Industrial relations

Greek industrialists have set two conditions for it to agree to an increase in the minimum wage: a parallel increase in average productivity and the immediate reduction of social security contributions.

The coalition would adjust the pay system to the specifics of individual professions and peg performance bonuses to efficiency based on a set of indicators for individual professions, according to information obtained by the STA.

In recent years, income policy has allowed an increase in the average wage in Bulgaria with rates close to 10 percent, and this is one of the highest levels in the EU.

May 1 is marked in memory of the events of 1886, when tens of thousands of workers in Chicago, US went on strike, demanding eight-hour work days.

Various unions have called Air France airline workers to go on strike on February 22 to demand a 6 percent salary increase, pointed out the organizers in a statement.
The strike seeks to show disagreement with the company's decision to increase salaries by one percent, which workers consider 'an act of begging'.

Turkey’s metal industry employees and trade unions have finally agreed on a pay rise and social aid package following months of collective bargaining and a banned strike.

A planned strike by metal workers and its accompanying lockout move by their bosses have been postponed by a cabinet decision over “national security concerns” ahead of scheduled talks between the labor unions and the employer union.

Three Turkish labor unions, which represent more than 130,000 workers in the automotive, white goods and iron-steel sectors, have announced a strike, which is set to start on Feb. 2.

There will be no metro service in the Greek capital on Friday, as workers walk off the job for 24 hours.

The strike has been organized by the SELMA union to protest provisions in the administration's latest omnibus bill which change the rules governing strikes by unions.

The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria organised a protest for higher incomes of workers. The union has announced they will not support the budget because they want higher salaries in a number of sectors. The leadership of the Podkrepa Labor Code has refused to participate in the protest.