[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Flithuania-court-decision-backs-carlsberg-in-attacking-labour-rights-january-12-2012":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},19182,"lithuania-court-decision-backs-carlsberg-in-attacking-labour-rights-january-12-2012","Lithuania -Court decision backs Carlsberg in attacking labour rights January -12, 2012",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Flithuania-court-decision-backs-carlsberg-in-attacking-labour-rights-january-12-2012","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:48:53.609465+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F19182\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2012",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2012\u002Flithuania-court-decision-backs-carlsberg-in-attacking-labour-rights-january-12-2012\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T21:28:33.754342+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\n\u003Cp class=\"CM4\">Brewery multinational Carlsberg has attacked\r\ntrade union rights in Lithuania with the support of the country's legal system.\r\nOn 10 June 2011, members of the Lithuanian Trade Union of Food Producers (LPMS)\r\nvoted in favour of strike action at the local Carlsberg brewery in support of\r\ntheir demand for a decent company-level collective agreement. Management sought to stop the strike and applied\r\nto the court asking to declare the strike ballot procedure invalid and the\r\nstrike illegal, arguing that no strike action was possible until the “high\r\nseason” had passed. On 20 June, the Klaipeda district court suspended the start\r\nof the planned strike for 30 days based on the determination that the\r\nproduction of beer was recognized as “vitally essential” in Lithuania. By\r\ncontrast, two weeks later the city district court ruled that the strike was\r\nlegal. Carlsberg management appealed this decision, and on 5 August the Klaipeda regional court annulled the decision of the lower court,\r\nruling that the strike was illegal. The union has appealed the regional court decision\r\nto a higher court, where the case is still pending. Meanwhile, Carlsberg\r\nLithuania management has pressured union leaders and activists through\r\ndisciplinary action. Furthermore the company initiated a police enquiry against\r\nworkers who joined a picket line to protest the suspension of the strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"CM5\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fcms.iuf.org\u002F?q=node\u002F1343\">http:\u002F\u002Fcms.iuf.org\u002F?q=node\u002F1343\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee. For more \r\ninformation, please contact the editor Maarten van Klaveren, Amsterdam \r\nInstitute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\">M.vanKlaveren@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications officer of the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>. You may \r\nfind further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>,\r\n and on the AIAS at \u003Ca class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F39\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>.\r\n © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]