Municipal governments and unions have come together against a central government demand to fire 27,000 civil servants. Municipalities have been requested to submit lists of employees who should be put on reserve duty for one year, at 75% of their current salary, and fired the year after if not deemed essential for the functioning of the municipality. The government demands 2000 civil servants to be placed on such reserve duty before the end of the year. A league of mayors and union activists, however, has set up actions and is refusing to obey.
English: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/greek-mayors-refuse-to-send-athens ...
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_13/11/2012_469869
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.