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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...

27 April 2007

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...

27 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

26 April 2007

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...

25 April 2007

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)

25 April 2007

Sweden: the government suggested mandatory unemployment insurance

The Swedish Labour Minister announced that he wanted to make it mandatory to adhere to an unemployment insurance fund, which was until now voluntary in the kingdom. According to him, this plan...

25 April 2007

Spain: the CCOO postal federation launched a petition against the sector’s early liberalization

The postal sector of the Federation of Communication and Transportation FCT-CCOO launched an internet campaign in order to sensitize the European Commission and the Spanish government to its...

24 April 2007

Netherlands: social agreement with three bus companies

An agreement was negotiated on the night between April 23 and April 24 between unions and the three bus companies, Arriva, Connexxion and Veolia. Unions gained satisfaction on their main claim...

24 April 2007

Arcelor Mittal: the steel group is going to sign an agreement on the new European works council

The steel group Arcelor Mittal's management and employees' representatives came to an agreement, on April 19, 2007, in Aviles (Spain,) during the fourth negotiation meeting on the establishment of...

23 April 2007

United Kingdom: annual report on the unionization rate

The unionization rate for British employees went from 29% to 28.4% between 2005 and 2006, a 0.6 point decrease which constitutes the strongest decrease since 1998, according to the Minister of...

23 April 2007

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