According to the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC), all negotiations between workers and employers have ceased, with attempts being made to establish a new labour pool of non-union workers to replace existing professionals. The trade unions have stated in advance of a Europe-wide strike that working conditions in the ports have deteriorated since the adoption of a new Port Law on 1 February 2013, with dockers allegedly having come under sustained attack from both the Portuguese government and their employers.
English: http://www.portstrategy.com/news101/world/europe/portugal ...
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.