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Italy: tax break for productivity-linked pay unlikely to continue in 2015 due to lack of funds
Introduced back in 2008 with the dual goal of reducing fiscal pressure on workers salaries as well as promoting the conclusion of local collective agreements, the productivity-linked pay tax...
11 June 2015
UNI Europa the European federation for skills and service sets out its four-year action plan for the commerce sector
Delegates from 31 unions and 23 countries came together at the UNI Europa Commerce conference from June 01 – 03 to approve its four-year action plan. The main theme was the issue of how unions can...
11 June 2015
Austria: Postal workers to receive a 1.9% pay rise
The social partners at the Österreichische Post have awarded a 1.9% wage rise to all of its 24,000 workers. The minimum salary of recent hires (after 2009) and working in the network of agencies...
11 June 2015
Great Britain: employers and the GMB union sign a Charter on safety and skills in the shale gas sector in an aim to develop this source of energy
The GMB general union and the employers’ federation, UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) have signed what the union calls a ‘landmark agreement on shale gas’. The agreement takes the form of a joint...
11 June 2015
Veolia: EWC agreement renewed
On June 08, the French environmental services company renewed its EWC agreement. In it are laid out arrangements on how members of the EWC bureau can contribute to the group’s strategic direction...
10 June 2015
Italy: first foray for Italian companies into ‘brain sharing’
Openjobmetis, an Italian recruitment agency is first to try out temporary sharing of staff between companies. It is convinced that with open source and co-working human resource management will...
9 June 2015
Germany: indefinite strike action starting at Deutsche Post
Services trade union Verdi announced the start of indefinite strike action at Deutsche Post as of the afternoon of Monday June 08. The announcement comes after collective negotiations broke down...
8 June 2015
Germany: fracture lines between business and unions over flexibility and protection levels in the context of digitalization are clearly drawn
The Chancellor gathered the relevant social partners and Ministers together at the Meseberg Chateau (north of Berlin) for the 6th session on “discussions on the future”, focusing on the economy...
8 June 2015
Spain: Nissan Avila factory workers approve a competitiveness plan in the face of union disagreement.
The competitiveness plan includes increasing the amount of work as well as introducing a two-tier salary scale and in return the 130 redundancies demanded by management can be avoided. The UGT and...
8 June 2015
Italy: following “tough opposition” the confederation of autonomous unions (USB) adheres to the centralized agreement on union representation
After its tribunal challenge to the January 2104 agreement on union representation was rejected, and despite its continued opposition, the confederation of autonomous unions, the Unione Sindacale...
5 June 2015
Italy: workers from Alenia (Finmeccanica group) transferred to Atitech will benefit from a clause to safeguard employment for an indefinite period
On 28 May, following significant mobilisation, employees of Alenia Aermacchi approved the agreement, signed the previous day by trade unions, on the conditions for the transfer of their...
4 June 2015
Great Britain: unionisation on the rise in private sector
For the fourth consecutive year, British trade unions saw their private sector membership grow in 2014. All sectors considered, 6.4 million British employees were linked to a trade union last...
4 June 2015
Société Générale: signing of global agreement on fundamental rights and trade union freedom with UNI Global Union
On 3 June, the French banking company signed an international agreement on fundamental rights with the international trade union federation UNI. Société Générale has thus affirmed its commitment...
3 June 2015
Finland: government threatens drastic economic measures if unions and business leaders can’t agree on how to promote the country’s competitiveness
Traditionally the State takes on a somewhat discreet role during collective negotiations facilitating the conclusion of agreements by proposing changes in legislation so as to implement agreements...
3 June 2015
Sweden: an agreement in Scania covering recourse to temporary employment
The 2012 global ‘Volkswagen temporary work Charter (c.f. article No. 120713) has brought about this Swedish national version. An agreement over flexibility and employing temporary workers...
2 June 2015
Solvay: signs a global profit-sharing agreement
On 01 June Solvay announced via press release that it had signed an agreement with Solvay Global Forum, its global social dialogue body, on the implementation of a profit-sharing plan based on the...
1 June 2015
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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