Today’s headlines: LabourNet Germany News on Jan 25, 2016

English overview for today’s headlines on LabourNet Germany – unless stated otherwise the links lead to German only text // see German newsletter here

[Germany/ Transports]
Lufthansa: Agreement – 2.2% salary increase for flight attendants

[Germany/ Construction sector]
Construction workers for shopping center „Mall of Berlin“ without payment – processes on labour court, first victories

[Germany/ plant construction and engineering]
ALSTOM/ General Electrics: Machinery shiftet to location in Switzerland

[Germany/ Political repression]
1970s/80s political employment bans: no rehabilitation from green-left government in federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg

• English:
• http://www.berufsverbote.de/index.php/english.html

[Europe/ Fascism today]
Pegida-Xenophobes plan to march in 14 European countries on Feb 6, 2016

same day:

[Europa/ Anti-Racism]
Solidarity without limits: Call for euope-wide actionday on Feb 6, 2016/ Germany: call for rally in Dresden

• English:
• http://actionday.noblogs.org/call/english/

[Capitalism]
Income inequalities: politics from the rich for the rich

[Tunisia]
State of emergency: repression instead of politics that meet people’s needs

• English:
• http://nawaat.org/portail/2016/01/22/after-kasserine-protests-break-out-in-16-governorates/
• http://www.solidaritycenter.org/tunisia-union-federation-backs-kasserine-jobs-protest/

• French:
• http://nawaat.org/portail/2016/01/24/kasserine-cacophonie-au-sommet-de-letat/
• http://berthoalain.com/2016/01/24/affrontements-a-sidi-bouzid-rgueb-tozeur-nabeul-23-janvier-2016/

[Turkey]
Turkish repression forces kill and perpetrate unionists, too

• English:
• http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-workers-killed-and?lang=en
• http://www.world-psi.org/en/trade-unionists-killed-and-arrested-turkey
• http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/letter_to_turkish_prime_minister_re_killing_of_mehmet_kaplan_disk-genel_is.pdf
• http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-killings-and-arbitrary?lang=de

[France]
Hell of Calais: refugees squat ferry

• English
• https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/thats-the-spirit-migrants-and-refugees-occupy-port/

• French
• http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nord-pas-de-calais/migrants-sur-un-ferry-calais-8-personnes-jugees-en-comparution-immediate-lundi-912039.html
• https://communismeouvrier.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/plusieurs-milliers-de-manifestants-en-soutien-aux-migrant-es-a-calais/
• https://mobile.twitter.com/LouisWitter/status/690934864963637249

[France]
Administration seeks to extend state of emergnecy – until ISIS is defeated

• French
• https://communismeouvrier.wordpress.com/2016/01/24/plusieurs-centaines-de-personnes-manifestent-contre-letat-durgence-a-rennes/

[China]
Labour activists trapped since six weeks – never has there been so much open solidarity in China before

• French:
• http://www.force-ouvriere.fr/cai-chongguo-face-a-la-repression-en-chine-nous-observons-une?lang=fr

[USA]
Court ruling demands withdrawal of Walmart dismissals

• English:
• http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wal-mart-strike-idUSKCN0V001Z
• http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/22/huge-victory-walmart-illegally-fired-striking-workers-judge-rules
• http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/2016/01/21/nlrb-declares-walmart-unlawfully-fired-workers/
• http://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4581f9c706
• http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/18692/our-walmart-union-ufcw-black-friday

[Iran]
Iranian miners persecuted because of strike attendance

• French
• https://communismeouvrier.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/relaxe-pour-les-9-mineurs-de-bafqh-province-de-yazd-iran/

[Ireland]
Irish trade unions and members of parliament demand referendum against water privatization

• English:
• http://www.siptu.ie/media/pressreleases2016/mainnews/fullstory_19589_en.html