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Italy:Uilm held first “cross-territory” national assembly
With the slogan, “What have we done and what remains to be done?”, the Uilm gathered, on February 14-15 in Rome, nearly 200 local union leaders from all Italian provinces as well as the...
16 February 2011
Austria: great internal retraining program in Austrian railway is having a hard time taking off
Trim administration and organize transfers. The issue of personnel costs, i.e. 43% of total exploitation costs, is one of the ÖBB’s numerous problems and forces the public company, every year, to...
16 February 2011
Belgium: mediation on 2011-2012 cross-industry agreement failed
Employers’ support. Will the Belgian government override the rejection of the FGTB, second largest union in the country? The day of consultation on Monday, February 14th (see our dispatch No. ...
16 February 2011
Denmark: labor inspectorate suspended the activity of 85% of foreign businesses controlled last year
“The danger observed was such that nobody was allowed to work again until the site was safer” Hasse Mortensen, lead inspector at the Labor Inspectorate, told Ugebrevet A4, the LO union’s weekly...
16 February 2011
Germany: one plant at a time, Continental Automotive negotiates “derogatory agreements” way below the sectoral collective agreement
Continental is doing better… The official communication of Continental Automotive is trying to look on the bright side. Since the beginning of the year, Continental has been multiplying...
15 February 2011
United States: interview of Wilma Liebman, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board
Wilma Liebman. The National Labor Relations Board is a federal government agency created by statute, the National Labor Relations Act, which was first enacted by Congress in 1935. It was amended...
15 February 2011
Denmark: flexicurity system weakened by recent reforms
Highly mobile employees, secured income while unemployed and the certainty of finding a new job are the key elements of the Danish flexicurity system, based on a system of regulation of the labor...
15 February 2011
Spain: first election at Seat after controversial competitiveness agreement of 2009 strengthens UGT union
On February 10th, 12,781 employees were called to elect 119 representatives from the five sites of Martorell (Zona Franca) and El Prat (Llobregat), in the outskirts of Barcelona. UGT is more...
15 February 2011
Belgium: mediation on the 2011-2012 cross-industry agreement
Six years ago, when the FGTB rejected the 2005-2006 draft cross-industry agreement, the government enforced it anyway. This time around, the situation is somewhat different. First, the socialist...
14 February 2011
Great Britain: the use of injunctions by the employers to prevent strikes is easier
In this time, various groups like the Confederation of British Industry, the Policy Exchange rightwing thinktank and the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development have all called for the...
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14 February 2011
Spain: Council of Ministers adopts action plan for employment
Here are the key points of the plan:
14 February 2011
Italy: gas and water social partners sign unitary agreement for the renewal of the sector’s CCN
After two general sectoral strikes and over 13 months of “exhausting” negotiations, yesterday February 10th, Anfida, Anigas, Assogas, Federestrattiva, Confindustria-Energia, Federutility for...
11 February 2011
Italy: independent unions proclaim general strike on March 11th
General strike. After presenting a positive report of the national strike in local public transport of January 26th and of independent unions’ mobilization against Fiat’s Mirafiori and Pomigliano...
11 February 2011
Romania: labor inspectors get more powers to better combat illegal labor
Listing data online. Emil Boc’s democratic-liberal administration changed the competences of labor inspectors. First, they are no longer required to register labor contracts directly at local...
11 February 2011
Netherlands: no restructuring for DHL in 2011
The agreement reached on February 9th by the DHL transport and logistics group and the trade unions marks the end of restructurings. DHL’s 3,000 Dutch employees have job security for one year...
10 February 2011
Austria: transferring civil servants from the post and Telekom Austria to the police is harder than expected
The idea launched in September 2009 by the Austrian government was attractive. Rather than keeping on paying civil servants doing nothing at the post and telecoms, why not transfer them to the...
10 February 2011
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025