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Taking up the baton of European renewal from the new European Commission and its President Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Institute...

2 October 2014

Germany: the Government is placing employee aspirations at the center of its policy on working time

The “Parental Plus Salary”, a reform of the ‘Law on the reduction of working time to allow for care of dependents’, the right for people on part-time work to return to full time work’… the German...

2 October 2014

Sweden: the new prime minister wants to reform unemployment insurance and training, and to safeguard the labor market

Unions are delighted with the social-democrat parliamentary election win and the nomination of the former President of the IF Metall union as Prime Minister. Elected on September 14, the Prime...

2 October 2014

EU: Commissioner-designate in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, Marianne Thyssen has laid out her roadmap

Today October 1, Marianne Thyssen (a Flemish Centrist), Commissioner-designate responsible for Employment and Social Affairs gave a hearing to the European Parliament. Reflecting her partisanship...

1 October 2014

Denmark: overall union membership numbers rise but they still decline in some of the traditional unions

Gone are the days of declining union membership in Denmark. Over the past four years membership has risen from 67% to 69%. Union members continue to show a preference for joining “yellow” unions...

1 October 2014

Argentina: the Government acts to combat violence at work

The Government is facing a rise in conflict at work and an increase in job insecurity. It will implement a national network to fight against violence at work whilst Parliamentary members and...

1 October 2014

United States: California enacts a law making businesses responsible for subcontractors’ employees

On Sunday September 28 the Governor of the State of California announced that he had signed a piece of legislation making businesses liable when their subcontractors violate certain rules in the...

1 October 2014

Italy: Lavazza decides to do away with collective agreements operating at its principal place of business

Last week Lavazza announced it was looking to overhaul company agreements, in place since 1972, at its principal premises, the ‘historic’ Settimo Torinese factory. This is to make way for the new...

30 September 2014

EU: Directive on disclosure of non-financial information adopted

On September 29, 2014 the EU Council of Ministers adopted the Directive on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information. Large companies, banks and insurance companies, each with more...

30 September 2014

International: the union federation IndustriALL has launched a new publication to help members confront precarious work

In response to the expansion of precarious work as one of the biggest threats facing unions, IndustriALL has launched a publication aimed at promoting collective negotiation as a tool in the fight...

29 September 2014

Sweden: agreement to include final year internships for students in the real estate sector

On September 4, 2014, the partners in the real estate sector agreed on a program of student cooperation: “studentmedarbetareavtal”. This initiative originates from Denmark where for a long time...

29 September 2014

Lithuania: several modifications to articles in the labor code

In spring 2014, several amendments to the labor code were adopted. These changes concern provisions over both collective relations (specifically on the right to strike) and individual relations...

29 September 2014

South Africa: the extension of the metals industry wage agreement goes before the courts because of unresolved power plays among employers

A metal industry wage agreement was signed this summer after a one-month strike. The agreement will apply for the next 3 years, considered to be a very long period in this sector. The agreement ...

26 September 2014

Italy: the leader of Cisl, the country’s second largest union confederation, resigns early

On September 24, 2014, Raffaele Bonanni head of the Cisl union since 2006 submitted his resignation saying his decision was motivated by the need for internal renewal “necessary in these times of...

26 September 2014

Austria: collective-contract talks in the Metal sector kick off this autumn amid employers fundamental concerns

On September 25, 2014, collective wage negotiations started in the metal industry and will set the standard for Austria’s future wage trends. As has been the case for the past 2 years, each of the...

26 September 2014

Germany: Amazon turns a deaf ear to Verdi union demands despite renewed strike action

After 3 days of strikes (from Monday September 22 to Wednesday September 24) and for the first time hitting 5 separate Amazon facilities, the German services union Verdi sees the action as having...

25 September 2014

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The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...

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