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The IUF sets new rules for negotiating international framework agreements
Involvement of representatives of the company employees.  The IUF has no mandate “to negotiate and subscribe to an agreement with a trans-national enterprise without first having involved...
Spain: Iberia pilots strike due to low-cost company creation
Iberia pilots began, on 10 July 2006, a 7 days strike to demand guarantees for employment and wages after the Spanish company launched a subsidiary low-cost company which is due to start...
General Motors: the president of Opel’s work council rejects an alliance with Renault-Nissan
In an interview to the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt (10-07), the president of Opel's work council, (Opel is a European subsidiary company of General Motors) , rejects the idea of an...
Belgium: adoption of a draft bill to combat the phenomenon of the false self-employed
The Council of Ministers held on 7th July approved a draft bill of a framework law related "to the nature of working relationships". This project in included in the governmental agreement dated...
Luxembourg: adoption of a preliminary draft regulation on protection of workers against the exposure to asbestos
The Council of government of July 7 adopted a preliminary draft regulation modifying the ruling of July 15, 1988 on the protection of workers against the risks related to an exposure to asbestos...
The European Commission organizes a new meeting of the “forum on restructurings”
2005, the “Forum on restructurings”, the European Commission decided to organize a series of sessions dedicated to the specific aspects of restructurings. The session which will take...
Socialist European deputies propose a framework directive for services of general economic interest
The Party of European Socialists (PES) in the European Parliament presented, on June 28, its proposal for a framework directive on services of general economic interest (SGEI). This initiative...
EU: unemployment and enlargement worry Europeans
The European Commission published, on July 6, the result of a public opinion poll cconducted twice a year before 29000 Europeans (questioned in April). Unemployment remains their first concern...
The European Parliament presses the Commission to deal with the issue of restructurings
During a debate at the European Parliament on General Motors’ decision to close its Portuguese factory of Azambuja, European deputies adopted, on July 6, a resolution asking the European...
Portugal: civil servants oppose the government’s reforms
On July 6, the three main trade-union federations of the Public sector called for a strike to protest against a government plan to shed 75000 jobs between now and the end of 2009. (Réf. 06699)
Great-Britain : publication of the bill on disability and incapacity pensions’ reform
This plan of action is today to 2.7 million people’s advantage, victims of industrial accidents, disabled, or suffering from mental illnesses (among which are depression, anxiety and stress, more...
Volkswagen: Spanish trade union denies a transfer of production of the Polo model to Belgium
The trade union CC.OO demented the information published in Der Spiegel (3-07) and affirmed that Volkswagen will not transfer the production of its Polo model from Landaben to Brussels. (Réf...
Netherlands: Océ relocates its production in Malaysia
Océ, the Dutch manufacturer of printers and photocopiers, announced on July 5 its intention to relocate 80% of its production in Malaysia, between now and the end of 2008. For now, the management...
Denmark: temporary work agencies hire workers in Poland
Training courses for Poles. Danish temporary work agencies are the first to benefit from this easing. Thus, Adecco, the largest temporary work company in Denmark, created training courses in...
Spain: draft law on gender equality triggers controversy
Trade union representatives and employers are arguing over the bill on gender equality, approved on June 23 by the Council of Ministers (see our article n° 06656) which should also prove very...
The Court of Justice accepts the suspension of an incapacity allowance for a disabled person who leaves the Netherlands
Two young Dutch woman benefiting from an allowance for young handicapped people decided to settle in another Member State. Dutch authorities suspended the payment of the allowance which they...
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