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Italy: unions mobilize to safeguard jobs during this period of industrial consolidation
For some weeks, several individual mobilizations have sounded alarm bells over the impact on Italy’s industrial future of divestitures, closures and offshoring, being implemented by various...
22 February 2016
Romania: a new collective agreement for Ford Craiova in a bid to preserve jobs
Together, the trade union and management at the Ford Romania plant in Craiova have agreed on a new collective labor agreement, to run for the next two years. Whilst management had been targeting a...
22 February 2016
Great Britain: in spite of securing a special agreement, Brexit divides the country more than ever
The campaign has been launched. Unions, employers, MPs: despite Prime Minister David Cameron securing what has been termed as an historic agreement from Brussels on 19 February, the British people...
22 February 2016
News update as of 18 February 2016
Great Britain/The ILO intervenes in discussions over reforms to the right to strike (Trade Union Bill). The ILO Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and...
18 February 2016
Italy: a rise in the number of permanent employment contracts in 2015 thanks to exemptions for employers
On 16 February, the National Institute of Social Security, (INPS) published data on employment changes for 2015. The main new news is the 47% rise in the number of permanent employment contracts...
17 February 2016
Great Britain: a report recommends more social regulations for the self-employed
A report commissioned by the government recommends that the spectacularly growing numbers of self-employed should be afforded a status more in line with regular employees especially when it comes...
17 February 2016
Russia: record wave of protests in businesses in 2015
Trudprava (the Center for Social and Labor Rights (CSLR)) is about to publish a report on collective labor related conflicts in Russia for 2015 with the count standing at 409 conflict situations...
17 February 2016
Spain: three candidates looking to take the helm of the UGT union confederation
Candido Mendez, UGT secretary general will step down from the position during its 42nd congress being held from 09-12 March 2016 in Madrid. Potential successors are trying to rally support for...
16 February 2016
Magna International: sets up a European works council without participation by an SNB
On 22 January 2016, in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria, at the European headquarters of Austro-Canadian group Magna International, a new European works council constitutional assembly was held for the...
16 February 2016
Spain: agreement between Telefónica’s sub-contractors and the unions to both improve working conditions for network installation technicians and restrict chain sub-contacting
The CCOO-Industry and MCA-UGT unions announced they concluded an agreement with the installation companies that work for Spanish telephone operator Telfónica Movistar in a bid to control both...
15 February 2016
Denmark: PostNord Danmark agrees with unions over labor cost cuts
Denmark’s postal operator has concluded an agreement with unions that modify various provisions in collective agreements. Following persistent negative results as a result of a dramatic drop in...
11 February 2016
Hungary: wage tensions and skilled manpower shortages
Hungary is facing the paradox of high unemployment combined with businesses struggling to hire and keep skilled workers. The leverage factor being used currently is salary levels. A certain number...
11 February 2016
Belgium: social partners in the chemical sector implement a Demographic Fund
On 09 February the social partners in the chemicals, plastics, and biotech sector announced the implementation of a “Unique Demographic Fund in Belgium” in a bid to preempt a trend towards longer...
10 February 2016
Italy: Worker Buyouts becoming more widespread
Worker buyouts (WBOs) have almost doubled since the economic crisis started in 2008. Italy's legal framework facilitates WBOs in so far as it allows workers who are made redundant to invest their...
10 February 2016
Great Britain: the BECTU union makes its first inroads into organizing highly qualified workers in the visual effects sector
The BECTU broadcasting and entertainment union has begun taking its first concrete steps to organising workers in the growing VFX (visual effects) sector. Tougher working conditions in the sector...
10 February 2016
Great Britain: unions try to win over wider public opinion while the House of Lords deliberates the Trade Union Bill
While the Trade Union Bill, a bill on the right to strike, is currently being examined in the House of Lords, on Monday 08 February, Britain’s trade unions launched their ‘Heart Unions Week’ in a...
8 February 2016
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026