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International: aerospace unions prepare the ground for a global alliance
American, European, Asian, Latin American and Australian representatives met in Seattle, the capital of the American giant, Boeing, to talk about the employment situation in the sector. While...
19 October 2010
Austria: government and social partners agree on the creation of a “red-white-red” card for highly-skilled migrant workers
The removal of the rigid quota system is acclaimed. It took the Austrian government two years to keep the promise it made in 2008 when it was established, to modernize the system for the...
19 October 2010
EU: electricity social partners keep working together on skills
Environmental transition. This summer, the Syndex accounting firm did simulations and interviews with unions and businesses to bring out good practices. On October 5th though, the social...
19 October 2010
Italy: the success of the Fiom’s demonstration increases the divide with the Cisl
The union didn’t want to give any numbers. From the “80,000 participants” according to the police to the half a million or more according to the press, there was, in any case, an “extraordinary...
18 October 2010
Netherlands: FNV wants “labor policy” and an “update to the Finnish level”
On Friday, October 15th, the FNV responded to the announcement of the new government which, at the request of right-wing populist Geert Wilders, is going to launch a new special police unit, with...
18 October 2010
Germany: employers are afraid the immigration controversy is going to affect the recruitment of skilled foreign workers
Base immigration on the labor market’s needs. “The German economy needs skilled workers” reminded, once again, the head of the employers’ confederation, Dieter Hundt, this week end, protesting...
18 October 2010
Finland: towards a bill to better control appeal to fixed-term contracts
The proposal is supported by all employees’ organizations and some employers. Minister of Labor Anni Sinnemäki said she was satisfied, hoping the Labor Code amendment would help reduce groundless...
18 October 2010
Great Britain: new report on simpler regulations for health and safety at work
Bring common sense back. While acknowledging the benefits of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 in reducing industrial accidents, Lord Young’s report judges that the current system encourages...
18 October 2010
Austria: metal employers deceive unions at the first collective bargaining meeting
Yesterday, in Vienna, the metal employers announced that they were no longer ready to discuss flexible working time within the framework of collective negotiations, which just opened and which...
14 October 2010
Romania: pension act sent back to Parliament
Attacked by the social-democrats and liberals (two opposition parties) at the Constitutional Court, the text was declared constitutional by the judges and only required validation from the...
14 October 2010
Great Britain: new online service to help businesses recruit disabled people
Created by and for businesses. “Disability Clearkit” was born after three years of research by the 220 organizations working in association with the Department for Work and Pension (DWP), to...
14 October 2010
Netherlands: Henk Kamp is the new Minister of Social Affairs
The largest employers’ organization, the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) rejoiced with the appointment of Henk Kamp, “a man with great experience,” as the previous...
14 October 2010
Italy: “egg attacks” against the Cisl and Uil’s headquarters stigmatize the Fiom-CGIL
“Better one egg today than no rights tomorrow.” This message, written with red nail polish on the gates of the Cisl’s headquarters in the roman quarter of Garbatella, is the “nicest” of the...
14 October 2010
Germany: first representative study to look at measures increasing older workers’ productivity
German lab. Since demographic ageing is more significant in Germany than for its neighbors, the businesses of the top European economy have become true labs on the employment of older workers. ...
14 October 2010
Denmark: union membership is decreasing, threatening the Danish model
1,045,000 employees (39%) aren’t members of a union organization that signed an agreement. Among these, one in three (versus one in four in 1995) isn’t a union member at all. It’s the first time...
13 October 2010
Germany: the two major rail unions announce a series of warning strikes starting on October 25th
Warning strikes and employers’ anger. In an ultimatum presented in mid-September (see our dispatch No. 100648), Transnet and GDBA warned that, if the employers of the key private operators in...
13 October 2010
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
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