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...Nevertheless, the call of the union is powerful in this corner of Europe. The main unions have been drumming up support for week for the 'day of action,' which is aimed at securing government compensation for fading purchasing power as energy and food prices climb...
...unions say that since the start of the year, food prices have risen 7.9%, electricity 20%, gas 50% and coal for heating 59%. The consumer price inflation rose 5.46% year-on-year in September. They say the government is still offering businesses "expensive gifts" like tax relief to foreign investors, but it has done nothing to relieve creeping living prices. Union demands include for higher minimum wages, a VAT cut on energy bills, and lower income taxes...
...union representatives complained that the rescue package seemed like a reward for failed bankers. "It's time to think now of the man and woman on the street rather than the banks," said Philippe Vandenabeele, a local leader of the liberal CGSLB/ACLVB union. "We are calling for better purchasing power for workers...
...sent alarm bells ringing around the world - the unprepossessing freighter was carrying 33 Russian T-72 tanks and a host of other armaments that had originated in Ukraine. By the end of this week, U.S. frigates and a Russian warship were bearing down on the pirates, the European Union had decided to launch a multinational antipiracy patrol, and Ukraine and Kenya found themselves embroiled in an arms scandal...
...While members want better working conditions too, claiming they often have to work back-to-back shifts, they're also angry at producers for hiring many non-unionized workers, especially when it comes to the junior artists. Producers seem to think the unionized junior artists no longer gel with the contemporary settings of their films. These artists were more in demand when films with socialistic messages set in rural India were the norm, but now movies and TV shows are increasingly about an upwardly mobile, young and urban India. As a result, producers have been hiring college students, aspiring models...