- MUA members at Webb Dock on Friday afternoon voted to return to work after management committed to put an offer in writing to the union before the end of this week. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 11 | Hotel workers in Timor denied contracts -- There is growing alarm that management of a leading hotel in Dili have chosen to dismiss trained and long serving staff instead of following local law and providing written contracts for their workers. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 11 | Strike Set as Cerrejón Miners Face Off with Managers in Fierce Colombia Bargaining -- Sintracarbón, the ICEM trade union affiliate organising workers at Carbones del Cerrejón, the world’s largest open-pit set of coal mines, is on the verge of a walkout following a 99.9% strike vote last week. The 4,000-member union and Cerrejón, which is owned by multinationals BHP Billiton, Xstrata, and AngloAmerican, have come up against difficult bargaining since December as they seek to renew the two-year collective bargaining agreement. ( Laborstart ) |
| 04 Feb 11 | Egypt: ITUC Demands Mubarak Stop Violence -- With UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemning the violence and calling for a peaceful transition and offering UN support to this end, ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said “the Egyptian President and Government must listen to the legitimate demands of the massive number of peaceful demonstrators. These people represent the wide spectrum of Egyptian society, including the independent trade unions, and the repression against them is totally unacceptable. The authorities must put in place the measures necessary to ensure a peaceful transition to genuine democracy without any further delay.” ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Feb 11 | Volkswagen Auto Worker Union Demands Doubling Of Raises -- German unions rejected an offer from Volkswagen AG that would give workers a pay rise of 2. 9 percent over the next two years and a one-time payment of 300 euros before the end of June. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Feb 11 | Cyprus: 30 000 Workers Say No to the “Reform Package” -- The content of the “reform package” aims, among other things, to restrict the practical application of right to organise and collective bargaining, and to privatise public institutions, even the ones that are in profit, while cutting the salaries of the workers and pensions. The austerity measures further complicate a situation of social dumping on the labour market fuelled by a policy of legitimisation of the employment of unregistered immigrant workers from Turkey in an attempt to change the demographic composition of the population. ( Laborstart ) |
| 01 Feb 11 | Over 10,000 Manifest in Hamilton Against Canadian Government, U.S. Steel -- The lockout by U.S. Steel against 900 active workers and 9,000 retirees and widows at a steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario, gained national Canadian attention on 29 January when over 10,000 trade unionists assembled and manifested in wet snow in Hamilton. Some 75 busloads of citizens came to what’s known in Canada as “Steeltown,” angry at their government and manifesting under the slogan “The People vs. U.S. Steel.” ( Laborstart ) |
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