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Great Britain: groundbreaking deal in working conditions and job security at the now privatised postal operator, Royal Mail
The now privatised Royal Mail has agreed in principle a ground-breaking new agreement on terms and conditions of employment with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) for the company’s 139,000...
10 December 2013
Belgium: draft social agreement on the restructuring of ArcelorMittal’s Liege sites
After one week of bitter debates, the management of ArcelorMittal and workers’ representatives, assisted by the Region of Wallonia, reached a “draft social agreement in principle” that maintains...
10 December 2013
EU: snatched compromise on the charged issue of “posted workers”
After a last battle on the proposal concerning the implementation of the posted workers directive (96/71/EC), the 28 Ministers of Labor managed to break the deadlock, during their meeting on...
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10 December 2013
EU: Uni Europa union federation adopts strategy for graphical industry
At a recent conference, UNI Europa Graphical defined its union strategy for the two years to come, until its next convention in 2015. Amending the strategy adopted in 2011, European graphical...
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9 December 2013
United States: the debate over the minimum wage increase is open again
It wasn’t the workers’ mobilizations at Walmart or fast-food chains, supported by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), that brought the debate over the minimum wage increase back to...
9 December 2013
Denmark: the company that manages construction for the new Copenhagen subway terminates contract with Portuguese subcontractor because of wage dumping
Following an investigation by the 3F union journal gathering material about the violation of Danish collective agreements by Cinterex, the Portuguese company, a major subcontractor in the...
9 December 2013
Great Britain: unions win several battles to organize cleaning workers in London
Two unions are involved: the largest public sector union (and the second biggest overall union), Unison, and the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB). They don’t have the same methods but...
9 December 2013
Germany: Sitech Sitztechnik, the car part manufacturing and a Volkswagen branch, signs agreement on temporary work in line with the parent company’s temporary charter
On December 6, the IG-Metall union announced that it had reached, after “difficult and lengthy negotiations.” A collective agreement on appeal to temporary work with Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH, a...
6 December 2013
India: only 34 percent of young graduates are work-ready
According to the “India Skill Report 2014,” a wide survey on youth employability carried out among 100,000 students and 100 employers published last week, two thirds of young Indian graduates...
6 December 2013
Great Britain: Chancellor of the Exchequer announces retirement age increase and supports youth employment
At his traditional ‘autumn statement’ in Parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced, on Thursday, an increase in retirement age to receive State pension up to 69 at the end...
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5 December 2013
Germany: pilot regional agreement with a 5.1 percent increase for 200,000 commerce employees
After 8 months of rotating strikes, 7 fruitless meetings and 1 bargaining night, the social partners in retail trade in Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart) reached an agreement on Thursday, December 5...
5 December 2013
Italy: the fire at the ‘lager-factory’ in Prato reveals the working conditions of Chinese immigrants in the country
Yesterday, the three Confederal unions of Tuscany did a symbolic walkout to commemorate the 7 Chinese workers who burned on December 1 in the warehouse where they worked and lived in Prato, the...
5 December 2013
Spain: Leroy Merlin in Madrid signs agreement on more work on Sunday
On November 28, the management signed, with the Fetico majority union and UGT and USO unions, an agreement extending the opening of stores until 10 pm instead of 3 pm in the Madrid area for 3...
5 December 2013
BASF inaugurates the largest work-life balance center in Germany, a sign that German firms are taking to this theme
In early November, BASF, a pioneer company in the field of work-life balance, inaugurated “LuMit,” which is the biggest work-life balance management center in the country. This achievement, which...
5 December 2013
Great Britain: “Petroleum Driver Passport” coming soon
This is the biggest consequence of the major conflict between Unite the union and the seven main fuel distribution companies in 2011 and 2012. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition...
5 December 2013
Germany: IG-Metall enters windmill maker Enercon, a previously unapproachable stronghold
At the end of November, workers at the 9 undertakings of the biggest wind turbine maker in Germany, Enercon, elected, for the first time ever, a works council. The election – launched in...
5 December 2013
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8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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...
15 October 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
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