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Great Britain : focus on the conflict between British Airways and Unite
On top of this, BA’s labour cost base has always been higher because as a former nationalised industry (until 1987) with an effective monopoly as the national carrier, and compelled by law to...
EU: the 2010 social agenda of the Commission
This year marks « the beginning of a new era » explains the Commission in the Work Programme presented on 31st March. Faced with the economic crisis, the Commission adds: “what is necessary now is...
Germany: Coca-Cola Germany rules out economic layoffs until the end of 2012
Increased competition. “After the threat of massive warning strikes and extremely complicated negotiations, we managed, a) to maintain jobs and b) to conclude guidelines for five collective...
Areva: interview with Maureen Kearney, European Works Council Secretary and Dominique Chevalier, Bureau Member
Dominique Chevalier. We were already opposed to the sale of T&D to Alstom. When we learned that what was planned differed from what had been initially announced, i.e. that the sale of T&D...
Austria: the Confederation of Austrian Unions keeps loosing members
16,400 fewer members last year, is the 2009 evaluation of the evolution of the size of the seven sectoral unions representing 1.22 members. In spite of these dreary results, the ÖGB doesn’t see...
EU: lukewarm agreement between the Twenty-Seven on the EU 2020 objectives
Quantified objectives. The proposal presented by the European Commission (see our dispatch No. 100194) didn’t convince everyone. During the European summit organized last week, the Member States...
Germany: Easyjet employees will have German labor contracts as of this summer
On February 18, 2010, Ver.di called on Easyjet’s German employees to take part in a warning strike between 5:50 and 10:30 am at the airport of Berlin-Schönefeld. This movement led to 16 flights...
Denmark: government and social partners united under the campaign, “Sickness and Work can go together”
Break the taboo on sickness and work. This is the objective of Labor Minister Inger Støjberg who recently launched the campaign “Sick at work – Sickness and Work can go together,” to encourage...
Luxembourg: tense tripartite negotiations
Employers’ claims. Created in the 70s in the middle of the European steel crisis, these “crisis” negotiations take place within a “national coordination committee” which will render its...
EU: public consultation on the review of the Statute on the European Company
On September 10, 2009, the European Commission listed 439 SEs in Europe. The Czech Republic had the highest number, 137, followed by Germany, 91, the Netherlands, 22, Great Britain, 16, France...
Italy: CGIL announces 5,746,167 members, with a majority of pensioners
“We’re the biggest social power in Italy, and excluding us from negotiations and agreements goes against a majority of workers and pensions” said CGIL general secretary Gugliemo Epifani when...
France: multi-industry agreement on harassment and violence at work about to be signed
A concrete framework to fight against harassment and violence at work. During their last meeting on the subject on March 26, the trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC, FO and CGT) and employers’...
Great Britain: minimum wage increase and action on default retirement in the 2010 budget
Default retirement. The Chancellor confirmed that the government is decided to scrap or raise the retirement age (currently 65). The final decision will be made this summer. Some employers and...
Germany: to softly regulate their workforce, businesses make their reclassification companies durable and embark on temporary work
Vivento; from reclassification pole to corporate consultancy to temporary work. On March 22, Deutsche Telekom (DT) and the administration of the Land of Saarland signed a cooperation agreement for...
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
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...
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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
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...