European countries are facing strikes and protests due to high energy prices and rising living costs. Protest activities and demonstrations were organized in numerous countries.
Britain
More than 70.000 university staff at 150 British universities will strike for three days in November over pay, working conditions and pensions, the Association of Universities and Colleges has announced.
Employees at British packaging group DS SmithSMDS.L, whose client includes Amazon among others, have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike over a pay dispute.
Medical technicians in Britain will go on strike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced, adding that its members have faced pay cuts for decades.
A three-day strike by tens of thousands of British rail workers planned for this Sunday has been postponed while "intense negotiations" are underway over pay and working conditions.
Hundreds of workers at London's Heathrow airport will go on strike ahead of the soccer World Cup to demand a pay rise.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confronted an elderly patient in a London hospital on October 28, who told him that it was a "pity" that the government does not pay medical staff more and said that he had to "try harder".
Francuska
The strike continued at TotalEnergies' TTEF.PAFeyzin oil refinery in northern France, a union official told Reuters.
The supply of French gas stations is returning to normal, said Energy Minister Agnes Panier Runascher, and less than 10 percent of the stations are still facing problems.
About 45 percent of France's oil refining capacity was out of action on Nov. 2 following a strike last month, and supplies have not yet been fully restored.
French company EDF EDF.PA announced at the end of last month that they had officially signed an agreement on salary increases with all union associations.
Njemacka
Unions in Europe's largest economy are demanding higher wages due to rising inflation.
The German union IG Metal Kueste said it had called several thousand workers to go on strike today at 15 sites, including AirbusAIRG.DE in Hamburg.
Lufthansa and the UFO union have reached an agreement on salary increases for 19 crew members, the German company announced.
German carmaker Audi is offering employees a one-time tax-free allowance instead of a permanent salary increase, the company's human resources office told Reuters.
Spain
Thousands of Spaniards took to Madrid's central square on November 3 to demand higher wages, the country's first mass protest since the cost of living began to rise.
Workers at Azul Handling, the services company that services Rajaner RYA.I for 22 Spanish airports, have canceled plans to hold several 24-hour strikes between October 28 and January 8 to demand better working conditions.
Hundreds of truck drivers belonging to the unofficial Transport Defense Platform, which paralyzed Spain earlier this year, began a new strike on November 14 demanding changes to the rules and protesting the rising cost of living.
After a similar strike in April, which paralyzed the country, truck drivers received a package worth one billion euros, which included a discount on the price of diesel fuel and a cash bonus of 1200 euros. However, they claim that the rebate has been practically canceled due to the increase in fuel prices in the meantime.
Portugal
Workers at Volkswagen's VOWG_p.DE Autoeuropa car factory - one of Portugal's biggest exporters - will go on strike in the first two hours of each of their four shifts on November 17 and 18 to demand higher wages due to galloping inflation, and unions are not ruling out extending the strike if their demands are not met. requirements. The company only offers a one-time payment of 400 euros in November.
Austrija
On November 4, Austrian metalworkers secured an annual wage increase of more than 7% on average, which is above the inflation rate of 6,3% for the negotiation period. The talks are seen as an omen for other sectors in Austria, which has a strong tradition of collective bargaining and annual agreed wage increases that generally neutralize the threat of strikes.
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