Further demonstrations on public sector pay
15 April 2009
Police, firefighters and border guards joined forces to protest over public sector pay cuts in front of government buildings on 2 April while several other demonstrations took place outside the capital. The workers plan to mobilise again on 25 April if the government fails to respond.
Read more at > Top News (EN)
Unions protest over Lithuanian government response to crisis
22 January 2009
Public sector unions joined other trade unions and opposition parties in a major demonstration earlier this month in protest at the economic policies of the Lithuanian and Latvian governments. Reports indicate, for example that the Lithuanian government is planning a 15% in the public sector wage bill. EPSU and the ETUC sent messages of support to local trade unions.
Read more at > EU Observer (EN)
And at > EPSU (EN)
Survey indicates no progress on gender pay gap
4 October 2008
A survey by the National Student Agency finds that the gender pay in Lithuania is 18% with no sign that it is closing. The survey also looked at the pay gap in different age groups, with women aged 50-59 earning on average 30% less than men.
Read more at > LRT news (EN)
EPSU affiliates join national demonstration over pay
11 January 2008
At the end of November the three Lithuanian trade union confederations came together to organise a major demonstration over pay. The unions called for an significant increase in the national minimum wage (NMW) and for the government to adopt a target for the NMW to be increased to the equivalent of 60% of national average wages.
Read more at > LDF (EN)
Double-digit rise in state employees’ basic pay
27 July 2007
Pressure from EPSU affiliate, the Lithuanian Trade Unions of State Employees, has led to a new law implementing an increase in the base salary from 442 litas (€128) to 490 litas (€142). This is an increase of just under 11%.
Concerns over pay boost civil service unions
23 May 2007
Discontent over pay in the civil service has led to the setting up of new trade unions and an increase in membership of existing public sector unions, according to the EIRO industrial relations observatory. Civil servants are not covered by collective bargaining and salaries have been falling behind those in other sectors. Unions were also disappointed that a court ruling over pay determination went against them.
Read more at > EIRO (EN)
Social partners look to boost sectoral social dialogue
7 December 2006
According to the EIRO industrial relations observatory, the two main social partners in Lithuania, the LSPK union federation and LPK employers’ federation are working to extend sectoral social dialogue across the public and private sectors. It is hoped that this will also have an impact on collective bargaining and increase the extent to which collective agreements are signed across different sectors.
Read more at > EIRO (EN)
Unions coordinate action over minimum wages and working hours
18 November 2006
Lithuanian trade unions rallied together on 10 November to protest against low wages and long working hours. The three EPSU affiliates received a very encouraging turn out, and also were endorsed by numerous messages of support from fellow national unions and international trade union federations. They called on the Lithuanian Government to recognise that as part of the package of being a successful member of the European Union, they needed to enact policy that would bring the country into line with the living standards in other parts of the EU. In particular the Unions demanded that as a first step towards decent incomes for all, the Government should set a preliminary target for the minimum wage at 50 % of the average wage.
Read more at > EPSU (EN)
And at > EPSU (EN)
Civil servants denied minimum wage increase
27 November 2005
EPSU affiliate LTUSE reports that the Lithuanian government has agreed an increase to the national minimum wage next year but it will be the third time that civil servants have missed out on an increase. The minimum monthly wage will increase to 600 LTL (173,77 euros) next July. This will be the third increase since 2003 but none of these increases have applied to state workers whose minimum wage is still 430 LTL (124,54 euros) a month, this is less than a third of national average earnings in Lithuania which are 1,331,50 LTL a month (385,63 euros).
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