Estonia - Strike threat at postal company - January 31, 2025

Postal workers are pushing for higher wages after Eesti Post rejected union proposals, and while turning to the state mediator, the main union warns that strike actions remain a possibility. Postal workers have been demanding higher wages amid financial struggles at Eesti Post/Omniva, a state-owned firm, with unions pushing for a € 200 per month increase, at a time when the company says it faces losses. According to the trade unions, there are several reasons why wages should rise by a fifth. The unions want the minimum wage to rise from the current € 1,000 to € 1,200, per month.

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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org.

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