Lithuania’s government, business representative and trade unions on Monday signed an agreement, declaring pledges to raise wages, cut taxes on labor and encourage collective contracts. […]
After Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday improved the new Labour Code to take effect in July, no changes are expected in the sense of flexibility of labour relations, economists say, adding that the initial ambitious plans of liberalizing labour relations has been downgraded into a reflection of the actual situation on the labour market. […]
The majority halted the new Labour Code in the hopes of an extra half a year allowing employer and employee representatives to reach compromise on the most disputed questions. It would appear that such expectations were overly optimistic. […]
Lithuania’s parliament will on Saturday discuss President Dalia Grybauskaitė veto on the new Labour Code that is meant to liberalize relations between employers and employees. Under the Seimas statute, MPs should decide during the meeting whether the law should be discussed again or scrapped. […]
Lithuanian trade unions will stage a protest action outside the government buildings on Friday to demand, among other things, better conditions for working parents. […]
While there are some close ties between leaders of several Lithuanian trade unions and their Russian colleagues, they constitute no threat to national security, says MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
On Friday, four of five education trade unions called off their two-week strike, which had begun in an attempt to raise teachers’ wages. […]
The teachers’ trade unions involved in the nearly two-week-long strike for higher wages in Lithuania have announced that they are prepared to call off their strike as early as Friday. Audrius Jurgelevičius, the leader of the Lithuanian Education Trade Union, told LRT that he believes that the trade unions have achieved 75 percent of their goals after the government managed to find an additional €8 million to increase educational staff’s wages. […]
The Ministry of Education and Science (ŠMM) has promised to find €6 million to increase teachers’ wages in response to a teachers’ strike that has been going on since last week. An additional €7 million will be requested from the government. […]
The Lithuanian Prime Minister has rowed back on comments linking the teacher unions’ strike to ‘Russian influences’ after union leaders called on the Prime Minister to put names to his allegations of Russian influence on the unions. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with representatives of teachers‘ unions on Friday, urging them to postpone a planned strike for a few months. However, unions say they will go on with the plan to hold a strike on Monday. […]
Around one thousand people attended a rally outside the parliament in central Vilnius on Thursday, protesting against the government’s planned liberalization of the Labour Code. Rally organizers say the reform will reduce certain guarantees for workers. […]
On Thursday, 10 September, Lithuania’s trade unions are organising the largest rally since the 2008 financial crisis. The event is to take place outside the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius. Approximately 2,000 people will protest against the planned labour code reforms, the so-called new social model. […]
Five representatives of Lithuanian trade unions attended a training in Moscow for over a week, with participation of one covered by the Utena district municipality. […]
The Lithuanian government on Tuesday endorsed a new social model aimed at liberalizing labour relations and revamping the Sodra pension system. The package of draft laws will soon be sent to the parliament for approval. […]
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