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Italy: tough autumn for the Italian labor market
Metal and steel. From Alcoa to Sardinia, where about 1,000 direct and indirect
workers could lose their job at Fincantieri, which is planning to cut 1,300
jobs out of 9,000 across the country...
5 September 2012
Great Britain: “zero hour” contracts growing and spreading in various industries
Previously, zero hour contracts have been predominantly used in the service sector and on the low-paid fringes of the health service such as contract provision of cleaning, security and meals...
5 September 2012
EU: new online tool against health and safety risks for workers in leather and tanning industry
Test. Funded by the European Commission, the app is hosted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA), based in Bilbao. Since 2010, it has been helping EU Member States and...
5 September 2012
Germany: Deutsche Bahn to introduce new part-time apprenticeship for single parents
1.6m single parents. “These days, vocational training must be compatible with raising a kid” explained DB Personnel Director Ulrich Weber when launching “2012, the apprenticeship year” on...
5 September 2012
EU: coming proposal to introduce quotas for women on boards
According to the Financial Times, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding should propose, in October, binding rules to increase the number of women on the boards of large and medium-sized...
4 September 2012
Great Britain: this summer, cleaning workers scored several points on pay
eaning workers in London over the summer could herald a significant change in the balance of power in the sector. For the last few years, the campaigns of the London Citizens group, made of up of...
3 September 2012
Portugal: more strikes in oil, energy and transportation
The federation of heavy industry and oil unions, Fiequimetal, issued a three-day strike notice for September 17, 18 and 19, 2012. It is calling for wage increases and protesting against the new...
3 September 2012
Safran: European negotiations to integrate young people in the company
The international high tech supplier and the European manufacturing federations, IndustriALL European Trade Union, should meet on September 20 to negotiate a European agreement on the integration...
2 September 2012
Italy: new interconfederal agreement gives union headquarters the authority to validate the authenticity of consensual resignations and terminations
Confindustria, the employers' organization, and the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions signed, on August 3, an agreement allowing unions to confirm the authenticity of resignations, a procedure introduced...
31 August 2012
United States: Siemens plant blamed for union busting a few weeks after signing an international framework agreement
Just
like T-Mobile USA – Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary, see our dispatch No. 120403 –, the management of a Siemens unit
in the US is being accused of antiunion practices. A few days...
31 August 2012
Italy: GDF Suez Energia Italia Spa and unions sign new IR protocol
On the one hand, a “more and more technically sophisticated market, the unruliness of the energy market and the increase in competitive pressure.” On the other, the process of integrating the...
30 August 2012
Germany: Verdi and police unions fight in the airport safety sector
Verdi says security agents aren’t police. “They’re liars, crooks!” Andreas Sander, chief negotiator in the aircraft industry for Verdi, doesn’t mince his words when describing the way the German...
30 August 2012
Carlsberg: LO union and the company sign cooperation agreement to improve the conditions of beer developers in Cambodia
Indeed, since 2006, Carlsberg has been working with Cambrew, in partner in the Cambodian joint venture, and with NGOs such as Care International Cambodia – whose report on the conditions of beer...
Italy: ENEL signs new industrial relations protocol
Goals and confrontation levels. To face the market crisis and tighter competitiveness, the protocol is banking on strengthening a “constructive atmosphere” based on dialogue and mutual trust, in...
29 August 2012
Germany: Ufo flight attendants union launches strike at Lufthansa
Coming back from a vacation might be tricky in Germany. On Tuesday, August 26, the small flying personnel union, Ufo, called on Lufthansa's 19,000 flight attendants to take part in strike action...
28 August 2012
Great Britain: small unions are having a hard time influencing negotiations on public sector pensions
Unison members in England and Wales have voted 90.2% in favour of accepting the now revised changes to the LGPS following a ‘yes’ vote recommendation by their union leadership. The revised...
28 August 2012
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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
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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...