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EU: European Commission launches public consultation on the future of pensions
Sustainable and adequate pensions. In the document adopted today, July 7, 2010, the European Commission observes that, to this day, most reforms have sought to improve the viability of pension...
Italy: the “Pomigliano effect” against the “Pomigliano model”
“The outcome of the referendum sounded the alarm.” Susanna Camusso, CGIL deputy general secretary, who should replace current general secretary Gugliemo Epifani at the end of his term in...
Netherlands: Amsterdam can’t keep its expats
In Amsterdam, the low interest in European, American and Chinese expats for life in that city is a serious ground for concern. The economic capital of the Netherlands and its surroundings account...
Great Britain: government no longer excludes hardening the right to strike
Introducing a participation rate. Considered as one of the strictest in Europe, the right to strike could become even stricter. On June 21st, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) threw a...
Germany: new directive for better employee protection during the hot season
What can you do when your workstation becomes a sauna? Can room temperature go over 26ºC? Do employers need to take prevention measures? According to the IG-Metall, these questions come back every...
Sodexo: unions pressure the mass catering company to negotiate a global agreement
Aborted talks. Initially planned for June 30th, the opening of talks was postponed, because the French company refused to negotiate “under pressure” from a globalized union movement. Sodexo also...
Brazil: wage campaign for metalworkers, oil and banking workers
Brazilian unions expressed their intention to unify their claims, as much as possible, for the wage campaign organized this summer to get better increases, at a time when the Central Bank of...
Alstom/Schneider Electric: interview of Bart Samyn, EMF deputy general secretary, about the European agreement on social guarantees within the framework of the purchase of Areva T&D
ederation (EMF) should sign, today, July 7th, the agreement negotiated with the managements of Alstom and Schneider Electric on social commitments within the framework of their purchase of the...
Alstom/Schneider Electric: European agreement on social guarantees within the framework of the purchase of Areva T&D
With the closing on June 7th, this European agreement on social guarantees within the framework of the sale of Areva T&D is the end of a story and the beginning of another. For Areva’s staff...
Germany: Minister for Economic Affairs wants to suspend the “ELENA” workers’ database
Excess work for SMEs. In spite of a great controversy (see our dispatch No. 100010), the “ELENA” database was launched on January 1st. since then, all businesses have to send, once a month, key...
Italy: CGIL and Fiom stay mobilized under the “Pomigliano effect”
The “summer cocktail” made up of the economic crisis, the government’s maneuver and the separate agreement on the future of Fiat’s Pomigliano d’Arco factory (see our dispatch No. 100480) is...
EU: report on one year of industrial relations at the height of the economic crisis
In 2009, industrial relations revolved around the economic crisis and its impact on businesses and workers.  The study reminds that, while European countries are slowly coming out of the...
Great Britain: bill to prevent technicalities from stopping industrial action
It seeks to stop employers from having the latitude to use minor issues to halt lawful industrial action through recourse to the courts in the form of being granted an injunction. The Bill seeks...
EU: ECJ distinguishes bonuses for temporarily reclassified pregnant workers
Directive 92/85 on the protection of pregnant women and young mothers imposes that employers reclassify to another position pregnant workers exposed to some risks that could be dangerous in their...
Netherlands: FNV members vote yes to retirement at 67
The FNV’s 1.4 million members were called to vote on the controversial agreement signed on June 4th between the FNV (Federation of Netherlands Unions), CNV (Federation of Christian Unions) and...
Germany: the economic recovery revives the “hunt” for skills workers
Production and working time are going back up. Randstadt, interim leader in Germany, is setting the tone. The company just launched a big advertising campaign. It is looking for about 6,000...
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