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Belgium: commerce unions demand harmonization of working conditions for employees
Social dumping. One year after the creation of a working committee on the harmonization of social dialogue bodies in the commerce industry (equal committees No. 202, 202.01, 201, 311 and 312)...
9 May 2011
Germany: after the temporary sector, surveillance is getting sectoral minimum wage
Germany’s solutions to wage dumping. The government has kept its promise. To protect German workers against the risk of social dumping with the opening of the labor market to eastern European...
6 May 2011
Denmark: young people at the center of the recruitment policies of unions increasing their membership
While many LO historical unions are busy combating their member hemorrhage (see our dispatch No. 110301), many AC unions show historical recruitment scores, sporting a constantly increasing...
5 May 2011
Germany: ruling forces Daimler to review categorization of executive staff (leitende Angestellte)
Gone unnoticed, the ruling issued on April 29, 2011 by the Regional Labor Court of Stuttgart (LAG Baden-Württemberg), confirming a first instance ruling, should have a substantial impact for part...
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5 May 2011
EU: Michael Wolters elected EMCEF general secretary
Objectives. “Our three sectors are gathered within a single union in many European countries, hence this merger. My goal is to reach an acceptable compromise for our affiliates” explained...
5 May 2011
Great Britain: TUC union wants to inform students about unions’ role
Inform via the web. This is an unprecedented initiative: schools and colleges teachers now have access to learning tools about unions’ role, via a free website accessible to all...
5 May 2011
Romania: Social Code to regulate collective industrial relations passed and declared constitutional
Approval of the Code. The Constitutional Court removed the last obstacle to the promulgation of the Social Code when declaring, on the evening of Wednesday, May 4th, that the five laws it is...
5 May 2011
Germany: sharp decline in the number of industrial conflicts in 2010
Quick agreement with the crisis in the background. In April 2008, the WSI institute presented a very different report, pointing to a substantial increase in the number of strikes in Germany (see...
4 May 2011
Italy: 87.63% of employees of the former Carrozzerie Bertone accept the conditions set out by Fiat to save their job
"We won’t allow a divide between those who want to work and those who want to defend their rights, because we all started this fight together, and we will continue fighting together. We won’t let...
4 May 2011
Portugal: union mobilization against worsening social atmosphere
Demonstration. After a May Day parade full of slogans against the intervention of the International Monetary Fund and of the European Central Bank, the CGTP (General Confederation of Portuguese...
3 May 2011
Belgium: agreement on draft new collective agreement in clothing industry
Purchasing power. The future agreement, valid between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012, provides for a €0.50 increase in meal tickets on April 1, 2012. The 2011-2012 cross-industry...
3 May 2011
Denmark: Labor Minister launches 7 initiatives to prevent new scandals in terms of working environment
Refining controls. Answering the Minister’s questions after the first report published on march 8th on the inefficiency of the measures taken by the Labor Inspectorate, which couldn’t save the...
3 May 2011
Italy: unitary strike on May Day in the commerce sector
While the CGIL, Cisl and Uil celebrated May Day with a national unitary demonstration in Marsala, Sicily (where Garibaldi’s expedition of the Thousand landed in 1861 when conquering Italy)...
2 May 2011
Portugal: struggle between businesses and unions about opening some stores on May Day
Trial of strength. The CESP, union of trade and services, accused the stores’ managements of blackmailing workers with loosing their jobs. To try and foil the plan to open on May Day, the union...
2 May 2011
Hungary: government reveals draft reforms to introduce flexibility to employment relations
Here are the key proposed changes:
2 May 2011
Germany: Berlin to increase controls over social dumping now that the labor market is open to eastern European workers
More opportunities than risks. Some (experts close to employers) believe that opening the German labor market to workers from the eight countries that joined the EU in 2004 (Poland, Czech...
2 May 2011
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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...
14 November 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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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...
7 November 2025
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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...
10 November 2025
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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...
12 November 2025
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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...
18 November 2025