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Spain: union war stronger than ever in supermarkets
Representatives from FECOHT-CCOO, Workers’ Commissions’ retail federation, and from CHTJ-UGT, its counterpart at the UGT, say that they were called to a meeting initiated by ANGED. The order of...
18 September 2012
Germany: Defense Minister open talks with social partners to transfer at least 17,000 soldiers and to recall reservists
When meeting with union and employers’ representatives in early September in Berlin, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière called on the social partners to actively support soldiers’ transfer...
18 September 2012
United States: New York stands up to Walmart
Walmart opponents have won a major victory: the supermarket backed out of entering the city of New York. This is a great victory for union members, opposed to the group from Bentonville, AR...
18 September 2012
Great Britain: new measures to make labor law simpler
A broad strategy. These measures are answers to businesses’ calls to make the dismissal process quicker. As a reminder, the coalition government started the Employment Law Review in 2010. Now...
17 September 2012
Spain: transport strike against the sector opening to competition
All rail unions called for this strike (Workers Commissions, UGT, Semaf, Sindicato Ferroviario and sindicato de Circulación). This is the second day of strike since the government approved the...
17 September 2012
EU: finance unions hope that the new European banking supervisory authority will help change practices in the sector
Profit. Last week, the European Commission proposed a regulation providing for the supervision of all banking undertakings in the eurozone by the European Central Bank (ECB). The first step...
17 September 2012
Chile: major change for the key union which appoints a 33-year-old woman as its leader
ero, professor of philosophy, was appointed as the new President of the Workers’ United Center (CUT). This should give Chilean unionism a boost, as it is often criticized for its lack of...
17 September 2012
Sweden: Unionen and Handels union step in to defend IKEA staff in Turkey and sign an international framework agreement
Repeated union rights violations, aka the limits to IKEA’s great principles. IKEA’s stores worldwide are managed either directly by the group or by franchised. In Turkey, the stores are managed...
17 September 2012
France: employers and unions open “ambitious” talks on the labor market reform
Tight schedule. This first one-hour meeting was only about the schedule. The CGT, CFDT, FO, CFTC and CFE-CGC unions and the Medef, CGPME, and UPA employers’ organizations will get to the heart...
17 September 2012
Austria: metalworkers’ unions accept partial questioning of 40 years of unitary collective bargaining
Negotiate fast to negotiate more. “Until now, unions have been doing their best to maintain joint collective negotiations with the six employers’ organizations. We’re sad we still have not...
14 September 2012
Brazil: Mercedes-Benz freezes pay to save jobs
3,000 surplus jobs kept. The metalworkers’ union in the ABC area (the name given to the Sao Paulo metropolitan zone), affiliated with the Unified Workers’ Central (CUT), and Mercedez-Benz...
14 September 2012
Corporate practices: new agreement on “demography and the creation of a competitive and sustainable personnel structures” for Unilever DACH staff in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Project mostly initiated by the central WC. It took the social partners at Unilever Deutschland four years to reach an agreement on “Demography and the creation of a competitive and sustainable...
13 September 2012
Brazil: Sao Paulo metalworkers on strike for pay
The metalworkers’ federation of the State of Sao Paulo (EMF/CUT-SP), affiliated with the Unified Workers’ Central, has been organizing several strikes and mobilization actions within the framework...
13 September 2012
Portugal: CGTP union mobilizes against austerity
The General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP) is calling for a day of struggle and a gathering on September 29 in Lisbon against austerity. Independent, unorganized movements have called...
13 September 2012
Germany: a majority of Länder is about to support a bill introducing universal minimum wage
The issue of the introduction of universal minimum wage was revived after the Land of Thuringia, run by a conservative/social-democratic coalition, presented an initiative for a bill introducing...
12 September 2012
EU: European Commission withdraws draft regulation on the balance between collective action and the free provision of services
Yellow card. The possibility for national assemblies to have the Commission review its text is a part of the Lisbon Treaty which came into force in December 2009. So this is a first. The draft...
12 September 2012
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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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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...