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Germany: temp agencies sue the IG Metall for “blackmail”
Since the IG Metall launched, on April 9, 2008, a national campaign in favor of equal treatment between agency and permanent workers, the conflict in the temporary work sector has intensified (see...
14 April 2008
EU: gas social partners want to guarantee the social dimension of the energy Community
A few months after that of European social partners in the electric sector, the trade union organizations EPSU and EMCEF and the employers' federation Eurogas signed a joint declaration calling...
14 April 2008
EU: the European Trade Union Confederation refuses to bargain for the revision of the EWC Directive
In a letter to Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, John Monks, announced that he...
11 April 2008
Romania: the EMF points to the conflict which ended at Renault-Dacia
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) set an example of the Renault's Dacia's strike in Romania, to ask for decent pay for all. This support comes whereas the collective conflict, which put...
11 April 2008
Rio Tinto-Alcan: European unions announce a day of action on April 23
European trade union organizations of Rio Tinto-Alcan call employees for a large day of action which will take place on April 23 on every site of the group and before the European Parliament to...
11 April 2008
Italy: the government wants to help Alitalia’s unions find an agreement with Air France-KLM
Enrico Leta’s optimism could be dampened by the outcome of Sunday’s general election. In the event of Silvio Berlusconi’s victory, as predicted by most of the polls, the merger with Air France-KLM...
11 April 2008
Crédit Agricole : interview with Pascal Fesquet (CFDT), spokesman of the special negotiations body
At the outset, the positions were fairly far apart and the employees’ representatives were eager to move forward. We started by signing an agreement on the setting up of an ad hoc negotiating...
11 April 2008
Nokia: Finnish unions call for an international framework agreement
Supported by the International Metalworkers' Federation and its European counterpart, several Finnish unions represented in the Nokia group called, on April 9, 2008, the Finnish firm to be the...
10 April 2008
Vietnam: more and more wildcat strikes at foreign companies subcontractors
The temporary shutdown of the Ching Lue Shoes factory - a Vietnamese subcontractor for Nike -after 15.000 employees went on strike, is only the tip of the iceberg. Since 2005, strikes against low...
10 April 2008
Germany: controversy around the new social and environmental standards for the award of public contracts
In order to adapt national law to European Directive 2004/18/EC on the modernization of procedures for the award of public contracts, the Ministry of the Economy presented a bill which proposes to...
10 April 2008
Saint-Gobain: the EWC defends the group’s social model
Saint-Gobain Convention for European Social Dialogue's steering committee Members (the group's EWC), reacted, on April 8, to the agreement, adopted the 20th of March, about the entrance...
10 April 2008
Michelin: amendment to the agreement on the EWC
The amendment, dated December 13, 2007 (see our article No. 080099), was signed on April 2 by the company’s management and the special group mandated by the committee to negotiate and finish the...
10 April 2008
EU: ETUC to decide on April 15 if it accepts to bargain for the revision of the directive on EWCs
Although the European Trade Union Confederation rejoiced when the European employers' organization BusinessEurope expressed, on April 2, that it was willing to bargain for the revision of the...
9 April 2008
Germany: Ver.di suspects Aldi of financing a “counter-union” and wants to sue
Less than three weeks after lodging a complaint for bribery against the GNBZ (the young trade union of the postal sector's new companies), (see our dispatch No. 80230), the services' union Ver.di...
9 April 2008
Germany: Nokia to pay €200 million for the closing of its Bochum factory
Almost three months after the disputed announcement, on January 15, 2008, of the closing of Nokia's Bochum factory (see our dispatch No. 580052), the Finnish telecom giant and the works council...
9 April 2008
Deutsche Telekom: CWA and Ver.di form a single union for the T-Mobile division
The American Communications Workers of America – CWA, 700.000 members – and the German union confederation Ver.di (2.4 million members) announced, on April 3, 2008, the creation of a new union...
9 April 2008
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EU: Omnibus Directive clears key milestone in European Parliament
On 13 October, the European Parliament’s position on the Omnibus Directive was approved by its Committee on Legal Affairs by 17 votes to six. Regarding due diligence rules, the report...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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31 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025