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Analysis-Europe’s Summer of Discontent Reveals Travel Sector Labour Crisis
Date: June 20, 2022
By Toby Sterling, Caroline Pailliez and Tim Hepher AMSTERDAM/PARIS/DOHA (Reuters) -After 21 years as a service agent at Air France, Karim Djeffal left his job during the COVID-19 pandemic to start his own job-coaching consultancy. “If this doesn’t work out, I won’t be going back to the aviation sector,” says the 41-year-old bluntly. “Some shifts...
Norway Oil Sector Union Leader Says Wage Deal Is ‘good Enough’
Date: June 17, 2022
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – The leader of a union representing Norwegian oil workers said she would recommend to members a wage deal the union struck with oil companies as it was “good enough”, she told Reuters. Two of three unions that negotiated the agreement last week are seeking approval from members before they...
Analysis-South Korea Truckers’ Win No Harbinger of Labour Market Peace
Date: June 15, 2022
By Choonsik Yoo and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s unionised truckers drove a strong bargain with their largely peaceful strike action proving effective without antagonising a public largely unsympathetic towards unions after years of militant action. But the group of ageing drivers are often seen as outliers in the country’s combative and politicised...
Quebec Focuses on French-Speaking Immigrants as Companies Plead for Workers
Date: June 13, 2022
By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny MONTREAL (Reuters) -Quebec’s plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province. Unlike other provinces, Quebec gets to choose its economic immigrants. The government previously lowered the number...
Potential Norway Oil and Gas Strike Could Hit Output, Employers Say
Date: June 10, 2022
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s petroleum output could be reduced by unspecified amount if workers go on strike at nine offshore fields on Sunday, the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association (NOG) said on Friday. Some 845 workers out of roughly 7,500 employees on offshore platforms plan to strike from June 12 if annual pay...
Norwegian Air Pilots Win Better Pay and Terms in Times of Labour Strife
Date: June 10, 2022
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian Air pilots won a 3.7% pay rise and improved working conditions after wage talks with the budget carrier’s management, the head of the union representing Norwegian Air pilots in Scandinavia told Reuters. The resolution at Norwegian Air stands out as rifts between management and unions elsewhere in Europe...