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Ireland: the Labour Court recommends consultation of workforce by Aer Lingus on cost reduction plan
After being the target of a hostile takeover bid, Aer Lingus had announced a cost reduction plan implying modification of working conditions. It was a unilateral decision, whereas the company...
EU: As far as Vladimir Spidla is concerned, the European policy in terms of reorganization is lacking visibility
In an exclusive interview granted to the French information letter "Liaisons sociales Europe" (March 23) Vladimir Spidla, the European commissioner in charge of employment, social affairs and the...
Lidl: unions are condemning the violation of unions and workers’ rights in several countries
Several national (German, Italian, French) unions and the European union federation UNI-Commerce condemned the antiunion behaviors of the cheap food chain Lidl in Europe as well as the violation...
20 March 2007
EU: publication of a corrigendum to the regulation on the European co-operative company
The March 20, 2007 Official Journal of the European Union is publishing a corrigendum to the n°1435/2003 regulation passed in the July 22, 2003 council, concerning the status of the European...
EU: creation of a sectorial social dialogue committee in the gas sector
The European social partners from the gas industry, the EMCEF and EPSU union federations and the managerial organization Eurogas formed the 34th sectorial social dialogue committee. During a first...
Belgium: a 10-day paid leave for host families
The council of Ministers approved, on March 16, 2007, a bill offering the right to 10 days of paid leave a year for parents welcoming children placed in their family, while continuing their...
Belgium: a labor collective convention to transpose the directive on the implication of workers in the European cooperative company
During its January 30, 2007 session, the national Labor Council adopted the labor collective convention n°88, concerning the implication of workers in the European cooperative company. This...
Germany: IG Metall is worried after the announcement of the motor vehicle equipment manufacturer Siemens VSO’s entry into the stock market
On May 1, Siemens AG wants to invest 35 to 49.9% of the capital of its Siemens VDO Automotive subsidiary into the stock market. IG Metall, which negotiates the preservation of collective...
Sweden : positive outcome on collective agreements in industry
Ten years after the signing of the first collective agreement in Swedish industry, the negotiation concluded on March 16 for regulating the sector over the 3 years ahead concerns for the time...
EU: European employers are presenting their view as to the modernization of Labor Law
The European managerial organization BusinessEurope presented, on March 15, its answers to European Commission's consultation regarding the green Book on the modernization of Labor Law, in which...
Fiat : unions from the metallurgy sector are condemning the builder’s plans in India
The Italian metallurgy unions, brought together by the UITA and IFM international union organizations, are condemning the plan to build a new Fiat Tata factory in India, which would have...
EU : CSR on the menu of the European social dialogue committee for extractive companies
The committee of European social dialogue for extractive companies, which met for a plenary session on March 6, decided to push further their work on CSR and to keep going with their common...
Siemens : the leader of an independent union, a central WC member, jailed for corruption
This further case of corruption comforts those who accuse Siemens, the German electronics giant, of corruptive practices as a method of sales and personnel management. While the trial of two...
Spain: the law on equality between men and women is adopted
The Parliament approved, on March 15, the equality between men and women law. It plans a series of crossed measures which are going to lead to the amendment of a number of articles in force, which...
EU : the European Parliament for more EU involvement in corporate social responsibility
Emphasis on the role of the social partners. While the communication by the European Commission scarcely mentions the social partners, the are not overlooked by the European Parliament which...
15 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent : The European Metalworkers’ Federation call on the employees to gather in Paris
A European rally. The EMF and its affiliates call on the group’s employees to gather in Paris the 15th of March in the afternoon. In its press release, the European Federation denounced “The...
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