Today’s headlines: LabourNet Germany News on Jan 18, 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/ plant construction and engineering]
Job cuts at Alstom/ General Electric: workers‘ representatives form Solidarity committee

[Germany/ Salaries]
Low incomes: multi-billion dollar subventions out of welfare funds – and the non-solution by means of minimum wage legislation

[Berlin/ Refugees]
For giving warm trousers to a refugee child that feels cold: refugee supporter gets house ban in Berlin social welfare office

[Germany/ Gastronomy]
American and German Fast food workers meet in Berlin

[Germany/ Erfurt/Antifa]
Anti-Nazi-Activist on trial: criminalized for attending protest against HoGeSa (= rightwing „Hooligans against Salafists“) – call for monitoring court hearing

[Germany/ Refugees]
Plans for restricting asylum law: Human rights in danger

[Germany/ Minimum wage/ Prisoners‘ union]
Hunger strike and solidarity movement for minimum wage in Butzbach prison (December 2015/ review)

[Germany/ Amazon/ Workers‘ rights]
Labour court dismisses case, leave to appeal refused: Amazon allowed to get rid of workers‘ representatives (who were on short term contract)

[Germany/ Automobile/ Workers‘ rights]
Pressure at Daimler’s: appraisal interviews and warnings because of (unruly) strike attendance

[Germany/ Luebeck/ Refugees]
Past is not over: 20th anniversary of arson attack against refugee home with 10 killed, more than 30 injured – murder unsolved

[Germany/ Police/ Berlin]
Beatings, Insults, Threats – when special police forces „visit“ a house in Berlin

[Turkey]
Hope for Turkey? Ankara’s failed policy/ Why Erdogan threatens Academics for peace/ Can Dündar writes for German „Welt“ out of Turkish prison

• English:
• Why is Erdoğan Furious with Academia?

[France]
Solidarity with convicted Goodyear workers rises all over the country

• French:
• Goodyear : La vraie violence est du côté de l’état et de la justice bourgeoise! 
• Vanessa Codaccioni: «La condamnation des Goodyear est un avertissement au monde du travail»
• Indignation syndicale après la condamnation des Goodyear

[Canada]
Union opposition mobilizes in Quebec against planned agreement in public services sector: first strike ballot with majority against draft agreement

• English:
• Quebec’s Proposed Deal With Public Sector Workers: A Hollow Victory for Unions?

• French:
• Contre l’entente pourrie, la gauche syndicale enfin se mobilise
• Mobiliser à fond ou rester sur la clôture du post-mortem  
• Pourquoi poursuivre la négociation
• Les profs ne plieront pas!  

[Greece]
Demonstrations against pension cuts in Athens: no real success

• English:
• Greek workers march to Parliament to protest pension reform

[Iran]
Wave of strikes since in the first weeks of the year

• French:
• Luttes ouvrières en Iran, 10 janvier 2016
• Bulletin Écho d’Iran numéro 19 du SSTI répression et luttes sociales en Iran

[Italy]
Strike at Penny supermarket – police can’t break it

[Colombia]
Peace talks and their social dimension

• Spanish:
• FARC y ELN apoyan lanzamiento de la Mesa Social para la Paz