EIROnlineThe European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) is a monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. Its aim is to collect, analyse and disseminate high-quality and up-to-date information on key developments in industrial relations in Europe. It aims primarily to serve the needs of national and European level organisations of the social partners, governmental organisations and EU institutions.Agreement reached in French-speaking education sector following strike action- February 19, 2007 In early November 2006, the Minister for Education in Belgiums French-speaking community proposed a draft collective agreement in the education sector for 20072008. Negotiations followed between the minister and representatives of the teachers trade unions. The trade unions were asking for a wage increase for all teachers and the recruitment of more teachers to provide extra support for students in the first years of secondary school. However, the communitys limited budgetary resources do not...http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/12/articles/be0612019i.html New regulations permit theft control of employees- February 19, 2007 From January 2007, Belgian employers are entitled to screen people for theft on leaving the companys premises. This followed consensus among the social partners on 18 October 2006; their recommendations formed a new intersectoral agreement, which was subsequently transposed into law.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/12/articles/be0612029i.html Unions ban extreme right-wing party members- February 12, 2007 At the end of October 2006, around 100 members and supporters of the extreme right-wing party Vlaams Belang took part in a demonstration in Liederkerke in the province of Flemish-Brabant. The demonstration was called in reaction to the expulsion of a member of the socialist trade union, the Belgian General Federation of Labour, who was a Vlaams Belang candidate in the municipal elections of the town.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/11/articles/be0611079i.html Unions sign new intersectoral public sector agreement- February 12, 2007 In September 2006, the 20052006 intersectoral agreement for the public sector was signed by the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions and the General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium. However, the socialist trade union, the Belgian General Federation of Labour, refused to sign the agreement, which covers all civil servants at federal, regional, local and municipal levels.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/11/articles/be0611089i.html |