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Great Britain: the CAC delivers a significant ruling on EWCs
On 19 January the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), a labour tribunal with responsibility for EWC issues, delivered its decision in a dispute between the employers’ representatives of the newly...
22 January 2016
Sweden: the union confederation LO fears a weakening in its position following a scandal affecting one of its unions (Kommunal)
“Inacceptable”. Such is the reaction of a large section of the Kommunal (Municipality employees) union’s membership, following revelations in the Aftonbladet daily publication over extravagant...
22 January 2016
News update as of 21 January 2016
On the menu this week: Italy’s main CGIL union launches a project for a “Universal labor rights charter” for all workers, subordinate or otherwise. France and Germany drive a revision to an EU...
21 January 2016
Germany: bolstered by increased membership numbers, the IG Metall union intends “to conquer the world of digital work”
On 20 January 2016, in Frankfurt, during the annual conference of the metals and electro-technical union IG Metall, its new president Jörg Hofman, announced that last year the organization had...
20 January 2016
Sweden: disparate claims from unions face a united employers’ front
Unions, presented separate demands from what is a fractured front, on the day before the start of negotiations. The two principal groups “Facken inom industri” (Union of industrial trade unions)...
20 January 2016
Putting online an agreement that established a single works council for two European companies; Christian Dior SE and LVMH SE
Two European companies with a single common personnel representation body. The arrangement to put a single works council in place was chosen in an agreement signed by Christian Dior SE and LVMH SE...
20 January 2016
Russia: employees suffering from a crisis in the automobile sector
Russia’s automobile sector is going through its worst crisis for fifteen years. According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB), new vehicles sales plunged by more than a third in 2015...
19 January 2016
Finland: shop opening hours liberalized
In a bid to boost the economy, Finland’s government has just fully liberalized shop trading hours that took effect from the start of 2016. Unions in the retail sector are however wary of a...
19 January 2016
France: President François Hollande launches his “urgent plan” to combat unemployment
On 18 January, France’s president unveiled a series of measures to leaders of both the unions and employer’ bodies aimed at stopping the country’s unemployment from accelerating. The measures...
18 January 2016
Norway: in the face of the oil crisis, unity is sacrosanct
Redundancy announcements in the oil sector continue and Statoil is no exception since a global cost cutting program it launched several years ago ahead of consequences from the expected oil crisis...
18 January 2016
Spain: a new framework agreement for ArcelorMittal restores some of the advantages workers had forgone at the height of the economic crisis
On 15 January, the CCOO, UGT, ELA, and LAB unions announced they had concluded an agreement in principle on ArcelorMittal’s fifth framework agreement. Following years of effort by the company’s...
18 January 2016
Italy: CGIL, Cisl, and Uil put forward a new industrial relations model
On 14 January 2015, the executives at the CGIL, Cisl, and Uil union confederations approved a project for a new industrial relations model called “A modern industrial relations system. Towards...
18 January 2016
INOVYN: signature of an agreement to establish a European Works Council
The Solvay–Ineos joint venture has only recently got off the ground yet the chlorovinyls enterprise has already set up a European Works Council (EWC). On 07 January 2016 the agreement, negotiated...
14 January 2016
Great Britain: ACAS sounds the warning bell over bullying and harassment at work
The conciliation and arbitration service ACAS is warning that workplace harassment is a growing phenomenon in the UK and is calling on companies to change how they tackle the problem.
14 January 2016
Germany: IG Metall and Verdi sign an agreement to share competences in the industrial services’ collective agreements
Putting an end to their rivalry in the industrial services sector (including logistics, maintenance, development), Germany’s two big unions, IG Metall (metals and electronics) and Verdi (services)...
12 January 2016
EWCs : two recent EWCs for Ferrero and Avril put online
Just before the end of 2015 both the Italian and French agri-food groups (Ferrero and Avril respectively) renewed their European works council (EWC) agreements. Both agreements were negotiated...
12 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