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Great Britain: a good practices code against age-related discriminations
A good practices guide in order to avoid age-related discriminations has just been published, financed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and co-written by the union confederation TUC and the...
Alcatel-Lucent: the European Works Council obtained to postpone the information and consultation procedure
After voting, during its plenary meeting on Friday, February 23, a motion allowing it to institute legal proceedings against Alcatel-Lucent's management for not respecting the information and...
EADS: the European federation of metalworkers is adopting a protest platform
During the meeting of the union coordinators of the European federation of metalworkers (EFM) which took place in Brussels on February 27, the participants adopted a protest platform with 17...
Poland: a union campaign to increase low wages
The Polish unions NSZZ-Solidarnosc announced a large national campaign on the theme: "low wages, barrier for Poland's development" which will start next spring. According to them, low wages have...
Spain: unions and employers from the textile sector want to promote the CSR together
Unions and employers from the Spanish textile, the Fedecon, constituted a work group with the consumers associations and the NGOs in order to promote social responsibility in the sector. The Setem...
28 February 2007
Germany: unions and employers are pleading in favour of an increase in the number of places in childcare centers
Since Ursula von der Leyen, federal Minister for Families, announced at the beginning of February that she wanted to treble the number of places in childcare centers, a vigorous debate on the best...
UE : European insurance social dialogue re-launched
After the deadlock reached in 2004, since a joint declaration on qualifications and life-long learning could not be achieved,UNI Finance together with the European insurance employers stress the...
Spain: Delphi is closing its Andalusian factory at Puerto Real
The equipment manufacturer announced, on February 22, that it is going to close its Puerto Real factory, in Andalusia. Notably specialized in the production of steering, suspension and rolling...
Germany: DGB’s day of action against the project to retire at 67
On the occasion of a debate in the Bundestag on the bill increasing the legal retirement age from 65 to 67, the German union confederation DGB organized, on February 26, a large demonstration in...
Great Britain: rebellion against social practices in investment funds
Investment funds are at the heart of a controversy long of several weeks in Great Britain. The deterioration of working conditions and the massive job suppressions that they impose, weighed...
International: the ITUC report about the respect of the ILO’s fundamental standards in EU member states
In the context of the revision of the EU's commercial policies by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) general council, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published a report...
Denmark: more training and flexibility agreed in the industry sector
Social partners reached an agreement in the Danish industry; the agreement includes, in addition to a wage increase, the creation of a fund for permanent training, the payment of a parental leave...
Germany: Ver.di is threatening to begin a strike at Deutsche Telekom
According to Ver.di, the services union, the telephone company would intend to transfer over 60,000 employees in three new subsidiaries, named T-Service, where they will work more and be paid...
EU: European social diary of February 26 to April 24th 2007
e-europnews February 26, 2007, n°070173 – www.eeuropnews.com
Great Britain: the government is launching a consultation on temporary work
The government opened a consultation on the working conditions for temporary workers and other occasional employees, in order to improve their protection against unethical employers. This...
Netherlands: a controversy on bonuses granted to leaders
The bonuses granted to leaders of large groups are irritating unions. The central union FNV is offended by the amounts of the bonuses perceived, judging them "irresponsible". On the other hand...
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