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Italy: Fiom-CGIL wants to use the deadly accident in an ENEL station as an “example”
Today, April 12th, the station will partially reopen. Following workers’ mobilization, the mayor of Civitavecchia ordered its shutdown for two weeks. However, one week after the accident of April...
12 April 2010
International: the Swedish and Brazilian trade unions lobby for Saab to modernize the Brazilian military aircraft
The declaration also emphasised the commitment of the Swedish governmental and non-governmental sector to support the establishment of new production clusters for defence equipment. It underlined...
9 April 2010
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time in metal failed
Complete jam. “If the concept of flexible working time simply means cutting wage increases and extending working time, we won’t sign any agreement” declared Peter Schleinbach, in charge of...
8 April 2010
Denmark: the authorities want to improve measures against social dumping
“We will not tolerate that many foreign businesses violate the Act on Mandatory Enrolment to the Register of Foreign Businesses as well as Danish labor market rules.” This is how Labor Minister...
8 April 2010
Great-Britain: the bill to transpose the new Directive on European Works Councils lays before the Parliament
Scope. In accordance with the directive, anticipation agreements (which came into force before 16th December 1999) are not submitted to the new clauses nor to the existing clauses in force, except...
8 April 2010
United States: the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) comes back to life
The employers launched the red alert. Randel Johnson, the US Chamber of Commerce’s labor relations expert launched the “red alert” for the three million businesses belonging to the Chamber...
8 April 2010
Germany: 41% of the employees are accessible by mobile phone beyond office hours without having signed an agreement with their employer
The increasing use of mobile devices by employees and not only managers more and more softens the border between working and private time. This development questions the labour law. Particularly...
8 April 2010
Great Britain: Equality bill passes through Parliament
th April, the Members of Parliament adopted the Equality bill, one year after its introduction to the House of Commons. Last step: the law will be sent to the Queen in order to request her...
7 April 2010
Italy: Fillea, the CGIL building industry federation held its XVIIth national congress
Commitment to the « law ». The union commits itself to relaunch the campaign against the “caporalato” (illegal form of labour exploitation), widely spread in the country, so that it could be...
7 April 2010
Great Britain: about the use of injunctions by the employers to prevent strikes
The current legal framework governing industrial action and strikes results from the legislation passed by the Conservative governments of the 1980s and 1990s. It is legislation which Labour...
7 April 2010
International: Russia and the crisis
Real figures behind façade optimism. While Vladimir Poutine is talking about the beginning of a drop, based on the number of jobseekers listed by employment agencies (2.7 million in early march)...
7 April 2010
EU: the Metalworkers’ Federation, Mine Chemical Energy Workers’ Federation and Federation of Textile lays the foundations for an increased cooperation
Planet Labor April 7, 2010, n°100283- www.planetlabor.com
6 April 2010
Great Britain : social conflicts might multiply and become more radical
History of social conflicts. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the trade union membership has been dropping; consequently, collective bargaining has been declining. However, this trend does not...
6 April 2010
Germany : the employers of the chemistry industry blame the trade unions’ “multi-risk insurance minded” mentality and want to freeze the wages
«On the one hand, IG BCE wants more secure jobs and a recruitment guarantee for the apprentices and on the other hand, more money”. This is not compatible, particularly in these difficult...
6 April 2010
Italy: the President of the Republic does not enact the labour dispute system reform
The controversial issue of arbitration. Observations concerning how the proposed system would strengthen arbitration in individual work relationships and unblock the courts hover between two...
6 April 2010
Suspension of the information thread
During this European holiday season, we are suspending our information thread from Thursday, April 1st, pm through Tuesday, April 6th, am. Planet Labor wishes you a Happy Easter.
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In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
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