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Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

Unsere Schweizer Mitgliedsgewerkschaft UNIA tritt mit der Bitte um Unterstützung eines europaweiten Aufrufs «Löhne statt Grenzen schützen!» an uns heran, der im Rahmen der Auseinandersetzung um die Zukunft der Beziehungen zwischen der Schweiz und der EU entstanden ist. ...  Preberi več

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CCOO presents the Fair Hotels initiative at the International Tourism Fair in Berlin
CCOO Servicios has moved to Berlin, where the leading trade fair of the tourism sector was held, to publicise the project “Fair Hotels, responsible for work”. The objective of this initiative is to promote sustainable development and “decent and quality” work in the hotel industry based on cooperation between the social partners, the public and private sectors. Read moreIceland
Hotel workers demand decent living wages
Around 1.000 Icelandic hotel housekeepers staged a strike on occasion of International Women‘s Day to demand living wages and better working conditions in the industry.
The housekeeping industrial action on the 8th of March applieed to cleaning, housekeeping and laundry services for rooms and other sleeping accommodation and connected areas and services, for example in corridors, toilets and shared spaces, in all hotels and guesthouses in the area which Efling has jurisdiction over, which includes the areas of Reykjavík, and neighboring towns. Read more ...  Preberi več

For an international convention to end violence against women in the workplace

International Women’s Day, celebrated by IUF affiliates, is again this year dedicated to combating violence against women in the workplace. It is also focused on the need to obtain, at the next International Labour Conference (ILC) in June 2019, an international convention, supplemented by a recommendation, which will give governments a legally-binding framework to enable them to act against and end this form of violence. The first discussion on the issue, which took place at the 2018 ILC, lead to a draft text that was satisfactory for IUF, despite the strong opposition voiced by the employers’ group. However, we must remain committed to maintaining what we have gained from this first discussion, because everything could be called into question in the next few months. The much-needed and long-awaited international tools are thus now within our grasp. ...  Preberi več

Dear colleagues and friends,

The ETUC is pleased to send you its newsletter on standardisation that will keep you regularly updated on the ETUC’s activities in the field of standardisation. It will deliver information on European and international standardisation direct to your desktop. If you wish additional information and/or documents related to the news mentioned below, feel free to contact us at standards@etuc.org ...  Preberi več

The IUF and Spanish-based Meliá Hotels International have signed an agreement on preventing sexual harassment in the workplace, the first such agreement between the IUF and an international hotel chain.

The agreement was signed on January 17 by IUF General Secretary Sue Longley and Meliá CEO Gabriel Escarrer in Palma de Mallorca, Spain as part of the process initiated with the 2013 IUF/Meliá agreement on workplace rights. ...  Preberi več

Dear colleagues,

The threat by the British government of punitive tariffs on Irish products entering the UK in the event of a no deal Brexit, has been described as unacceptable by SIPTU deputy general secretary for the private sector, Gerry McCormack. Tens of thousands of members of SIPTU are involved in the agri-food, dairy meat, pharma and other manufacturing and service industries. ...  Preberi več

On July 25 last year, the national department of tourism hosted the ceremonial signing of the country’s first national collective agreement for the hotel and restaurant sectors, with the participation of the Prime Minister. The IUF-affiliated National Federation of Agriculture, Food, Livestock, Hotels and tourism (FNAAEHT) is one of the signatories to the agreement through its membership in the national union center ONSLG.

The first-ever national agreement for the sector culminates decades of union work, beginning in 1991. In January 2018 a national commission was established by ministerial decree to finalize the terms of the agreement.

The agreement establishes the right to nominate union workplace representatives and requires employers to pay the legally established minimum wage. ...  Preberi več

18 December 2018 marks International Migrants Day. On the occasion of the EFFAT Executive Committee meeting gathered in Brussels, EFFAT affiliates demanded the European institutions to handle migration on the basis of justice, safety and solidarity.

In a concerted action, EFFAT members joined the ETUC and hundreds of other NGOs and other civil society organizations across Europe which reiterated their support for solidarity with migrants by backing the first European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on migration.

Through this initiative, we urge the European Commission to provide: ...  Preberi več

ECJ overturns Austrian regulations against wage and social dumping

Black Tuesday for Social Europe: On 13th November the European Court of Justice (ECJ) overturned parts of the Austrian law to combat wage and social dumping. Specifically, it concerned a Slovenian posting company from the construction industry that had violated Austrian regulations against wage dumping. The Austrian client had to deposit money for possible penalties. There is a good reason for this: in practice, penalties against foreign dumping companies are virtually impossible to collect across borders. ...  Preberi več