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After bargaining for more than a year, the management of Opel and the IG-Metall union have adopted a social plan covering the 3,300 Opel workers affected by the closing of the Bochum plant, to...

18 June 2014

EU: new European skills passport in the hotel and tourism industry

Yesterday, June 17, the European Commission launched the European Hospitality Skills Passport, designed to encourage recruitment and promote workers’ mobility in the sector.

18 June 2014

H&M: the Swedish company, together with the IF Metall union and the ILO, is launching a project to develop collective bargaining within its Cambodian subcontractors

The project is carried by H&M, the clothing brand, IF Metall, the Swedish union, the Swedish government via its development and cooperation agency, and the ILO. After SKF and Atlas Corpo...

18 June 2014

EU: IndustriAll believes that the EU’s future will go through collective bargaining and union solidarity

Gathered in Vienna on June 12-13 for a conference on “Collective Bargaining and Social Policy,” the 200 representatives of the organizations affiliated with IndustriAll Europe talked about the...

18 June 2014

Italy: first mobilizations from the “yes unions” at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)

After bargaining for 8 months to renew the group’s collective agreement, which covers about 86,000 workers (see article No. 130166), the unions that signed the agreement – Fim, Uilm, Fismic, UGL...

17 June 2014

Sweden: the number of women on boards has gone up for the first time in 3 years

According to the annual female index of Andra AP-fondens (2nd national pension fund), published on June 4, the share of women on the boards of listed companies has increased for the first time in...

17 June 2014

United States: interview of Jon Hiatt, Chief of Staff & Executive Assistant to the President at the ALF-CIO American union

Seizing the opportunity of his trip to Europe for the Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), we’ve interviewed Jon Hiatt on the American union’s current priorities. He...

17 June 2014

Sweden: bill to better protect whistleblowers in businesses

On May 20, the government presented a bill to improve security for whistleblowers (visselblåsare) in their professional environmental. They are workers who sound the alarm faced with serious...

16 June 2014

Spain: justice cancels Coca Cola Iberian Partners’ social plan

The National Court’s social chamber canceled the mass layoff plan presented in January by Coca Cola Iberian Partners and implemented in April because workers weren’t properly informed about the...

16 June 2014

Germany: businesses aren’t training enough apprentices, thus contributing to the growing shortage in skilled workforce

German businesses are complaining of a growing shortage in skilled workers, the new “2014 Education Report,” presented on June 13 by the Ministry of Education and the Conference of the Länder’s...

16 June 2014

EU: under no circumstances does the death of a worker extinguish his right to paid annual leave (ECJ)

In a ruling following a German case rendered on June 12, the European Court of Justice reminded that the death of a worker does not extinguish his right to paid annual leave.

13 June 2014

Denmark: government and social partners sign agreement strengthening the integration of non-Western citizens via the labor market

The government signed an agreement with DA, LO and KL to improve labor market integration for non-western residents and youngsters of immigrant descent, as these groups are overrepresented among...

13 June 2014

Great Britain: despite support from civil society, the GMB union is having a hard time unionizing Amazon workers

Despite a sustained and high profile campaign by the GMB union, Amazon has so far been able to ignore the pressure for change to its regime of pay and work working conditions. This is because...

12 June 2014

Denmark: the law on foreign workers’ access to Greenland for large-scale projects strengthens the fight against social dumping

On June 11, the Danish Parliament permanently adopted the law that grants foreign workers access to Greenland for large-scale projects. In 2012, the Parliament of Greenland adopted a law that...

12 June 2014

Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function

Employee motivation and commitment are the biggest challenge for HR managers in Italy today, according to Filippo Adamo, President of the AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del...

12 June 2014

Great Britain: general mobilization to defend the energy industry

Faced with the specter of a record shortage of skilled workers in electricity, gas, water or even waste, the sector’s employers presented an unprecedented partnership for which the government is...

11 June 2014

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