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ArcelorMittal: what union strategy after European mobilization?
Investment. Unions say there were 40,000 in Liege, Belgium – police say there were 15,000. In Luxembourg, 95% off ArcelorMittal staff allegedly mobilized. The ArcelorMittal also affected sites...
9 December 2011
Italy: 45th Censis report on the country’s social situation
Employment changes. The crisis slowed down in 2010 (153,000 jobs lost as opposed to 380,000 in 2009) and in 2011 (+0.4% employment boost in the first quarter). However, permanent employment...
9 December 2011
Germany: Berlin transposes Directive 2009/50 on the “European Blue Card” six months late
Ideological jam, from the Green Card to the Blue Card. Six months after the deadline to transpose Directive 2009/50/EC (see our dispatch No. 090671), Germany finally decided to transpose the...
8 December 2011
France – Great Britain: union finances, a debate on both sides of the Channel
ce, the issue of union funding came (back) up in public debates in recent days. In the UK, it was the result of a report from the TaxPayers’ Alliance, which led the Prime Minister to support...
8 December 2011
EU: new report on the debate on the draft “intra-corporate transfer” and “seasonal workers” directives
to vote to allow their rapporteurs to negotiate, with the Council of EU Ministers, the draft directives on the intra-corporate transfer of third-country nationals and on the entry and residence of...
8 December 2011
Germany: 4.6% wage increase in two installments in the paper industry
This year, union and employer negotiators in the paper industry (40,000 employees) started the collective negotiations for the renewal of an agreement expiring on November 30 with very different...
8 December 2011
Romania: bargaining for mimimum wage increase
Possible increase from RON 670 up to RON 700. On Tuesday, the center-right government told unions and employers that it was going to look into the possibility of increasing monthly minimum wage...
8 December 2011
Germany: IG BCE chemistry union and key temporary work federation sign deal paving the way for general equal pay between temporary and permanent workers
Threatening with a law. The social partners and the political parties have also been bitterly debating the issue of equal pay for several years. However, so far, only the social partners in the...
7 December 2011
Italy: the three key trade unions call for unitary strike against the Monti administration’s austerity program
Unanimously “worried” by the impact the “economic maneuver” (see our dispatch No. 110750) is going to have on “employees, pensioners and the country’s development prospects,” the leaders of the...
7 December 2011
Belgium: measures of the new government’s program affecting the labor market
upo, new socialist Prime Minister taking over the reins of the country after 535 days of political crisis, presented his policy statement to the Parliament. His government, made up of...
7 December 2011
Netherlands: new amendment to the bill on pensions
n made a concession to the left-wing party in order to push the pension reform through: the lowest paid will still be able to retire at 65, instead of 67 after 2025, with no loss of earnings...
7 December 2011
Corporate practices: ING DiBa, the German direct bank, is training apprentices over 50
A second chance for seniors. “I am proud of myself. I was able to prove that, unlike what people think, you can learn new things no matter how old you are.” Christa Louis is one of the 20...
6 December 2011
EU: working conditions and collective bargaining in 2010
hed on November 17, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin), analyzes the evolution of working conditions and industrial relations in Europe in 2010...
6 December 2011
Netherlands: FNV disbanded
The FNV, 1.4 million members, no longer exists. This federation, created in 1982 after the merger of two major protestant unions, is going to rise from its ashes with a new name, ‘De Nieuwe...
5 December 2011
Italy: Council of Ministers agrees to the new government’s “austerity measures”
A decree to “save Italy.” This is how Council President Mario Monti described it, explaining that this crisis could “jeopardize 60 years of sacrifices and 4 generations.” The set of measures...
5 December 2011
Denmark: new FAOS report analyzes changing union dynamics in the country
With traditional unions facing competition from low-cost unions (see our dispatches No. 110674 and 110123), the researchers are talking about an ‘organizing market’ to characterize the Danish...
5 December 2011
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025