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Steven. — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:03:52 +0000

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Striking tube cleaners intimidated

Ed — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:34:47 +0000

The union is gathering evidence that cleaners have been bullied, harassed and threatened with the sack and with illegal punitive deductions from their wages if they take strike action.

Peterborough bin workers take wildcat action

Ed — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:09:41 +0000

About 70 workers have downed tools amid claims their city council paymasters have gone back on an agreement to pay them thousands of pounds in back pay. They say they are owed compensation as a result of a salary restructure undergone by the authority and are refusing to go back to work until the outstanding wages are paid.

"The boys are refusing to work until it is sorted," said one binman.

Corfu garbage-dump protest followup: renewed barricades met with plastic bullets by greek riot-police

taxikipali — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:55:38 +0000

One dead protester after barricades against open garbage-dump in south Corfu end in clashes with riot police

taxikipali — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:02:55 +0000

The residents of Lefkimi in the south of Corfu island in greece are opposed to the construction of an Open Garbage-Dump (XYTA) near their town. The residents claimed that their marginalised, underdeveloped area known for its left-wing tradition and defience was being used as a refuse for the tourist-industry produced garbage of the north.

Glasgow bin workers in wildcat strike

Ed — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:07:33 +0000

The action disrupted both refuse and recycling collections throughout the city affecting 15,000 households. Workers at the Queenslie and Eastern depots took the un-official action, claiming the council had failed to meet overtime payments of up to £4000.

April 24 – hundreds of thousands to walk out

Steven. — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:35:14 +0000

Employer attacks on workers' pay is the main issue at stake.

Teachers in the NUT are walking out over their pay deal which was supposed to be revised when inflation rose, but the government refused: effectively cutting their wages.

20,000 Birmingham council workers to strike

Steven. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:07:37 +0000

Council workers will be protesting against the new pay and grading system imposed by Birmingham council last week, affecting 40,000 staff.

UNISON has branded the structure discriminatory. Though it was designed to end wage inequalities, some workers will lose up to half their pay.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange disruptions intensified

treeofjudas — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:19:41 +0000

Management responded by threatening to close down trade entirely if disruptions continue today (Tuesday April 1st). Workers retaliated by diverting all incoming calls to the CEO's office.

More strikes expected as Greece passes pension reform

Ed — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:18:57 +0000

The pension reform raises the retirement age for women to 65 and workers in hazardous industries will have to work an extra two years. Many accuse the conservative government of going back on pre-election promises not to cut pension rights.

Greece heading towards general strike

Ed — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:26:57 +0000

The government's reforms would mean the merging of pension funds and increasing the pension age for some workers. The government, however, has not made public any details on the size of savings that will accrue from the reforms. The trade unions have also argued that the current pension system could survive if bosses were made to pay their contributions.

Workers continue to fight for their pensions in Greece

Alex... — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:14:24 +0000

Last Wednesday saw a three-hour general stoppage called by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE), during which doctors, engineers, pharmacists and lawyers joined bank workers and rubbish collectors already on strike. The day ended with a march on parliament attended by hundreds of workers.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: union overtime ban forces trade to end three hours earlier

treeofjudas — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:27:11 +0000

The ban took effect on Sunday (March 9th), and has been maintained on Monday (March 10th) as well. This step is a direct response to current conditions, which preclude overtime pay from counting into workers` pension plans.

Further walkouts by bank workers in Greece

Alex... — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:41:03 +0000

The strike has disrupted service at the country's central bank, and has brought chaos to electronic trading systems, as well as stock and bond trading. Thousands of workers have been on strike since Monday, and it was decided on Tuesday to continue the action.

Vallejo, California: Unions help city with lay-offs

OliverTwister — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:47:33 +0000

This cash-strapped city reached a tentative deal with its police and firefighters unions Thursday, just before city leaders convened to decide if the city would seek bankruptcy protection from a swell of economic uncertainty.

That question remains unresolved, however, as details of the deal will be made public today before the council revisits the issue Monday.

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange employees set to strike on Feb 28th (CANCELLED)

treeofjudas — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:11:35 +0000

These include increasing wages by 4.5% and adding workers hired through HR firms to the group pay agreement. Instead, management is only willing to increase wages to its direct employees, with a 0.5% blanket increase as well as an additional 3% to be rewarded selectively according to individual performance.

Victory for Brighton bin wildcat

Ed — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:27:07 +0000

The striking bin staff had been complaining about management bullying after staff refused to double their workload due to lack of vehicles and under-staffing. As part of what workers called management's "bully tactics", four refuse workers had been moved onto different crews sparking anger amongst the depot and leading to the wildcat action.

Brighton refuse workers on wildcat strike

steven — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:42:08 +0000

Staff at the Hollingdean Depot downed tools on Wednesday morning in retaliation to having tightly-knit crews broken up by managers. Four men have reportedly been moved from one lorry to another as management try to address the problem. Another worker said his cousin, who also works at the depot, had been "punished" for having time off sick by being put onto another shift.

Lionbridge: globalizing low wages

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:52:42 +0000

Lionbridge specializes in translations and adapting products to local markets (so called “globalization services”). Lionbridge is one of many US-based companies which move jobs from the US to countries with lower wages and working standards.

Funding cuts hit fire service

Saii — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:41:02 +0000

After a grants round which saw a large drop in funding for some sectors, cutbacks are set to bite heavily in North Yorkshire and the South West.