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Portugal: the unitary general strike against austerity was a success
The CGTP and UGT union joined forces on Thursday, June 27 for a 24-hour strike. They say this day of action was exceptional but the government says the country was not paralyzed. Unions demand a...
28 June 2013
Austria: framework agreement on working time cut with no pay cut for Austrian railroaders
On June 20, the management of the Austrian railway company (ÖBB) and the Vida services and transportation union signed a framework agreement reducing the workweek in the rail industry. Working...
28 June 2013
Italy: Council of Ministers approves decree-law on emergency measures to revive employment
On June 26, the Council of Ministers approved the decree-law on emergency measures to revive employment and social inclusion. The key measures include recruitment incentives for 18-29 year-olds...
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27 June 2013
United States: Ford and United Auto Workers launch pilot to cut costs by monitoring chronic diseases better
The UAW’s retiree trust fund and the carmaker are launching a two-year pilot program in southeastern Michigan open to all workers and retirees in the group. The goal is to "bend the cost curve...
27 June 2013
EU: MEPs want to improve protection for posted workers
MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs voted (with a short majority, 22 for, 18 against and 6 abstentions) amendments to the draft directive to improve...
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27 June 2013
Spain: Liberbank unions negotiate balanced effort for all employees to avoid suspending the activity of 30 percent of them
The Comfia-CCOO and FeS-UGT unions reached an agreement with the management of the banking group born after the merger of ailing regional savings banks. They lifted their strike notice, thus...
27 June 2013
Norway: new agreement in finance industry
On April 26, the LO Finans union and the Finans Norge employers’ organization reached an agreement on wage increases. The general increase is at least 0.6 percent on May 2013 within a general...
27 June 2013
Deutsche Bahn: social partners negotiate permanent profit-sharing system for all employees
Deutsche Bahn’s central WC confirmed to Planet Labor that the internal negotiations with representatives from the management, the central WC and the EWC had recently opened to come up with a...
27 June 2013
Italy: “simpler” occupational health and safety obligations in the decree-law on “emergency provisions to revive the economy”
Decree-law 69 on emergency provisions to revive the economy “simplifies” employers’ obligations provided for in Act 81/2008 on health and safety at work. But unions say they are substantial...
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26 June 2013
Air France/KLM: new European agreement regarding the outstation and commercial organization in Europe
Air France/KLM management and EWC signed, on June 12, 2013, a framework agreement regarding the outstation and commercial organization in Europe (except France and the Netherlands). Almost...
26 June 2013
Poland: recent changes in labour law extend maternity leave and introduce parental leave
On 17 June 2013 the law changing Labour Code (and a few other laws) entered into force; the law was adopted by the Parliament on 28 May 2013. The main goal of the introduced changes is to...
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25 June 2013
Austria: GPA-djp private workers’ union wants to limit ‘all-in’ contracts
The GPA-djp has declared war on the exponential increase in ‘all-in’ labor contracts whereby employees are paid the same price regardless of the time they spend working. At a press conference on...
25 June 2013
Spain: national engineering and technical studies collective agreement renewed
On June 14, the FeS-UGT and Comfia-CCOO majority unions and the Tecniberia employers’ organization signed the sector’s 17th collective agreement. It provides for a 0.8 percent wage increase in...
25 June 2013
Great Britain: CWU secures employment conditions for employees at Telefonica o2 call centres outsourced to Capita
After an intense period of negotiations and under the threat of a possible strike, Telefonica o2 has agreed to concede to a number of the demands of the CWU communications workers’ union over the...
24 June 2013
Italy: complete success for the first large unitary demonstration organized by the three union confederations
For the first time in ten years and after a long period of separate agreements, the CGIL, Cisl and Uil union organizations took to the capital’s streets together with a unitary platform of demands...
24 June 2013
Germany: not enough training or jobs created in aviation, IG-Metall says
During the Paris Air Show, the IG-Metall union published an analysis of the employment situation in the German aeronautics industry. It is based on a “survey” carried out between March 2012 and...
24 June 2013
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
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