Lithuania
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)
Unions across Switzerland mobilised over 25,000 members for a national demonstration in Bern over pay increases and pay equality. Public sector workers joined the demonstration to make their case for a 4% pay increase to compensate for inflation and begin to recoup the loss in real pay over the last 12 years. Unions also demanded higher increases for women workers to start to reduce the 10%-20% gender pay gap. Public sector unions are particularly angry at their employers plans for further cuts in public spending while implementing take cuts for the higher paid. [Read more at > SGB (FR+DE)-
The FNFSP public service union federation reports that thousands of workers from all over the country joined the national demonstration on 18 October to protest against the government's policies on pay and reform of workers' rights in the public sector. See images at > FNFSP (PT)
The FPSU trade union confederation, backed by public sector unions, organized a national demonstration on 17 October to highlight poverty pay and the failure of the government to participate in proper social dialogue with the trade unions. The unions had a broad range of demands on pensions and low pay as well as calling for the end to wage discrimination in the public sector and introduction of a unified pay scale. Read more at > FPSU (UKr)
