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Spain: the metal and textile-chemistry federations of CCOO start the last lap before the merger
The federal councils of the two federations announced that the congress which will definitely create the Comisiones obreras industry federation (FI-CCOO) will be held on February 19 and 20, 2009...
14 April 2008
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
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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.
29 January 2026
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
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026