Czech Republic
Around 50,000 people joined a demonstration in Prague on 21 May organized by the CMKOS confederation in protest at government changes to the labour code and reforms to pensions and the health system. The protest also focused on the government’s failure to participate in a proper process of social dialogue over the reform plans.
Read more at > EPSU (EN)
The CCOO and UGT trade union confederations organised 60 demonstrations around the country on 19 February in protest at the labour reforms being introduced by the centre-right government. The reforms will make dismissals easier and will undermine collective bargaining allowing company-level agreements to undercut branch-level bargaining and giving employers more scope to impose changes unilaterally. [Read more at > FSC-CCOO (ES)->http://www.fsc.ccoo.es/webfsc/menu.do?Inicio:317933] [And at > FSP-UGT (ES)->http://www.fspugt.es/Cientos_de_miles_de_trabajadores_se_movilizan_contra_la_reforma
Five union organizations (CFDT, CGT, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA) are mobilizing for a demonstration on 24 June in protest at government plans to increase the retirement age and employees’ pension contributions. The unions argue that the changes will mean that as a result of the various breaks in their careers many women will have to work until the age of 65 to get a full pension. They point out that generally the reforms don’t acknowledge the scale of the gender pensions gap nor the need to take account of difficult and dangerous occupations. [Read more at > CGT (FR)->http://www.cgt.fr/spip.php
