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Norway: after the January 18 strike, key unions are rejecting the transposition of the European directive on temporary work
Political strike to reject the transposition of the Directive. Norway, along with EU countries, Iceland and Liechtenstein, is part of the European Economic Area and, as such, benefits from the...
23 January 2012
Great Britain: the reform of appeal against unfair layoff won’t be retroactive
Who is affected? BIS Minister says the aim of this reform is to boost recruitment. Therefore, it is neither ‘appropriate’ nor ‘necessary’ to apply this change to employees already on the job. ...
23 January 2012
Germany: in 2011, worked and saved working hours and the work week increased
More work, more overtime, more working people. The number of hours worked in Germany increased in 2011. over the 3rd 2011 quarter, 11,776 million hours were worked, i.e. 1.3 percent more than...
20 January 2012
Poland: union organizations suspend participation in the Tripartite Committee
Joint initiative. It was the first time the leaders of the three union confederations (Piotr Duda of NSZZ Solidarnosc, Tadeusz Chwalka of the Union Forum (FZZ) and Jan Guz of OPZZ) organized a...
19 January 2012
Great Britain: future merger between PCS and Unite is taking shape
The unions are not yet in formal merger talks Serwotka made clear in a recent interview with the Financial Times newspaper that he wanted to keep deepening the ‘ever closer developing...
19 January 2012
Compass: agreement with the IUF international union federation on union freedom at Eurest Algeria
Complaint. Seized by workers at Eurest, a company located in southern Algeria responsible for catering in several multinationals in the region, the IUF filed a complaint, on December 14, 2009...
18 January 2012
Germany: Verdi union calls for a 6 percent wage increase and the improvement of working conditions in banks
End of lean times: after a marginal 1.6 percent wage increase over a year reached in June 2010 (see our dispatch No. 100466), Verdi’s wage committee announced, on January 18, that it would ask...
18 January 2012
Italy: the three key union confederations present a unitary platform to reform the labor market
17, the leaders of the CGIL, Cisl and Uil – Susanna Camusso, Raffaele Bonanni and Luigi Angeletti – kicked off their unitary platform for the labor market reform. In addition to...
18 January 2012
Portugal: new social agreement bans controversial working time increase while adding flexibility
t signed by the Portuguese government, employers and the UGT ends a controversy on the increase of working time with no financial compensation in the private sector. This plan of adding 30 minutes...
18 January 2012
United States: AFL-CIO union launches ad campaign to restore its image
This short spot, which cost $1.5 million, shows men, women, people from minorities, nurses, policemen, firefighters… speaking highly of the value of work. “Work doesn’t separate; it’s what binds...
18 January 2012
Italy: food-processing unions present unitary platform for the renewal of the national collective agreement
The platform will be sent to workers for approval and should be permanently approved by the three organizations’ unitary assembly on February 23-24. here are the key elements.
17 January 2012
EU: European Commission launches public consultation on restructuring and the anticipation of change
“This Green Paper aims to identify successful practices and policies in the field of restructuring and adaptation to change in order to promote employment, growth and competitiveness as part of...
17 January 2012
Great Britain: businesses commit to anonymous CVs
Pact. Testo, Barclays, Coca-Cola, Marks&Spencer, Nestlé… over 100 of Britain’s biggest employers in the banking, legal, food or energy industries, employing more than two million people in...
17 January 2012
Inditex: the international framework agreement the group signed was used to defend union freedom at a Turkish supplier
The envoy of the CCOO Spanish union used Inditex’s framework agreement (AMI with the Spanish initials) to defend labor rights. Isidor Boix, Fiteqa-CCOO representative, went on the premises to...
17 January 2012
Denmark: 3F union helps unemployed members move to Norway
Verto’s local manager, Henning Karlsen, told the union’s newspaper that the region “wasn’t noticing the financial crisis.” Its biggest problem is to “find enough skilled workers for the available...
17 January 2012
United States: the electronic industry is increasingly concerned with the corporate social responsibility of its suppliers
and environmental responsibility within its suppliers is making a clear break. Published on Friday, the document, which contains a quasi-thorough list of these businesses, reports that the number...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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France: Adecco steps up commitment to temporary workers with disabilities
On 9 September, temporary work agency Adecco France and representative trade unions signed a new open-ended agreement to support the recruitment and retention of temporary workers with...
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