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Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court rejects a motion brought by three corporatist unions against the ‘single union law’
For the three corporatist unions Vereingung Cockpit (aircraft pilots), Marburger Bund (doctors), and DJV (journalists) who made the constitutional challenge to the Federal Constitutional Court...
13 October 2015
Carrefour: the global agreement on promoting social dialogue, fundamental rights, and diversity aims to establish “a mindset of respect for humans throughout all countries” and to promote “awareness” about fundamental rights amongst Carrefour’s partners
Mathilde Tabary, Director for Social Development and Diversity and Jean-Luc Delenne, Director for Industrial Relations each reply to questions by Planet Labor on the agreement signed by Carrefour...
12 October 2015
Great Britain: Unite union wins health and safety concessions after protracted negotiations at Sellafield
After a eighteenth month dispute involving a variety of forms of industrial action by its 1,200 construction members, the Unite union has won its dispute over health and safety that it has held...
12 October 2015
United States: Fiat Chrysler and the UAW union have concluded a new wage agreement after workers rejected the first one
This time, members of the Union Auto Workers (UAW) union hope that they will have successfully negotiated an agreement with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) management when the new agreement goes...
12 October 2015
Nokia/Alcatel Lucent: unions from both groups are demanding more information on the industrial plan
In July 2015, the European Commission gave the green light to Nokia’s plan to take-over French company Alcatel-Lucent. For the unions there is clearly an industrial strategy underlying the...
7 October 2015
Great Britain: the Community union moves to broaden its membership ranks and become a lifetime union
The Community general union has announced that it will be recruiting freelance and self-employed workers to reflect both the growth of these workers in the economy at large and their growth in the...
7 October 2015
Argentina: on average 60 unions per year have been set up under the Kirchner era
Argentina’s Employment Ministry has published a report in which it says that in the space of 11 years more than 650 unions have been set up. The country’s rate of unionization at 37% is amongst...
7 October 2015
Denmark: government kicks off employment reforms
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s government has presented the first phase of its employment reforms program. Rules over social benefits will be tightened in an attempt to make working more attractive than...
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7 October 2015
Germany: 2015 – 2017 collective bargaining schedule
Germany’s collective bargaining year is coming to a close. Only the industrial cleaning and steelworks sectors still have to renegotiate wages and collective agreements before the end of the year...
6 October 2015
Italy: unification of the electrical sector is a major goal of the union platform for renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
Italy’s electrical sector’s unions have approved forming a single platform to renew the sector’s national collective agreement that affects 60,000 workers. Unions are looking to reunite the sector...
6 October 2015
United States: unions worried about the Trans-Pacific free trade pact
President Obama’s government has just concluded five days of non-stop marathon talks with the other eleven Pacific Rim countries eventually ending in a free trade agreement. Unionists in the...
5 October 2015
South Korea: a tripartite agreement on labor market reform
On 15 September, representatives of the FKTU union, employers and the South–Korean government concluded an agreement aimed at lifting some current labor market ‘rigidities’. However the other...
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5 October 2015
Great Britain: the Conservative Party launches its own trade union movement
The Conservative Party is launching a new organisation to represent trade unionists sympathetic to the Tories. It is called the Conservative Workers and Trade Unionists Movement. Robert Halfon MP...
5 October 2015
Spain: interview with Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, General Secretary of The Workers’ Commissions (CCOO)
In an interview with Planet Labor during the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Congress held in Paris last week, the leader of The Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) outlined his expectations...
5 October 2015
Great Britain: government support package for redundant steel workers
After having refused to prop up the British subsidiary of Thai steel company SSI, the UK Government unveiled a package of support to help the 1,700 employees find alternative employment after...
5 October 2015
EU: the 13th ETUC Congress promotes a model of European unionism capable of establishing “its own agenda”
The four year action program that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Congress just adopted operates around three pillars: a strong economy for its citizens, stronger unions to defend...
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2 October 2015
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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...
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...