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Sanofi-Aventis: towards European social negotiations
The management of the pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis accepted the request made by its European works council to open talks on a social negotiations' program at the European level. A work...
Belgium: a draft bill to make the user company responsible for work accidents temporary workers go through
The government adopted a draft bill which would enable to include in the counting of industrial accidents, determining the insurance contribution the employer must pay, those undergone by...
Lithuania: a new initiative to convince migrants to return to their country
International Organization for Migration (IOM) together with Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour organizes information meeting on labour possibilities in Lithuania. (Ref. 070199)
Italy : the government wants to strengthen health and security at work
The Prodi government - back in the saddle since the Parliamentary vote of confidence at the end of last week - wants to strengthen health and security on workplaces. On the menu : protect all...
Spain: Seat is cutting 1,200 jobs but planning a 5-billion euros investment plan
Seat, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary, is planning the cut of 1,200 jobs in Martorell, in Catalonia, as part of an industrial reorganization plan which includes an investment of almost 5 billion...
Great Britain: it is Unilever’s turn to close its retirement plan based on final salaries
The Anglo Dutch giant announced the closing of its retirement scheme indexed on final salaries for those who will integrate the company after 2008. With 7,000 employees, 40,000 pensioners and...
For the European Court of Human Rights, unions are free to choose their members
Questionned by a British union condemned because it had excluded one of its members, who belonged to an extremist party, because of his racist actions, the ECHR judged that the freedom of...
Belgium : revival of social dialogue between Arcelor-Mittal’s social partners
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Arcelor-Mittal, visited, for the first time, the Liege steel basin since his takeover on Arcelor succeeded. He promised to think about the arguments brought forward by...
Airbus: an overview of the national reactions after the presentation of the Power 8 plan
The reactions, following the introduction of the European aircraft manufacturer's reorganization plan, are obviously varied according to the countries and to the planned job cuts' scope at the...
Alcatel Lucent: the union coordination is calling for an action day on March 15
Alcatel-Lucent's European trade union coordination met, on March 1, 2007, under the auspices of the European Metalworkers's Federation (EFM) following the announcement, on February 9, of job cuts...
Germany: Deutsche Telekom confirmed that 50,000 employees will be transferred to a new subsidiary
On the occasion of the presentation of annual results to the press and to analysts, on March 1, 2007, René Obermann, Deutsche Telekom's chair, presented its new strategy, confirming the transfer...
Luxembourg: the Minister of Employment evaluates de situation on the government’s restructurings policy
The Minister for Labour and Employment, François Biltgen, explained, on February 20, 2007, the policy that the Luxembourgish government chose in terms of restructurings. This intervention is...
EU: the ETUC is criticizing the European strategy in terms of health and security at work
After denouncing the fact that it was not consulted before the introduction of the new strategy on health and security at work, adopted on February 21 by the European Commission (see our story...
Inditex: the textile group’s union representatives participate in a series of meetings with the Turkish and Portuguese suppliers
Representatives from the Spanish textile company which owns Zara went to Istanbul and Porto, accompanied by union and sales officers, in order to meet some local officers. They informed their...
1 March 2007
Poland: the labour inspectorate and unions signed cooperation agreements on the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases
Three representational unions (union forum – FZZ, Solidarnosc and the Polish union alliance – OPZZ) signed, on February 26, bilateral cooperation agreements with the National Work Inspectorate, in...
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...
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