(Reuters) - Almost 100,000 metal and electrical workers went on strike across Germany on Tuesday as they sought to put pressure on their employers to increase a pay offer, engineering union IG Metall said. The union is calling for wage hikes of up to 5.5 percent for some 3.7 million workers from May. It has so far rejected an offer from employers to increase wages by 2.3 percent from July following two mont ...

How is it that we label some acts of violence with the brush of global terrorism while others are relegated to the more mundane category of everyday violence? Tsarnaev brothers were instantly characterised as terrorists, and Muslim terrorists at that, with a national and social media frenzy dissecting their crimes boosted by the live spectacle of the "manhunt" in Boston. ...

Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis joined May Day protests Wednesday to demand the execution of textile bosses over the collapse of a factory complex, as rescuers warned the final toll could be more than 500. Despite calls by the prime minister for "cool heads", tensions over the country's deadliest industrial disaster showed little sign of abating and there were fears of more violence and vandalism at texti ...

Precarious work in Morocco’s green beans production for Dutch supermarkets. Green beans sold in Dutch supermarkets often hail from Morocco, where they are picked and packed under poor labour conditions. Pay is less than a living wage, unions are not respected or tolerated, overwork is mandatory and occurs on a regular basis, and labourers are exposed to pesticides and fertilisers without protective equipmen ...

Het AH-management verwijst vol trots naar de afspraken die met CNV gemaakt zijn. Die afspraken werden gemaakt nadat de onderhandelaars van FNV Bondgenoten uit het pand gezet waren. FNV Bondgenoten heeft 10 keer zoveel leden. Een deal zonder de grootste vakbond is een provocatie. Het AH-management kiest voor een ramkoers. En daarom gaat de staking door. Inhoudelijk stelt de deal weinig voor. De stakende dist ...

People working in the AMSTA healthcare and special treatment centre are fighting for your families and the future of healthcare. ...

Beste vrienden, Nadat we het bericht zagen dat het bestuur van CapGemini de salarissen van ongeveer 300 werknemer wil matigen tot en met 30% besloten we deze brief aan jullie te sturen. Dit bericht is voor ons heel belangrijk want verschillende mensen die in onze groep actief zijn, hebben vergelijkbare ervaringen in Griekenland gehad als werknemers en vakbondsactivisten. ...

Colleague-workers, We would like to inform you about the actions that the workers of BIO.ME intend to take in the coming period till the end of February. ...