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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...
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...
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