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United States: United Auto Workers to get a new leader soon
The future President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) will be Dennis Williams. The man who used to be secretary-treasurer was elected by his peers during a recent meeting in Dearborn, Michigan...
12 November 2013
Greece: trade industry agitated by the opening of stores on Sunday and the end of the collective agreement
On November 3, private sector workers did a general strike and demonstrated in Athens’ main shopping street to reassert their rights and protect Sundays off, questioned by a law adopted this...
12 November 2013
Great Britain: draft regulations amending the Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) published
Draft regulations amending the Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) regulations of 2006 have been introduced in Parliament. Key changes affect the information and consultation procedure and the scope...
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12 November 2013
Germany: in Brandenburg (former GDR), regional administration, unions and employers work hand in hand to try and restore the collective bargaining system and meet the demographic challenge
The Land of Brandenburg is facing a tremendous challenge: by 2030, the population in this region, located in former eastern Germany, should drop by 300,000 people, down to 2.2 million citizens. ...
12 November 2013
Spain: tense renegotiation of the temporary sector’s collective agreement
While the 5th collective agreement covering the sector’s 10,000 employees officially expired at the end of 2010, its renewal still has not been negotiated. Unions and employers’ organizations...
8 November 2013
Crown Holdings: the USW north-American union, in a dispute at the plant in Toronto (Canada), wants to give its campaign a global dimension
Members of USW from Toronto have been on strike since September 6 as Crown Holdings demands major concessions from employees, including two-tier wage rates and pension freezes. The north-American...
8 November 2013
Following disappointment in the way the Michelin case was handled in India, NGOs are expecting a reform from the OECD’s French National Contact Point (NCP)
Withdrawing their complaint against a Michelin plant in the Tamil Nadu State in India wasn’t completely for naught. More than a month after ‘unseizing’ the OECD’s French National Contact Point...
Netherlands: two collective agreements signed in the metal industry (heavy and light metal)
In October, the “metal and technical” branch, also known as light metal, and the “metal and electronics” branch (Metalektro) signed their collective agreements after several months of complicated...
7 November 2013
Great Britain: women still paid much less than women, a situation denounced by the TUC, which demands obligation of transparency from firms
On November 7, British women are no longer paid – or they wouldn’t, if they were paid as much as men every month. This is the shocking revelation the Equal Pay Day wants to put across. This day...
7 November 2013
Mexico: employers say the fiscal reform adopted jeopardizes the social partners’ efforts to introduce supplementary social benefits
Employers are worried about the negative impact the new fiscal reform will have on labor cost, workers’ income, employment and growth. The lawmakers considerably restricted the possibility for...
7 November 2013
Germany: DZ Bank, the cooperative bank, theater of operation for the Verdi services union’s strategy to win the sector back
A major conflict is currently taking place in the cooperative banking industry in Germany. Several hundreds of DZ Bank employees took part, on November 5, in warning strikes in Frankfurt...
7 November 2013
Brazil: oilmen get an 8 percent increase after one week of striking
Workers in the Brazilian oil industry are getting an 8.56 percent wage increase via the new collective labor agreement 2013/15, signed on Monday, October 28, 2013 by the FUP union (Gas Workers...
6 November 2013
Denmark: LO and FTF, the two biggest unions, open join debate on Union Challenges by 2020
It’s a historical process: LO and FTF approved, last week, a joint document on Union Challenges by 2020, which will serve as the foundation for debates involving all the members of the two...
6 November 2013
Italy: first company agreement for Apple Stores
On October 29, Apple signed its first company agreement with the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions for the approximately 1,300 workers of its 14 Apples Stores in Italy. Signed...
6 November 2013
Great Britain: unions reject businesses’ payout offer in the construction blacklisting case
Details of the proposals to compensate blacklisted workers in the construction industry have emerged. Eight construction companies (Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Sir...
6 November 2013
Germany: burned by the “Mainz station debacle,” the Deutsche Bahn is doing an in-depth review of staff planning in its 330 firms, with the support of its WCs
Learning from the “Mainz station debacle” (where rail traffic was seriously disturbed this summer because there were not enough employees), the German railway, Deutsche Bahn (DB) announced, on...
5 November 2013
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025