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Luxembourg: the new government’s social plans
Prime Minister Xavier Bettel detailed the government’s social actions during his speech on the State of Nation on April 2. Since the temporary variation of the index introduced by the previous...
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28 April 2014
Bangladesh: first anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building
On April 24, 2013, 1,135 employees died and more than 2,000 were injured in this tragedy. After it, the worst in the history of the textile industry, the sector’s stakeholders commenced many...
United States: Boeing to pay $47m in compensation to nearly 500 California workers for refusing them the benefits of the collective agreement signed with the SPEEA union
That's what Boeing is about to give to 500 current and former workers in southern California, at the end of a 13-year procedure.
25 April 2014
Italy: magistrates and labor attorneys denounce the counterproductive effects of the special procedure for layoff related disputes introduced with the 2012 reform
The objectives of the 2012 labor reform – solving layoff related disputes faster – have apparently not been met. On the contrary, concerns regarding the new provision have led to reductions in...
24 April 2014
Germany: IG Metall and IG BCE unions comfort their positions at works councils elections
On April 24, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union and the IG BCE chemistry union presented an interim report of the elections for the works councils’ representatives, which started on March 1...
24 April 2014
Italy: Cariparma-Crédit Agricole renews banking recruitment, cooperating with Ikea to choose staff
To recruit 100 youngsters, Cariparma-Crédit Agricole joined forces with Ikea in Parma. The idea of working with the Swedish multinational’s subsidiary to try the most adapted candidates following...
22 April 2014
United States: UAW gives up fighting at Volkswagen’s Tennessee site
The United Auto Workers’ union has permanently given up the fight at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. The union claims the limitations of American labor law are making it useless to launch a...
22 April 2014
Great Britain: more unrest in the construction industry, this time coming from bogus self-employed workers employed by labour agencies
Some 200,000 construction workers are believed to be employed on bogus self-employment contracts through labour agencies. Following a measure toughening controls over bogus self-employment by the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: CUT signs first national company agreement in the metal industry
The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the...
18 April 2014
France: mobilization for the introduction of duty of care for parent companies
A few days to the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile plant in Bangladesh, mobilization is growing in France for the bill aiming to introduce a duty of care for parent company to...
Brazil: three orange juice majors sentenced to pay €36.7 million for subcontracting fraud
On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...
17 April 2014
Luxembourg: temporary work agreements renewed
On March 28, the social partners in Luxembourg’s temporary work industry renewed two collective agreements: that on agency workers and that on permanent employees in temporary work agencies. The...
17 April 2014
EU: public transport social partners want to improve women’s role in the sector as well as bus drivers’ training
On April 8, the European social partners in urban public transport adopted joint recommendations aimed at increasing the share of female employees as well as a joint declaration on training of bus...
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17 April 2014
United States: United Auto Workers reach beyond the auto sphere
The United Auto Workers (UAW) managed to increase their membership. They completed 2013 with 391,415 members, i.e. 9,000 more than in 2012 and nearly 15,000 more than in 2010. Why this upsurge? ...
17 April 2014
Austria: tight negotiations around the daily working time reform
In their government agreement negotiated after the national election at the end of 2013, the parties of the coalition in power in Vienna have decided to implement a major working time reform. Its...
16 April 2014
EU: European Parliament adopts draft directive applying for the posting of workers
By adopting, today April 16, the compromise reached with the Council of Ministers on the proposal on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers, the MEPs have secured...
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16 April 2014
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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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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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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...
15 January 2026
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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...
14 January 2026
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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...
16 January 2026