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Italy: Luxottica, once again a pioneer in terms of employee social protection
Strongly committed to CSR, Luxottica, the world leader in luxury spectacle trade, is breaking new barriers down in terms of corporate social protection.  Indeed, with a new agreement, it extends...
Germany: head of Porsche’s works council revives debate on “union bonuses” for IG-Metall members
Can/should collective agreements contain clauses granting advantages to affiliated workers alone?  By calling for an additional bonus for IG-Metall members in the next bargaining round in the...
Spain: graphic arts renew national collective agreement
On June 13, the FeS-UGT and CCOO unions and the FEIGRAF, FGEE and AFCO employers’ organizations signed the 23rd collective agreement for the graphic arts industry.  It will cover about 150,000...
United States: Court rejects obligation to notify workers of their rights to organize and bargain collectively
The Federal Agency in charge of regulating union rights in the US, the National Labor Relations Board, cannot require employers to notify workers of a right to be represented by a trade union and...
19 June 2013
International: UNI Graphical and Packaging defines new priority actions for its members
The Executive Committee of the UNI Graphical and Packaging international trade union recently defined new priorities for its affiliates across the globe.  UNI Graphical and Packaging represents...
EU: European Commission proposes network of public employment services
The European Commission proposes improving public employment services (PES) in the Member States to solve the issue of the 26 million jobseekers across the EU.  On Monday, June 17, European...
18 June 2013
EU: European Commission to propose communication on quality framework for socially responsible restructurings
It’s official.  The MEPs receive the Commission’s answer to the report calling for a legislative initiative on socially responsible restructurings and anticipation (known as the Cercas report). ...
18 June 2013
Germany: universal minimum wage at the heart of the election campaign
About 100 days to the German federal election, the issue of introducing universal minimum wage has been revived.  All political parties are now in favor of the introduction of minimum wage but not...
Austria: 2.7 percent wage increase at the Austrian post
The management of Österreichische Post AG (OPAG) and the Union of Post and Telecommunications Employees (GPF) reached an agreement, on Monday, June 17 in Vienna, for a 2.7 percent wage increase...
Italy: 17th Cisl convention on the themes of “responsibility” and change
The Cisl’s 17th convention came to a close on June 15.  1,082 delegates representing over 4.4 million members gathered under the slogan, “Italy and responsibility, a new union for a new country.” ...
Greece: new collective agreement in the banking industry
On July 1, 2013, the sectoral collective agreements signed after the OTOE (Bank Employees' Union) and Greek banks negotiated for 2.5 months, will be in force until December 2015.  Considered as...
Morocco: new regulations on child labor in the offing
For several weeks, the Moroccan government has been working on a bill to legislate on the conditions to recruit employees under the age of 18.  The point is notably to define the relation between...
17 June 2013
Sweden: new agreement for the 300,000 technological employees
The agreement signed on April 2, 2013 between Teknikarbetsgivarna (technological employers’ organization) and its union counterparts – Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (engineering)...
Italy: Energia Concorrente, the organization representing ‘private’ energy companies, signs national collective agreement with unions
Founded in 2012 by Axpo Italia, GDF Suez Energia Italia, Repower, Sorgenia and Tirreno Power to represent the interests of ‘private’ energy companies, the Energia Concorrente employers’...
Germany: GDL train drivers’ union signs first collective agreement with Agilis, the private rail company
On June 11, the GDL train drivers’ union announced that it had signed a collective agreement with Agilis, the private rail company based in Regensburg, Bavaria.  It is the first time it signed an...
United States: Caterpillar and United Steelworkers reach pay deal
The management of Caterpillar and the United Steelworkers’ union ratified a new six-year labor contract in the South Milwaukee plant in Wisconsin.  Employees get a $4,000 (nearly €3,000) signing...
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
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Italy: banking group Intesa Sanpaolo sharpens focus on quality of life at work
Over the Christmas period Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, penned with trade unions a deal to renew the first part of the company agreement, covering work-life balance, inclusion, parenthood...
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