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EU: launching of a Euro-Mediterranean social cooperation
For the first time, the Employment and Labor Ministers of the Euro-Mediterranean partner countries (43 countries) gathered for a ministerial conference in Marrakech on November 9-10, as part of...
14 November 2008
Argentina: Supreme Court ruling ends union monopoly
The Supreme Court ruled that the legislation which prevents a worker from being elected union representative if he wasn't a member of the official trade union, the CGT, was unconstitutional. This...
14 November 2008
Bolivia: the government imposes a 12% wage increase upon businesse
The Bolivian government announced a decree determining to 12% the wage increase in the private sector in 2009. Companies say this is unworkable, and unions raise the bar to 25%. (Ref. 080894)
14 November 2008
HP-EDS: first evaluation of the European trade union day of action
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the UNI Europa union federation evaluated, on November 13, 2008, the first European day of action organized the same day to object to the...
14 November 2008
Austria: after the announcement of 9.000 job cuts at the Post AG, unions are getting ready to strike
In spite of the last minute turnaround of the Post AG's management, which announced on November that the 9.000 job cuts and the closing of 1.000 offices were only the elements of one of the...
13 November 2008
Argentina: 10.000 workers in the car industry affected by the decline of the sector
With Renault's announcement to suspend 1.000 jobs in Argentina, there are now more than 10.000 jobs threatened by the crisis in the sector. Volkswagen, Fiat, Iveco, Peugeot and Mercedes-Benz...
13 November 2008
Spain: the national CSR Council to start working soon
The national CSR Council is launched. The tripartite structure, which should meet for the first time in November, is composed of 56 members. It equally involves public services, employers, unions...
Venezuela: the National Assembly working to reduce working time to six hours a day
Reducing working time from eight to six hours a day was part of the draft reform of the constitution, rejected by a referendum in December 2007. However, this measure, proposed by the government...
12 November 2008
Germany: the metallurgy sector avoided a strike in extremis
After a marathon 22-hour negotiation, the IG Metall union and the Sudwestmetall employers' organization agreed, on November 12, 2008, in Sindelfingen - in the Bade-Wurttemberg pilot region -on a...
12 November 2008
International: global dialogue on temporary agency work
Six large groups from the temporary work sector, member of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT), adopted a memorandum of understanding with the international...
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12 November 2008
EU: UNI Europa Graphical adopts a procedure to bargain for transnational agreements
During the general assembly held on October 23, 2008 in Rome, the European trade union federation UNI Europa Graphical (UNI-EG) adopted a procedure to bargain for transnational agreement, based on...
12 November 2008
Italy: important participation to the national transport strike to support the negotiation of a single collective agreement
Over 80% of employees in the rail transport sector and local public transportation took part in the national 24-hour strike which paralyzed Italy on November 10, 2008. Unions are asking the...
12 November 2008
United States: a bill favoring union establishment could change the social landscape
Here is our first layover in the United States mentioning the Employee free choice Act (EFCA,) supposed to reverse the decline of American unions. The latter set this law as their priority, since...
12 November 2008
Belgium: unions denounce legal appeals against picket lines
Can employers bring to court the appeal to pickets to prevent companies from accessing customers or workers? The question is being debated in Belgium after the blocking of several companies...
12 November 2008
Germany: Volkswagen shelves the emblematic “5.000 x 5.000” project with the IG Metall’s agreement
After removing the famous four-day week in 2006, it is now the turn of the "5.000 x 5.000" project, created in 2001 to train and employ 5.000 unemployed people, to disappear. The agreement...
10 November 2008
China: analysis of the implementing regulation for the Labor Contract Act
Aiqing Zheng, associate professor at the faculty of law at the University of Renmin, analyzed for Planet Labor the implementing regulation for the Labor Contract Act, adopted in 2007. This...
10 November 2008
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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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025