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EU: unions form the Visegrad group adopted a joint declaration on the strengthening of social dialogue
During a conference entitled "social dialogue in central and western Europe: Experience and prospects", organized on April 24, 2007 in Poland, unions from the Višegrad (*) group adopted a joint...
Alcatel-lucent : the Paris’ first instance court is not opposed to the continuation of the information-consultation procedure
In a summary order pronounced on April 27, 2007, the court of first instance in Paris admittedly sentenced the Alcatel-Lucent group to provide its European work's council with further information...
27 April 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European WC is asking the EU for a more efficient R&D policy
During a meeting with a group of Eurodeputies on April 24, 2007, members from Alcatel-Lucent's EWC asked for a European industrial policy which would preserve more skilled jobs. (Ref. 070385)
Netherlands: eastern borders will be open on May 1st
After much equivocation, the Dutch Parliament finally voted, on April 25, the opening, on May 1st, of borders to workers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia...
General Motors: the EMF and the European work’s council are threatening to block negotiations in the entire group as long as the Anvers factory question has not been settled
The future of General Motors' Anvers factory is not yet assured but unions and the car manufacturer's European management are working on it. The plan would be to build 80,000 Chevrolets in 2010...
Germany: the building union (IG-Bau) wants to become an “participative union” to face the crisis undermining it
On the occasion of an extraordinary congress which took place last Sunday (April 22, 2007,) the IG BAU's 300 delegates voted in favor of an internal reform which is supposed to strengthen original...
France: a decree specified stay conditions for EU citizens
A decree passed on March 21, 2007 gave a few details about the July 24, 2006 law which transposed the 2004/38 directive concerning the right to stay for EU citizens and their family members. This...
EU: the European Commission’s services are working on the revision if the directive on European WC
During a debate in the European Parliament on the theme of the enforcement of workers' rights to information and consultation, which took place on the night of April 25, the Commissioner in charge...
Germany: the Federal Labour Court allowed appealing to strike for social plans’ renegotiations
In the event of a company closure or of a relocation, German law plans the negotiation of a redundancy scheme between the management and the WC. Appeal to strike is then forbidden. For a little...
EU: European social partners signed the framework agreement on harassment and violence at work
General secretaries from the ETUC on the union side and from BusinessEurope, the UEAPME and the CEEP on the managerial side signed, today April 26, 2007, the framework agreement on harassment and...
Netherlands: the question of post employees’ remuneration is popping up in the debate on the postal market’s liberalization
Yesterday, the Labour MPs of the PVDA (Party for Labour and Progress), member of the coalition ruling, threatened to block the postal market's liberalization, planned for January 1, 2008, if...
Spain: two CCOO federations merger to create a large industry sector federation
The CCOO's federal council gave the green light, on April 24, to the fusion of two of its large federations, the metallurgy federation (FM-CCOO) and the textile and chemistry industries...
Belgium: the CSC presented its Memorandum with in preparation for the legislative elections
After listening to the FGTB (see our story n°070352,) the leaders of the eight French and Dutch speaking democratic parties answered to the CSC (christian union) invitation to debate on its...
United Kingdom: an NGO denounced the absence of respect and controls of the ethical charters adopted as part of the Ethical Trade Initiative
The ethical charters signed by the British supermarkets in favour of a trade based on solidarity and responsible with their suppliers from developing countries are only covers to appear honorable...
25 April 2007
General Motors : the union coordination lead by the IMF is asking the management to respect union rights
The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) brought together its network of union representatives within GM (GM's actions group) on April 18 and 19 in Antwerp, in order to examine the...
Netherlands: strikes are getting shorter
In the Netherlands, strikes are shorter and shorter and less and less harmful for economic activity, underlined the Central Statistics Office (CBS). (Ref. 070371)
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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