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32 clothing brands and retailers sign agreement for safer textile suppliers in Bangladesh
On May 14, about 32 global brands signed an agreement to improve safety conditions in textile factories in Bangladesh. This initiative was launched by the IndustriAll and Uni global unions as...
EU: EU-US talks on transatlantic free trade
With growth going down on both sides of the Atlantic and competition from China and emerging countries rising, the European Union and the United States have almost secretly been discussing for...
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15 May 2013
Denmark: government announces “temporary answer” to the problems caused by the unemployment compensation reform
Yesterday, May 14, the government presented its “temporary solution to face the severe problems arising from the crisis following implementation of the 2010 reform of the unemployment compensation...
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15 May 2013
Germany: new pilot collective agreement in Bavaria dismisses threat of open strike in the metal industry
Putting an end to a conflict punctuated with major warning strikes, the powerful Bavarian federation of the IG-Metall union and the Gesamtmetall employers’ organization reached, early this...
15 May 2013
France: labor market reform permanently adopted
Yesterday, Tuesday, May 14, the Senate permanently adopted the bill on secure employment. The government said it was “historical.” The text transposes the national cross-industry agreement...
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15 May 2013
Spain: Holcim, one of the first large businesses in Spain to provide a true outplacement program to its outgoing employees
In Spain, the building sector has been particularly hard hit by the current economic crisis and certainly the Spanish subsidiary of the multinational Holcim, whose core business includes...
14 May 2013
Italy: Vodafone Italia signs agreement “redefining wage costs” and dealing with 700 ‘surplus’ workers
Launched in March, the negotiations between Vodafone Italia, the SLC-CGIl, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions and the national RSU coordination led to an agreement on May 4. It contains...
14 May 2013
Germany: strike takes trial of strength between Verdi union and Amazon on collective agreement to the next level
The Verdi services union called on the employees of the American internet giant, Amazon, to take part in a one-day strike today, May 14, in two logistics centers: Leipzig (Saxony) and Bad Hersfeld...
14 May 2013
Great Britain: more and more businesses provide their employees with vocational qualifications
The major high street retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, has announced plans to establish a ‘University of John Lewis’ as part of its expanding range of internal vocational qualifications for...
14 May 2013
Netherlands: bill on equal treatment for precarious workers
The Dutch government wants to put an end to a labor market anomaly: excessive use of precarious workers paid below minimum wage. The judges are increasingly touched by these “flexwerekers’...
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14 May 2013
Spain: cleaning unions and employers sign the sector’s first national collective agreement
Representatives from the UGT and CCOO’s service federations and from the ASPEL and AFELIN employers’ organizations signed the agreement on May 9. It is the result of long negotiations aimed at...
13 May 2013
Portugal: government introduces 1% employers’ contribution to fund layoffs
The Portuguese Council of Ministers approved the introduction of two special layoff funds. These guarantee funds paid for by businesses will ensure the payment of benefits even in case of...
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13 May 2013
After two years of lobbying, Adidas agrees to pay compensation to the formers workers of its Indonesian subcontractor, PT Kizone
According to the Clean Clothes Campaign organization, Indonesian unions have won a “monumental victory” against the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world – Adidas. After refusing...
Italy: Bastards and Poor’$, aka the anonymous initiative claiming to be the first rating agency for working conditions from the workers themselves
On May 1, anonymous activists launched the first “rating agency by workers and on work,” called Bastards and Poor’$, showing a clear bias. Via this rating agency coming from workers’ appraisals...
Denmark: social partners and labor inspectorate issue 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings have on the mental working environment
Last week, employers, unions and the labor inspectorate issued 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings and other changes have on workers’ mental health. The goal is to...
12 May 2013
Great Britain: after failing to create a big rail and road transport union with the RMT, TSSA is thinking about creating a big transport union with Unite
After the failure of talks to agree on a merger between the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in 2012, the TSSA has announced that it...
7 May 2013
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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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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 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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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025