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Great Britain: jobseekers forced to accept zero-hours contracts
A new regulation states that British jobseekers have to accept the highly controversial zero-hours contract – which doesn’t guarantee minimum hours or pay. Unions denounce yet another step in the...
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7 May 2014
EU: European social partners launch toolkit for gender equality at work
At the conference organized today in Madrid, the European social partners (ETUC for unions and BusinessEurope, UEAPME and CEEP for employers) presented their toolkit for professional equality...
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7 May 2014
Generali: EWC gets social guarantees within the framework of its plan to set up a single entity for managing activities and IT infrastructure services
Within the framework of the decision made by Generali, the Italian insurer, to set up a single entity to manage IT infrastructure services and activities, the EWC has gotten the management not to...
7 May 2014
Russia: interview of Elena Gerasimova, from the Center for social and labor rights, about industrial relations
Elena Gerasimova specializes in labor law and is the head of the Center for social and labor rights. For 11 years, this NGO has been promoting compliance with and knowledge of workers’ rights in...
6 May 2014
EU : interview with General Secretary Ulrich Eckelmann on IndustriAll Europe’s “Manifesto To put industry back to work”
With the European election coming near, the European union federation, IndustriAll Europe, has developed a roadmap to revive the industry and jobs in Europe. Its general secretary, Ulrich...
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6 May 2014
Italy: CGIL launches 17th convention in the middle of a conflict with its left wing regarding union representation, with the government constantly reducing unions’ legitimacy in the background
Whereas the results of referendums on the interconfederal agreement on union representation – one organized by the CGIL (backed by 95.5 percent of voters) and the other by its metalworkers’...
6 May 2014
Sweden: the union created by the far-right party, SD, sets up first sectoral federation in private security
As an answer to the decision made by some union organizations - e.g. Transportarbetareförbund, the transport workers’ union - to not accept members from the far-right party (Sverige Demokraterna...
5 May 2014
China: 30 percent more social disputes
With more than 200 since the year started, strikes and other social movements have increased by more than 30 percent compared with the same period last year, according to China Labor Bulletin, the...
5 May 2014
Argentina: auto industry crisis in Mercosur causes job cuts and short-time working in plants
Lower sales and exports combined with higher taxes are causing trouble for almost all the carmakers present in the country. More than 4,500 workers are affected by work suspensions and pay cuts. ...
5 May 2014
Denmark: individual jobseekers training and the partnership between job centers and businesses at the center of the employment policy reform
On April 30, the government presented its employment policy reform. It aims to put an end to red tape and for “identical services for all” to focus on jobseekers, offering them training that is...
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2 May 2014
EU: European Commission launches public consultation on its new CSR strategy
Since the European strategy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will expire at the end of the year, the European Commission is launching a big public consultation to determine the political...
Great Britain: Unite’s dispute fund is quietly growing
Nearly 2 years after its creation, the dispute fund of the Unite union now stands at nearly £30m (€36.5m). It was established in 2012 under the then new general secretary, Len McCluskey with the...
2 May 2014
ebm-papst: German industrial fan leader lets employees work “whenever they want”
World leader in its section, ebm-papst group has recently launched, in its head office in Mulfingen (Baden-Württemberg), an extremely flexible working time system. Indeed, the 1,000 employees...
30 April 2014
Great Britain: at least 1.4 million workers with a zero-hours contract
Once again, official statistics on the controversial zero-hours contracts - which guarantee no pay or working hours - have been revised upward. Unions are talking about “abuse” becoming the norm...
30 April 2014
Ireland: new National Plan on Corporate Social Responsibility
This month, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, launched the National Plan on Corporate Social Responsibility 2014-2016. Entitled “Good for Business, Good for the...
United States: UAW and IndustriALL unions mobilize OECD procedure on guidelines in its dispute against Nissan regarding the freedom to organize
To get out of the deadlock with Nissan and maybe one day organize the group’s plant in Canton, Mississippi, the United Auto Workers have joined forces with IndustriALL, the global union, and...
30 April 2014
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
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