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EU: coordinated demonstrations in the EU 27 to reject the European austerity policy
Rigidity. European trade unions are rejecting the new European treaty, which the 27 negotiated in December (except the UK and the Czech Republic) in favor of greater budget rigor and for better...
28 February 2012
Denmark: the social partners in transportation and logistics place competitiveness at the heart of their new collective agreement
“I’m really glad we reached an agreement after a few days of discussion with the obvious aim of helping Danish businesses be more competitive.” Karsten Dybvad, leader of DI, rejoiced with the...
27 February 2012
Spain: draft agreement on the new collective agreement in the banking industry
Here are the key points of the agreement.
27 February 2012
Romania: Jucu comes back to life after Nokia left
DeLonghi and Bosch to forget Nokia. 2012 couldn’t have gotten a better start in Jucu (central Romania). Indeed, since the beginning of the year, two large multinationals have decided to come to...
23 February 2012
Italy: employees at Sisme, the manufacturer of motors for household appliances, commit to co-finance the investment to revive the Italian establishment
“Workers bring ideas and part of the resources” said Alberto Zappa, secretary of the Fim-Cisl in Como, when announcing the signature of the unitary agreement of February 16 by the Fim-Cisl...
22 February 2012
Germany: are corporate unions threatening social peace?
Calling on the government. In two inflammatory press releases, Dieter Hundt, head of the German employers’ association (BDA), said that the strikes organized since February 16 by 200 air traffic...
22 February 2012
Germany: recruitment strategies increasingly rely on employee recommendations
Deutsche Bahn is preparing a general recruitment incentive program. Deutsche Bahn is currently working on a new general recruitment incentive program favoring the recruitment of people...
22 February 2012
Denmark: young people take more sick leaves than seniors
In the private and public sectors, 20-30 year-olds take the most sick leaves. The record is for communal employees, where 25-29 year-olds took 14.4 sick days in 2010 as opposed to 10.7 for...
22 February 2012
Nordic countries: unions and governments are thinking about the Nordic social system of the future
Stakes for the Nordic system. Nordic system means Welfare State with a global social security system, high taxes and strong unions. Some also add gender equality and ambitious environmental...
22 February 2012
Spain : commentary of the latest labor reform
ment, with the support of the Spanish people, the Mariano Rajoy administration promised to go through with the labor market reform even if it committed to keep on exchanging with the social...
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21 February 2012
Great Britain: recent statistics on strikes show considerable increase
Overall strike activity has sunk to an all time low of just 92 strikes in 2010 with a mere 132,000 workers involved and 365,000 days not worked. In 2009, there were 98 strikes involving 209,000...
21 February 2012
Belgium: government adopts preliminary draft transposing the temporary work directive
A press release issued by the Council of Ministers explains that the draft bill transposes the three provisions contained in Directive 2008/104 (see our dispatch No. 080986):
21 February 2012
Romania: end of the Electrolux strike
Back to work. This morning, after 20 days of strike, Electrolux’s Satu Mare plant reopened its doors and normal activity resumed (see our dispatch No. 120099). For 20 days, production had been...
21 February 2012
Germany: IG-Metall accuses BMW of excessively using temporary work
77,000 employees, 11,000 agency workers. Since January 1, 2012, temporary employees receive sectoral minimum wage (see our dispatch No. 110795). However, for the IG-Metall, this precarious form...
20 February 2012
EU: UNI Europa and Postal Euromed sign a cooperation agreement
Revolutions. Created in 2007, Postal Euromed, which gathers operators from 14 Mediterranean countries, is in line with the EU’s Barcelona process, notably aiming to improve economic cooperation...
20 February 2012
Great Britain: the conflict with the seven subcontracting construction firms who left the joint industry board is fading down
The conflict is the result of the attempt by a group of seven large electrical contracting employers to simultaneously cut wage rates by up to 30% and establish a new bargaining forum. The attempt...
20 February 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...
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