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Italy: Fiom-CGIL rejects the agreement on Fiat-Pomigliano d’Arco’s restructuring plan which rams the industrial relations system
“A U-turn in Italian industrial relations.” This is how Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi defined the separate agreement on Fiat’s restructuring plan for the Pomigliano d’Arco factory (Naples)...
15 June 2010
United States: strike at Spirit Airlines
The last strike dates back to January 2006, at World Airways. Some time before, in August 2005, Northwest Airlines mechanics stopped work to protest against a pay cut. This time, the 440 Spirit...
15 June 2010
International: first talks about the creation of a large international industry union federation
Diversified sectors. Gathered in Germany last week, the IMF’s appointed a work group to evaluate the financial and structural conditions of a possible merger with the ICEM and ITGLWF. The...
15 June 2010
Great Britain: government starts revising health and safety at work regulations
A Thatcher Minister in control. Lord Young, former secretary of State for Trade and Industry during the Thatcher administration, was appointed by David Cameron to review health and safety...
15 June 2010
Germany: GDL union demands collective agreement for all train drivers
DB wages for all train drivers. Gerda Seibert, GDL spokeswoman, told Planet Labor that the union’s stance was based on a simple observation: train drivers attended the same training and perform...
14 June 2010
Germany: businesses didn’t use the crisis to improve their employees’ training (survey)
In spite of an annual 1.1 million part-time jobseekers in 2009, as well as improved offer from the public authorities in the area of vocational training, German businesses didn’t use their excess...
14 June 2010
EU: Uni Europa wants to improve social dialog in ICT
Standards. In terms of social dialog, Uni Europa’s political strategy focuses on the low level of collective bargaining in ICT. The trade union thinks that it is “vital” to ensure that businesses...
14 June 2010
Spain: the government presents its draft decree on the labor market reform
The text presented on Friday, June 11th to the trade unions and employers isn’t final. It is the starting point where political groups can possibly debate to obtain the biggest consensus for the...
14 June 2010
Denmark: TIB members vote yes to the merger between TIB and 3F
65.6% for the merger, 34.1% against – this is the outcome of the referendum on the merger between TIB and 3F (see our dispatch No. 100349), where only 30% of TIB members voted. In spite of this...
11 June 2010
Sweden: because of increased industrial accidents, the construction sector gets new prevention resources
A subject that was no longer a priority as working conditions are getting harder. A survey published in 2009 and carried out by members from Byggnadsarbetareförbundet (Byggnads, construction...
11 June 2010
Germany: the resounding cancelation of the layoff of a cashier sparked off a debate on layoff protection
“Emmely, the star of the day.” This is how political and union representatives welcomed Barbara E., better known under her nickname, Emmely, when she got out of the Federal Labor Court in Erfurt...
11 June 2010
Spain: no agreement on labor market reform in spite of extended negotiations
The government’s proposals to reach a compromise. Talks went on after May 31st, the deadline set by the government for the social partners to agree on a consensual agreement for the labor market...
10 June 2010
Italy: CGIL launches a general strike on June 25th against the government’s economic maneuver
The CGIL’s executive committee, gathered in Rome on June 7-9, unanimously approved the proposal made by general secretary Gugliemo Epifani to organize a general strike on June 25th, “for at least...
10 June 2010
Germany: new banking collective agreement focuses on worsening working conditions since the beginning of crisis
Marginal wage increase. The agreement reached on Wednesday night (June 9), between Verdi’s negotiators (which represents 240,000 members in the sector) and the negotiators of the AGV Banken, the...
10 June 2010
Romania: early retirement rush
Three times as many requests. Initially planned for June 1st, the severity plan announced by Emil Boc’s liberal-democratic government in May (see our dispatch No. 100464) should finally apply at...
10 June 2010
Netherlands: the next government is going to be hard to form
As 88% of votes were counted, on the morning of Thursday, June 10th, Mark Rutte’s liberals had 32 seats – only one over the socialists led by Job Cohen, former mayor of Amsterdam. The...
10 June 2010
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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...
15 October 2025
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...