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The GMB trade union is organising strike action at Cheshire West and Chester local council in protest at the municipalities attack on pay and conditions. Some council workers will suffer cuts of up to 15% in their pay if the changes are implemented. The strike action on 12 and 13 May is in addition to a continuing ban on overtime.
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Workers across the public sector in Slovenia took strike action on 23 January in protest at government plans to cut jobs and reduce pay by 5%. This follows a pay cut of 3% in 2012. An estimated 100000 workers supported the strike while up to 15000 people joined a national demonstration in Ljubljana. Read more at > Reuters (EN) And at > Sky News (EN)
Unions at the Veolia water company have announced strike action in protest at the company's latest plans for restructuring, the fourth in three years. The unions are angry that a further 572 jobs are due to go by 2019 after 2000 have already been cut since 2014. They are particularly concerned that this time the company has not ruled out compulsory redundancies which the unions say would be the first for the sector. The unions say the cuts aren't justified in terms of the company's economic performance and they want the company to withdraw the threat of compulsory redundancies and begin a
Ambulance workers in Catalonia will strike on 9,10,11 and 12 of September if the ACAE employers' organisation doesn't retract a 9.2% cut in pay. The unions are due to meet the employers in negotiations on 6 September. The unions FSC-CCOO, FSP-UGT and USOC have been mobilising the 4200 workers during August with a major demonstration on Monday 26 August in front of the regional authority. The ambulance workers are angry about the unilateral decision to cut pay made during the holiday period and several protest camps have been set up outside company head offices. The unions estimate that pay
