Romania
Around 45,000 local government employees joined a warning strike on 2 February in protest at cuts in public sector pay and jobs. The strike was organised by the National Federation of Unions in Administration part of the Sed Lex federation affiliated to EPSU. Further action was planned from 12 February if the government failed to respond on calls for increases to low salaries and to revise the proposed job cuts.
Read more at > Balkan Insight website (EN)
Local government union STAL, along with other unions in the public sector Frente Comum, is continuing its campaign against the austerity measures being imposed by the government. It was involved in major day of action on 26 November. The union will also step up its campaign for a 35-hour week and against the five-hour increase to 40 hours imposed by the government and recently endorsed by the Constitutional Court. [See images of the day of action at > STAL (PT)->http://www.stal.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1347&Itemid=1] [And the press release on the Court decision (PT)->http:/
Local government workers in Scotland have organised another one-day strike on 24 September and agreed to further action if the employers don’t respond with an improvement on their 2.5% offer. Read more at > UNISON Scotland (EN) And at > GMB (EN) And at > UNITE (EN)
The Greek civil service union ADEDY organised a four-hour stoppage on Friday 24 June while the local government workers' union POE-OTA are taking action today. Both organisations are protesting at government plans to reform the social security system. The ADEDY action was called to coincide with action in the private sector where the banking unions in particular are campaigning against the imposition of later retirement. Read more at > ERT news website
