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Great Britain: Bank Santander and the CWU union agree a 3 year pay deal that guarantees more transparency and fairness in salary progression
Following what the CWU communications union called ‘marathon set of lock-down talks’ a three year agreement has been signed with banking and finance group Santander that institutes transparent pay...
5 February 2016
Belgium: banking sector signs 2015-2016 collective agreement
On 28 January 2016, following months of bitter negotiations, employers and unions in the banking sector have officially signed a collective labor agreement marking the closure of a raft of...
5 February 2016
Poland: positive outlook for the labor market in 2016
According to economists’ forecasts, 2016 will be a good year for workers. Large-scale emigration has left businesses struggling to hire staff. As a result salaries have gone up and businesses are...
4 February 2016
Denmark: integrating refugees into the labor market is a high priority for the tripartite negotiations
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called the social partners together for tripartite talks on 11 February. Top of the agenda is how to integrate refugees into the labor market. The social...
4 February 2016
Great Britain: GMB union and Humberside Engineering Training Association launch a joint initiative to promote apprenticeships with the region’s employers and younger workers
The GMB union together with Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) have launched an initiative to encourage Humberside’s employers and younger workers into apprenticeships. Unions have...
4 February 2016
Italy: a new agreement for the recently formed Finmeccania One Company model
Since 01 January 2016, former 100% Finmeccania subsidiaries Agusta Westland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, Oto Melara and Wass, have merged into one single company operating with seven divisions...
4 February 2016
Greece: unions call for a new general strike on Thursday to protest against pension reforms
On the anniversary of the radical left’s accession to power in January 2015, anger is growing across all segments of Greece’s society. The draft law on pensions that the government put to the...
3 February 2016
Germany: IG Metall recommends a wage raise of between 4.5% and 5%
Following consultations with its seven regional federations, IG Metall, Germany’s largest trade union in terms of membership numbers, announced on the 02 February that it would enter into the...
2 February 2016
Great Britain: leading unions call for protectionist measures to safeguard jobs
In response to huge jobs losses and the prospect of more to come, a number of leading unions in steel and manufacturing have made calls to protect jobs by urging the government to act upon...
28 January 2016
Unilever: joint declaration in conjunction with the international trade unions UITA and IndustriALL to prevent sexual harassment
Signed on 26 January by the agro-industry union federations, UITA and the industrial federation IndustriALL Global this declaration included commitments to tackle sexual harassment together via...
28 January 2016
Italy: retail store chain Essenlunga concludes an agreement to try out Sunday working
On 22 January, following thirteen months of negotiations, management at Esselunga (22,500 employees and 155 stores) concluded an agreement that intends to trial working on Sundays. The...
27 January 2016
Germany: IG Metall tightens links with Hungary metals union VASAS
Germany’s electronics and metals union IG Metall together with its Hungarian counterpart VASAS announced they were strengthening their already long-term collaboration by opening a common training...
27 January 2016
Italy: Confindustria and the unions transpose the European framework agreement on work related harassment and violence
On 25 January, Italy’s employers’ body Confindustria signed an agreement with the CGIL, Cisl, and the Uil unions that puts in place a framework agreement addressing workplace harassment and...
26 January 2016
Germany: the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) calls for more flexibility in working time to benefit workers
During the annual press conference on 25 January, and following a more or less positive assessment for 2015, Reiner Hoffmann, DGB president, presented the main thrusts for union action in 2016...
26 January 2016
United States: American IT workers replaced by Indian manpower take Walt Disney to court
Two former IT employees at the Walt Disney Park in Orlando, Florida are taking their former employer to court for having replaced them with young Indian workers residing in the United States...
26 January 2016
Italy: a boom in the use of ‘vouchers’ exclusively destined for paying casual labor
The latest report by the Observatory for unstable employment carried out for the National Social Security Institute (INPS) has revealed a boom in the use of ‘vouchers’, that were originally...
25 January 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