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On the menu: a trialogue agreement to protect workers from carcinogenic chemical agents, in the US Teamsters union wants Amazon to accept unionized labor in New York, agreement at Audi Hungary...

31 January 2019

EU: the EU Commission adopts regulations to safeguard citizens’ social security rights under a hard Brexit scenario

‘The Commission has consistently made clear that the rights of EU citizens in the United Kingdom and UK nationals in the EU are our priority. They should not pay the price for Brexit,’ indicated...

30 January 2019

EU: the EU Commission adopts a set of contingency proposals so Erasmus+ students can complete their programmes under a ‘hard Brexit’ scenario (in brief)

In another ‘urgent’ measure that seeks to mitigate the consequences of a no-deal UK exit from the EU, on 30 January the EU Commission adopted a set of proposals so in the case of a ‘hard Brexit’...

30 January 2019

Brazil: Bolsonaro government announces first reforms, 100 days after coming to power

Access to employment agency data, stiffer eligibility requirements Social Security assistance, and reforms to the pension system are just some of Brazil’s new government’s foci.

30 January 2019

UE: clock is ticking for the ‘Working Conditions’ draft directive (in Brief)

Europe’s co-legislators are struggling to agree on a text for the ‘working conditions’ draft directive (see article n°10507). In spite of five rounds of negotiations, EU Parliament and Council...

30 January 2019

News update as of January 29, 2019

On the menu : minimum salary set to rise from February in Greece, Poste Italiane to trial Smart Working, Danone and Nestlé both guilty of using forced labor to traffic yoghurt, Audi strike action...

29 January 2019

Meliá: global agreement signed with IUF to prevent workplace sexual harassment

On 17 January 2019, a landmark agreement was signed between Spanish hotels group Meliá Hotels International and the IUF (International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering...

28 January 2019

India: Amazon luring IT developers as it conquers the voice-assistance market

Amazon is en route to dominating India’s voice assistant market. The online giant’s strategy relies on independent outside developers with whom Amazon has no legal connection, and according to...

28 January 2019

News update as of January 25, 2019

Brexit/UK unions disappointed after meetings with May. As UK prime minister Theresa May prepares her plan B for the EU withdrawal agreement, which will be voted on by parliament on 29 January (see...

25 January 2019

EU : provisional agreement by the EU Parliament and Council over the ‘conciliation’ Directive

So close, but yet on 24 January 2019 another, the fourth, negotiation meeting needed to be held for the EU Parliament , Council and Commission to come to agreement over a draft directive aimed at...

24 January 2019

UniCredit is the first Italian bank to sign a global agreement with Uni Global

On 22 January 2019, Italian banking group UniCredit together with the international services union federation Uni Global signed a 2-year international agreement on Fundamental Human Rights at...

24 January 2019

Spain: quality label for ‘socially responsible hotels’ that respect employees fundamental labor rights

A socially responsible quality label for hotels that respect employees’ fundamental labor rights. Thus the project that Spain’s hospitality trade unions have just launched, in partnership with the...

24 January 2019

News updates as of January 23, 2019

EU/Religious holidays cannot be reserved specially for employees belonging to the particular religion in question. On 21 January in a ruling on an Austrian case, the CJEU declared that legislation...

23 January 2019

The Global Commission on the Future of Work has submitted its report, marking the start of the ILO’s centenary year

The ILO is launching its centenary year with the launch of a report (here) produced by a group of independent experts that should lead it to a rethink of its role in light of the ever-faster pace...

22 January 2019

Germany: 2019 is the year IG Metall intends to address head-on the challenges of digital transformation within companies

During the course of its annual press conference on 21 January in Frankfurt, Jörg Hofmann, president of the German metals union, IG Metall, welcomed the union’s 25% annual rise in membership. The...

22 January 2019

IndustriALL Global suspends its global agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen (in brief)

In December 2018 and in what is a first ever for IndustriALL Global Union, the international industry federation’s executive committee unanimously voted to suspend a global agreement. Referring to...

22 January 2019

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