Anti-austerity protests continue

Trade unions are maintaining their protest actions against the government, its austerity measures and failure to engage in any social dialogue. Following the initial march in Strakonice, further mobilisations took place in Zlín and Ostrava on 27 June and a rally of public service trade unions took place in Prague on 29 June, with EPSU affiliates involved. The trade unions issued a public statement calling on the government to withdraw its proposals for budget and public sector pay cuts and not to make the same mistakes as the government of 2010 that imposed austerity across the public services

The STAL local government union has announced that it is planning further protest action in April following the general strike that took place on 22 March. The union says that there was 80% support for the strike in local government. It had been called by the CGTP trade union confederation but was not support by the UGT confederation. The UGT signed an agreement on growth and jobs with the employers and government earlier this year. [Read more at > STAL (PT)->http://www.stal.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=824&Itemid=183] [And on the UGT agreement at > Sintap (PT)->http://www

The three trade union confederations came together on 23 September in a demonstration in central Brussels against the austerity policies threatened by the political parties discussing a coalition government. The unions warn of a threat to purchasing power, cuts to public sector pensions as well as cuts to health and social services spending. [Read more at > FGTB (FR)->http://www.fgtb.be/web/guest/news-fr/-/article/2651700/;jsessionid=Rt1uVE-TJaW8JjX_qpaOgFp&p_l_id=10624] [And at > ABVV (NL)->http://www.fgtb.be/web/guest/news-nl/-/article/2652390/&p_l_id=10187] [And at > CSC (FR)->http://www