Strike threat leads to partial victory

The threat of strike action by members of the SIPTU trade union employed in the non-profit social services sector has lead to an agreement on negotiations to ensure pay restoration. The union had been campaigning for some time to get the government to commit to funding so-called Section 39 organisations so that they could deliver pay restoration for the sector in line with what has already been agreed in the national public sector negotiations. The strike action planned for 14 February has been delayed by six weeks to allow time for the management of the relevant Section 39 organisations to

(December 2016) Planned strike action by workers in the private healthcare sector, members of the Kommunal union, helped produce an improved offer from the employers' organisation with a new collective agreement keeping pay and conditions in line with the public sector. Following mediation Kommunal was successful in securing an 18-month agreement with a pay increase in line with general trends (SEK 700, EUR 72) and a higher payment (SEK 1200, EUR 123) to nursing assistants to address the undervaluation of the salary of this group of workers. The union and employers also agreed that full-time

The FNV trade union has negotiated a new agreement covering 200,000 hospital workers that delivers pay rises and a range of other benefits. The basic pay rise, from 1 January 2022 will be €90 a month for lower paid workers, worth around 3%, and 2% for higher paid workers. There are other provisions to allow for additional steps in the pay table and the setting of a €13-an-hour minimum wage which means that some workers will see increases of between 5% and 16.8%. A lump sum of €250 is paid along with increases to irregular shift payments and on-call allowances. There will be a €2-a-day payment