Collective agreement

The General Council of the General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) is to convene on Saturday, at the Radisson Blu Park Hotel in Athens, to decide on GSEE's response to the problems facing Greek workers and Greek society as a whole.

The Greek Prime Minister, Mr Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is expected to announce new increases in the private sector wages as well as some changes concerning the collective agreements, during this year's Thessaloniki International Fair.

The management of the Romanian Television Broadcasting Corporation (SRTV) officially recognizes, through the reply sent to MediaSind Romanian Journalists' Trade Union (SRJ), that it violated the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement by the fact that it organized several employment competitions in the absence of the delegate on behalf of the representative Union, a press release of S

Supporters of the communist-affiliated union PAME take part in an anti-austerity rally in front of Parliament in Athens, Monday. Thousands of workers protested against austerity measures including changes in labor laws, reinstating collective bargaining agreements and increasing the amounts of the slashed minimum wage and pensions. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]

A controversial recently-signed collective agreement between Soma Mining Inc., Imbat Inc. and Turkey's mining union, Maden-i? has been disclosed, raising criticism that all the gains of miners have been "melted" in the new agreement.

A union representing coastal shipping seamen has called a strike for June 30, charging that certain ferry boat operators are violating collective bargaining agreements.

Almost 20 percent of Romanian employees are paid the minimum wage or just little more, and the workers' collective bargaining coverage in 2014 has been of mere 36 percent, president of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) Dumitru Costin declared on Thursday after the meeting with President Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Palace.

The government has suspended an ongoing strike in Turkey?s metal sector, citing national security.

?The strike by Birle?ik Metal-?? in the workplaces listed has been considered to be damaging national security and hence has been delayed for 60 days,? read a cabinet decision published in the Official Gazette on Jan. 30.

A group of metal workers began a strike on Jan. 29 around Turkey to protest poor wages in the sector and demand a better collective bargaining agreement with employers in the industry. Another group of metal workers are also planning to go on strike Feb. 19, increasing the total number of striking workers to some 15,000. 

The Serbian Labour Ministry has called for the Social-Economic Council, which is made up of representatives of employers, unions and government, to meet next week in order to discuss the draft labour law, a ministry source told BIRN. 

This will come instead of a public discussion on the long-awaited legislation before it can be sent for adoption by parliament in July.