The latest collective bargaining newsletter from the ETUI-REHS research organisation provides a round-up of news including items on minimum wage developments in France, Ireland, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia as well as reports on transport strikes in Italy and Sweden.
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European Commission challenges minimum wage in transport
The European Commission has launched infringement procedures against the German government on the basis of its application of the new national minimum wage in the transport sector. The Commission claims that the application of German measures to transit and certain international transport operations can't be justified, "as it creates disproportionate administrative barriers which prevent the internal market from functioning properly." The European Transport Workers' Federation has argued that the minimum wage is an important national initiative against social dumping and challenged the
Transport dispute resolved
A strike by bus and lorry drivers was ended earlier this month with a new agreement which will see pay increase by 6% over two years. The agreement runs until January 2008 and covers around 30,000 workers including those employed by SITA the waste disposal contractor. A key element of the strike was union opposition to employers using more part-time drivers. Read more at > Finnish news agency