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Brazil: rising discord between the government and unions
Relations continue to break down between the government and the social actors during a time when the main central unions, currently opposing Dilma Rousseff’s government’s economic policy, are...
12 January 2016
Great Britain: North Sea oil workers accept changes to working time organization in the face of lower oil prices
The long running industrial dispute between unionised North Sea oil workers and their employers over changes to shift working has ended. In response to a down turn in the price of oil, the members...
11 January 2016
Denmark : the association of IT Professionals, PROSA, is making great strides
Contrary to the general situation in Denmark of youth disaffection for trade unions, PROSA, the IT Professional labor organization, has seen its membership rise by 30% in the past five years. This...
8 January 2016
Mexico: the Maquiladoras industry in Ciudad Juárez is undergoing a hiring crisis as workers mobilize against the low wages that characterize this free trade zone
At the start of 2016, factories in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico’s major jobs generator, still have 22,000 positions to fill. For the very first time the low pay on offer is discouraging people from...
7 January 2016
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6 January 2016
Germany: a year after its introduction, the first assessments of the minimum wage are emerging
On the first anniversary of the introduction of Germany’s minimum wage, Andrea Nahles, SPD Minister for Social Affairs and Employment, trade unions, and research institutes have arrived at a...
6 January 2016
Belgium: agreement signed regarding night work in e-commerce
On December 21, trade unions and employers signed an agreement on night work in the e-commerce industry. The government had asked social partners to engage in negotiations on the issue, without...
23 December 2015
Portugal: substantial increase to minimum wage
The minimum wage in Portugal (SMN) will go up from 505 to 530 euros gross per month, in January 2016. The decision was made by the socialist government, despite there being no agreement between...
22 December 2015
Great Britain: Sports Direct, when poor practices ruin a reputation
Sports Direct are still making the headlines. Following a new investigation, the daily newspaper The Guardian has accused the company of paying its temporary workers less than the minimum wage...
22 December 2015
Germany: collective agreement signed at Primark and new strikes at Amazon
For the Verdi trade union, 2015 draws to a close with mixed results. On 17 December in Essen, after a month of negotiations, the German trade union active in the service sector managed to sign a...
22 December 2015
Romania: minimum wage will not be increased, despite promises of previous government
Approved by the Romanian Parliament last week, the 2016 budget plans to freeze the gross minimum wage, currently 235 euros. An increase of 34 euros had been promised, however, by the previous...
21 December 2015
Italy: a second day of mobilization is set for tomorrow (19 December) as the retail sector pushes to unlock negotiations for a national collective agreement
The strike on 07 November by the retail unions was not enough to unblock currently quagmired negotiations with the sector’s employers’ bodies. So a second round is in store with a national...
18 December 2015
Netherlands: preliminary assessments over collective bargaining outcomes for 2015
In the spring of 2015 observers noted serious delays in the conclusion of collective agreements. Recent evidence has changed the picture somewhat. Negotiations in certain sectors such as the large...
18 December 2015
Germany: the Hans Böckler union foundation assess 2015’s crop of collective agreements
According to the Hans Böckler Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) the first conclusions to be drawn from the collective agreements struck in 2015 is that on the whole they were more or...
17 December 2015
Italy: Micron Semiconductor Italia renews its company agreement with special focus on flexibility and welfare
Micron’s company agreement signed on 14 December was approved by 83% of the company’s workers polled on 11 December. The agreement experiments with more flexible working hours and an increase in...
17 December 2015
Great Britain: Veolia signs an agreement with Prospect giving it exclusive union recognition at the company’s nine energy production units
The Prospect professional union has announced that it is set to become the most significant union in the burgeoning energy-from-waste sector following the signing of an exclusive recognition...
16 December 2015
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Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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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