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Gestamp: the Spanish automotive supplier sets up a EWC
On 29 January 2015, the company Gestamp, a Spanish automobile equipment manufacturer which employs close to 19,000 people in Europe, has signed an agreement to set up a European works council. The...
26 March 2015
International: free on-line course on the rights of workers in a globalised economy for “decent work for all”
Although it is aimed at unionists and activists, anyone who is interested may participate in this free on-line course, in English, from 1 June for six weeks. This MOOC (Massive On-line Open...
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26 March 2015
United Kingdom: aim of one quarter of company board positions being held by women almost achieved
23.5% of board members in FTSE 100 companies are women, according to the most recent report by Women on Boards. This new figure confirms that the UK is on its way to the goal of 25% of such...
26 March 2015
Germany: following the experience of setting a minimum wage, the government pass a bill aimed at reducing the administrative burden on companies
After the swift approval of a series of laws (in particular that regarding the minimum wage) which considerably increase, according to employers, the administrative burden on companies, the grand...
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25 March 2015
India: the trade union IndustriAll Global Union attacks Sumangali practice, the exploitation of young Indian girls in the textile industry
The Tamil word Sumangali means “happily married woman”. The word is, however, used to designate a form of labour exploitation, that of young women from rural areas, usually adolescents. These...
France: rights group Sherpa and the CGT accuse Vinci of forced labour in Qatar
On 23 March, the NGO Sherpa with the building federation of the CGT claimed that Vinci Construction, and those running its branch in Qatar (QDVC), has used forced labour on the construction sites...
EU: social partners representing temporary agency work sign a Joint Declaration of Recommendations to policymakers on regulations for the sector
Today, March 24, Eurociett, the European Confederation of Private Employment Services representing temporary agency work and the European trade union federation for private services UNI Europa ...
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24 March 2015
Austria: one year wage agreement in the electro and electronics industry including a ‘free-time’ option that is guaranteed until 2025
On March 17, the electro and electronics industry social partners agreed to a 2% wage rise for the 50,000 employees in the sector. At the same time the Pro-GE union (industry) and the DPA-dip...
24 March 2015
Great Britain: electronic balloting for strike action on the cards?
With just a few weeks to go before the general election, where a Tory victory would see further restrictions on unions’ right to strike, the LibDem Business Secretary Vince Cable is launching a...
24 March 2015
Great Britain : Community union achieves end of zero hour contracts at postal company, Whistl
The Community union has achieved a breakthrough by negotiating an end to zero hour contracts for its members at Whistl. It has done so through a partnership approach with the employer which has...
23 March 2015
Airbus Group: agreement on employee involvement in the SE (European Company)
At the beginning of March, the aeronautics group, together with the negotiation Group specifically formed for the purpose, signed an agreement covering employee involvement in the future...
23 March 2015
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
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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...