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Germany: Coca Cola employees receive a set of social measures including a 5.7% wage rise
“We are worth more” was the slogan that front-lined collective negotiations between the food and catering union NGG and management at Coca Cola Erfrischungsgetränk AG (CEE), which manages the...
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23 March 2015
Spain: the government adopts its vocational training reform – without agreement from the social partners
On March 20, Fátima Báñez, Spain’s Minister for Labor presented her reform over occupational training. The decree-law, adopted after more than a year of fruitless negotiations with unions and...
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23 March 2015
EU : the proposed Directive on extended maternity leave is buried by the Council of Ministers
On March 18, the Member States of the European Union refused to set up a joint working group with the European parliament to unblock the ‘Maternity leave’ Directive that has been sitting on the...
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20 March 2015
Brazil: 2014, a good year for collective bargaining
On Thursday March 19, the Brazilian trade union related Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies (DIEESE) released a report that showed 91.5% of employee/employer...
20 March 2015
ThyssenKrupp: signs a global framework agreement on minimum labor standards.
On March 16, ThyssenKrupp together with the group's works council, the German metal workers union IG Metall, and IndustriALL Global Union signed a global framework agreement on minimum labor...
20 March 2015
Myanmar: government looking at putting a minimum wage in place
According to IndistriALL Global the Myanmar government is currently preparing to implement a minimum wage. Similarly, the government is said to be studying setting up a social security system.
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19 March 2015
Lawsuit filed in Germany against the country’s largest discount clothing retailer KiK for damages and interest after a factory fire in Pakistan
A Pakistani worker and the families of some of the victims lost in a manufacturing factory fire in Pakistan in 2012 have been assisted by several union and human rights organizations in a...
Solvay: Forum for international social dialogue set up
For the first time, from 4 to 6 March, the Belgian chemical company organised the “Solvay Global Forum”, platform for international social dialogue. Jean-Christophe Sciberras, Group Director of...
18 March 2015
EU: the ECJ secures restrictions over recourse to temporary agency work and nips national disputes on this matter in the bud
On March 17, the ECJ made its first ever ruling on a case over the interpretation of Directive 2008/104, which addresses temporary agency work. At issue is a provision requiring that the Member...
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18 March 2015
Germany: the Minister for Employment wants to radically reform company pensions
Andrea Nahles, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment has outlined yet another goal: making supplementary company retirement schemes more attractive. To this end she has designed a new...
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17 March 2015
Ireland: government programme on industrial relations for the coming months
During an industrial relations conference, the TD Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, discussed the labour programme led by the Irish government, covering the areas of minimum wage and...
17 March 2015
United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise by 3%
Less than two months before the general election, the government has announced that the minimum wage will be increased as of 1 October, going up to £6.70 per hour (9.32 EUR) from £6.50 (9.04 EUR)...
17 March 2015
UNI Global Finance defends strategy combining the creation of trade union alliances within companies and better regulation of the banking system
At the end of February, trade unions in the eleven countries in which Société Générale operates created a second international union alliance in the banking sector, following that which was set up...
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17 March 2015
Spain: national framework agreement on employment and collective bargaining stuck on issue of salaries
Employers and trade unions have been negotiating for months regarding the renewal of the framework agreement which will establish the basis for collective bargaining for 2015 to 2017. It is...
16 March 2015
Germany to promote “sustainable supply chains” and decent work during G7 Presidency
Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,000 Bangladeshi workers in the clothing industry, the German government has decided to focus on sustainable...
United States: United Steelworkers bring six-week strike to an end after agreement with refinery companies
On 12 March, trade unionists from United Steelworkers and envoys from Shell, representing around 15 oil refineries in California, Texas and other states, finally reached an agreement, following...
16 March 2015
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
17 November 2025
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