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Norway: competitiveness and equal treatment at the center of wage negotiations in 2010
The Norwegian system is based on an old and long-established tradition of tripartite cooperation between the State and the social partners. Actually, they all agree on the quality of their...
21 April 2010
Germany: the good governance committee wants to encourage businesses to increase the number of women within boards
Promote diversity. Created in September 2001 by the German Department of Justice, the committee on good government reviews, once a year and where appropriate, the “German Code of Corporate...
21 April 2010
Italy: 5th national congress of the Flai-CGIL, the food federation, focuses on union unity
“The Flai-CGIL to defend and free rights” was the title of the 5th national congress of the Flai-CGIL. The federation, which negotiates 17 national collective agreements (affecting nearly 2...
20 April 2010
Great Britain: the “winter of discontent” or the very apropos use of collective memory
The most recent outing of this phenomenon has been in the immediate run up to the general election in May 2010 when strikes and proposed strikes took place at British Airways, in the civil service...
20 April 2010
Netherlands: lowest strike level since 1985
This is a historic fall, even more noticeable since social relations are tense because of the economic crisis that started at the end of 2008. A sign that unions, which represent a fourth of...
20 April 2010
Germany: new postal services’ union (GNBZ) can’t bargain for collective agreements, Federal Labor Court says
Victory for Verdi. This decree puts an end to a long legal procedure Ver.di started after the creating, in 2007, of a rival union, the new postal services’ union (GNBZ). According to Ver.di, GNBZ...
20 April 2010
Belgium: will Opel’s Antwerp site remain in the bosom of the auto industry?
Draft social plan. Even though they haven’t signed it yet, they have nevertheless agreed to present to Opel’s Antwerp staff the draft social plan negotiated with the management over the weekend...
20 April 2010
Germany: coalition in power to prolong short-time working through March 2012
Keep unemployment from rising up. Determined to not jeopardize the government’s flagship measure against unemployment, Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) initially...
19 April 2010
Italy: 25th national Fiom-CGIL Congress ends with division
“Democracy based on labor.” This was the title, based on article 1 of the Italian constitution, of the 25th Congress of the Fiom, organized in Montesilvano (Pescara), on April 14-16. It was the...
19 April 2010
Romania: emergency ordinance to reform sick leaves and toughen controls
Home monitoring. With this strong reform of sick leave, which will come into force in May, the Romanian government has opened the hunting season against sick people. Health Minister Cseke Attila...
19 April 2010
Great Britain: labor aspects of the manifestos of the three political parties running for election
l Democrats published their manifestos for the general election on May 6. There are common themes: focus on flexible labor, remove default retirement, and create thousands of jobs. The Tories and...
19 April 2010
Germany: Verdi allowed to enter Lidl subsidiaries to recruit members
Two discussions a month without management supervision. In terms of staff management, Lidl, second largest discounter in Germany after Aldi, seems like the sector’s “black sheep” for spying on its...
16 April 2010
Italy: 4th SLC-CGIL national congress characterized by job cuts at Telecom Italia and the Italian Post
The 433 delegates representing the union’s 97,000 members elected their new management (with 20% of young and 39% of women), which re-elected the outgoing general secretary, Emilio Miceli.
16 April 2010
Deutsche Telekom: American and German telecom unions accuse T-Mobile USA of “massively overawing” employees trying to unionize
Climate of fear or malicious campaign? “Throughout the world, Deutsche Telekom respects workers’ rights and is a loyal interlocutor for all elected employee representation structures” declared...
16 April 2010
France: Easyjet fined for employing 170 employees on British contracts at Orly airport
teil, Val de Marne, found Easyjet guilty of hidden labor, offenses to employee representation and lack of registration. The company will have to 1.4 million euros in damages to the unemployment...
15 April 2010
Italy: 3rd national congress of the CGIL’s “atypical” workers’ federation, Nidil
The 3rd national congress of Nidil (acronym for Nuove Indentità di Lavoro – New Labor Identities), organized, on April 8-9 in Perugia, ended with the re-election of the outgoing general secretary...
15 April 2010
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026