Apr 6, 2015
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Most collective bargaining agreements between unions and management ran out 1 March.
Most collective bargaining agreements between unions and management ran out 1 March and there is little optimism that new agreements will be made by Easter. As in previous years, the main point of contention rests on pay rises. The president of the trade union confederation ASÍ told reporters that there is ‘a wide gap’ between contract negotiators on both sides and that it is ‘very likely’ workers will have to resort to strikes.
English: http://grapevine.is/news/2015/03/05/strikes-could-be-around-the-corner/
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.