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Italy: Parliament approves Stability Act, the last action by the Berlusconi administration
e House of Deputies approved the “2012 Stability Act,” the preliminary to the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, who promised to leave the government after it passed. The Act brings...
14 November 2011
Great Britain: employers to increase wages by 3% in 2012
Inflation: 5.2%. The data comes from the September edition of Mercer’s TRS Quarterly Pulse Survey which analyses the pay plans of 329 multinational organizations operating across 69 countries in...
14 November 2011
United States: labor unions to stop financing electoral campaigns in 2012
One year to the US Presidential election, which will coincide with the House and Senate elections, not all candidates have been officially revealed but their campaigns’ financing has already...
14 November 2011
Brazil: Sao Paulo metalworkers win wage campaign
The Sao Paulo metalworkers’ union, member of the Central Workers’ Union (Central Unica dos Trabalhadores, CUT) said that the so-called “wage campaign” was a “victory.” In this State of Brazil...
14 November 2011
International: auto union representatives build network
The aim of this trip was to build direct contacts between the representatives of Indian trade unions in auto multinationals and their colleagues in the parent companies to help the latter support...
10 November 2011
Great Britain: RMT union to intensify campaign for the fair treatment of cleaners and catering staff across the transport industry
The RMT argues that the victory was secured as a result of the ‘strength, solidarity and sheer courage’ of its members and that this shows to 'low paid workers everywhere that if you organise in a...
10 November 2011
Austria: 110,000 heating engineers and fitters get a 3.85% wage increase
Metallgewerbe” sector, which includes thousands of SMEs, 110,000 employees and covers the trades of heating engineer, fitter (air conditioning, security electronics…) or mechanics...
10 November 2011
Estonia: two surveys to help understand the current state of labor relations in the country
of Social Affairs revealed the results of two surveys dedicated to the current state of labor relations in Estonia. Both surveys are about the same five themes (employee involvement, collective...
9 November 2011
Russia: towards a review of Russian-style social partnership?
Torpedoing traditional unionism. Employees and their employer or superior (e.g. a blue-collar worker and his foreman or an executive) would no be allowed to join the same unions. This practice...
9 November 2011
Germany: record shortage of apprenticeship candidates
Soaring number of places offered. The Ministers, representatives of employers’ organizations and other organizations associated with the Apprenticeship pact, an initiative created in 2004...
9 November 2011
Denmark: 2012 budget released by the new government banks on reviving the economy and training the young
nment of Denmark presented its 2012 budget bill, called “Responsibility and Action” and aiming to drive the country to “a new start.” This budget aims to boost employment...
9 November 2011
Areva: EWC calls for stoppages in France, Belgium and Germany
Overcapacity. Gathered on October 26, the EWC members called for compliance with the information/consultation procedure and the possibility of presenting a backup plan. The day before, in...
9 November 2011
Sweden: PTK private employees’ federation and Svenskt Näringsliv employers’ organization to bargain for retraining agreements and the criteria for layoff order
cartel for industry and service employees) and Svenskt Näringsliv (key union confederation) announced that they would open talks regarding retraining agreements (omställningsavtal) in...
9 November 2011
Morocco: construction boom and workforce shortage
Construction boom. The construction industry, notably building and civil engineering, has been experiencing unrestrained growth for the past decade. The result of a policy of infrastructure...
9 November 2011
United States: union victory in the fight for collective bargaining
king away the collective bargaining rights of Ohio public employees became a national issue six months after a series of austerity measures raised the question of the future of union rights, which...
9 November 2011
Netherlands: campaign to recruit women in the metal industry
For the moment, only 18,800 women work in the metal industry in the Netherlands, i.e. 13% of the sector’s staff, according to the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV). The “Annual Metal...
8 November 2011
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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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Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
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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