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Susanna Camusso was confirmed as the head of the CGIL at the union’s 17th convention in Rimini on May 6-8, with 953 delegates representing 5.7 million members. The majority approved the general...

12 May 2014

Great Britain: union members balloted for the maintenance of political funds

For the fourth time, union members are going to vote for or against the maintenance of unions’ political funds is now taking place. Indeed, the Trade Union Act 1984 requires a union to ballot its...

12 May 2014

NeuroLeadership, or how understanding how the brain works to manage better

After conquering the United States – where at least 1,000 large businesses allegedly use this method according to the NeuroLeadership Institute – neuroleadership is tackling Europe, where training...

9 May 2014

Denmark: government sends Parliament bills to reform vocational training

The 3 bills the government presented to the Parliament on May 8 transpose the vocational training reform to make it more appealing, improving its quality as well as young people’s opportunities in...

9 May 2014

Mexico: dispute resolution made easier by the gradual introduction of oral procedures in labor law

The government of the Federal District of Mexico announced the introduction, starting in June, of oral procedures to settle labor-related disputes, as has already been done in other States. With...

8 May 2014

CSR: involving unions from multinationals’ home countries to defend workers’ rights among suppliers throughout the world – the example of Spanish unions and Inditex

For several years, international unions have been actively involved to get multinational companies to sign commitments regarding compliance with fundamental rights throughout the value chain...

8 May 2014

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...

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...

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...

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...

2 May 2014

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