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General Electric: European mobilisation effort to keep jobs and protest deindustrialization
On 08 April, the European union federation, IndustriALL Europe, coordinated its trade union bodies with membership within General Electric to undertake a European Action Day taking place...
8 April 2016
Renault: interview with Tristan Lormeau, Corporate HR Director, on the new Group Works Council agreement
On 24 March, the French auto manufacturer together with a special negotiation body (SNB) signed a new Group Works Council agreement. “It was a question of providing our agreement with a stable...
7 April 2016
Norway: an agreement struck for an industry weathering the oil crisis
It’s a question of managing the situation until the oil crisis comes to a close and this is underlying the main reason for the employers’ body, the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise NHO...
7 April 2016
European works council: the European Trade Union Institute renewed its EWC portal
Thus an opportune moment to turn the spotlight back on a database of European Works Council agreements as well as other pertinent information kept by European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), which...
7 April 2016
Austria: the banking sector negotiates a 1.24% wage rise and the setting up of a ‘labor foundation’
In Vienna, on 29 March, Austria’s banking sector’s social partners fourth meeting came to a close with the partners managing to find a compromise over renewing the sector’s collective agreement...
6 April 2016
News update as of 5 April 2016
EU labor costs according to Eurostat data. On 01 April, the European statistics office published its annual report on average hourly labour costs (wages plus employers’ social contributions...
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5 April 2016
Great Britain: towards measures facilitating social mobility in the workplace
David Cameron’s government and the country’s major employers are to create the first ever national measures that can quantify and encourage social mobility within companies.
4 April 2016
Sweden: following an agreement for 600,000 industry workers other sectors conclude their own negotiations
Nothing was guaranteed in advance, as not since 1997 had negotiation positions been so far apart. Thus an agreement was signed by the industry employers’ organizations anxious to avoid the...
4 April 2016
Italy: towards the first ever application of social clauses during a transition of business process for call centers
An agreement struck on 23 March in Italy’s Basilicate region between the unions, Telecom Italia, and the call centers that have won the region’s call center market is being hailed by unions as a...
4 April 2016
Italy: the general council of Italy’s primary employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designates its new president
On 31 March, the general council of the employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designated Vincenzo Boccia to succeed Giorgio Squinzi as its head. 100 out of 192 votes were cast in his favor (198...
1 April 2016
Renault: agreement over new competitiveness plan at Valladolid
Unions announced they struck an agreement in principle over the new ‘Competitiveness and employment agreement’, which guarantees both an increase in industrial activity at the Valladolid and...
1 April 2016
ThyssenKrupp launches an online violations reporting system as part of its global framework agreement
The German metals group has put up a website that allows the group’s employees worldwide to report any violations of the global framework agreement signed with IndustriALL Global union and IG...
1 April 2016
Whirlpool: the new European works council agreement covers the entire EMEA region
Following the US domestic appliance manufacturer’s purchase of its Italian competitor Indesit, the signatories agreed to apply article 13 of the European Directive 2009, which intends for complete...
31 March 2016
Italy: first of its kind alliance at FCA-Chrysler between Fim-Cisl and the senior executives association
A first of its kind alliance has been struck between workers and senior executives at Fiat that establishes a new era in Italian industrial relations. On 29 March, Fim union and the Fiat CNH...
31 March 2016
Renault: the new EWC agreement, signed with the SNB, is placed under European Directive 2009/38
On 24 March, the French automaker together with the SNB signed a new EWC agreement. In taking up the procedure right from the start the goal was to establish an SNB according to the terms in the...
31 March 2016
Spain: first national collective agreement concluded for the metal sector
On 29 March, unions and employers announced they had signed the first national collective agreement for the technology industry and the metal services sector, which guarantees a minimum level of...
30 March 2016
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
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Italy: banking group Intesa Sanpaolo sharpens focus on quality of life at work
Over the Christmas period Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, penned with trade unions a deal to renew the first part of the company agreement, covering work-life balance, inclusion, parenthood...
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France: Decathlon steps up support for carers in new disability agreement
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