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China: the minimum wage is rising sharply in Shenzhen
Whilst the current public sector pension reforms are leading to overall salary rises in China’s administrative units, the city of Shenzhen, symbol for the ‘workshop of the world’ is also raising...
11 February 2015
Spain: the social partners to resolve the issue of reinstating the ‘ultraactividad’ (extension of validity of collective agreements beyond their expiry date) during the next inter-professional negotiations
Unions and business leaders are set to resolve an issue over the obligation or not to maintaining the working conditions set out in collective agreements beyond their expiry date and for the...
11 February 2015
Italy: social partners in the wood and furniture union have developed a code of conduct to combat harassment at work
The social partners in the wood and furniture sector have concluded a protocol on a code of conduct to combat sexual and moral harassment at work. This is the first such agreement in Italy at...
10 February 2015
Great Britain: UCATT the construction union tries out a training and skills partnership project with a Scottish company
The UCATT construction union has announced a new training partnership with a Motherwell-based window making company, Walker Profiles, and heralded it as a ‘unique’ partnership, which ensures that...
10 February 2015
Great Britain: first steps in a massive claim from zero-hours contract workers
More than 300 employees on zero-hours employment contract at the British sports outlet Sports Direct are ready to go to court against the retail group for non-payment of bonuses received by other...
6 February 2015
Denmark: unions are rolling out the heavy guns against Ryanair
Flights on March 26 from Ryanair’s new Copenhagen route risk being grounded. The Irish airline has refused to sign a collective agreement with the National Union of Service Employees...
6 February 2015
Luxemburg: the social partners and government together fixed an action plan for the upcoming months
On November 28, the Luxemburg government signed an agreement with the OGBL, LGCB and CGFP union organizations. Then on January 14 the government signed a second agreement, this time with the...
5 February 2015
France: a new leadership team for the CGT and its initial steps in getting the organization battle fit
At the close of its executive committee meeting held on February 3 and 4 the CGT now has a new confederation bureau and at its head replacing Thierry Lepaon will be Philippe Martinez, the former...
4 February 2015
France: an interview with Jean-Marie Pernot researcher at the Economic and Social Research Institute (IRES) on the crisis at the heart of the CGT
At the close of its executive committee meeting held on February 3 and 4 the CGT now has a new confederation bureau and at its head, replacing Thierry Lepaon, will be Philippe Martinez, the former...
4 February 2015
Barclays: launches the Barclays Europe Alliance and the Group’s EWC also signed its charter of responsibility
On January 27, Barclays EWC, also known as BGEF (Barclays Group European Forum), together with the banking group’s management signed a revised charter for a responsible bank throughout Europe. The...
4 February 2015
Greece: the government’s initial announcements prompt reaction from both unions and business leaders
This week saw a wave of announcements from radical leftwing Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras’s new government. Neither the unions nor business leaders have held back with their reactions.
3 February 2015
Italy: banking sector unions declare their strike action as an “enormous success”
On January 30 more than 90% of banking sector employees took part in a national banking strike. They were protesting the termination of their national banking collective agreement as of April 1...
2 February 2015
Belgium : unions split over wage rise agreement
With the exception of the FGTB socialist union, on January 30, all the social partners reached agreement over wages. According to the business leaders' bodies, the salary rise margin agreed...
2 February 2015
Telefónica: the global agreement is renewed between UNI Global Union and the Spanish unions CCOO and UGT
The Spanish telecommunications group has renewed and updated its global agreement on its code of conduct that includes UNO guiding principles and was originally signed by the unions in 2000. The...
2 February 2015
United States: American Airlines concludes a “generous” wage agreement setting up the basis for better integration of the two recently merged companies
Management at American Airlines - recently formed after the merger of American Airlines and US Airways signed a 5-year pay agreement with the Allied Pilots Associations (APA), which promotes...
2 February 2015
Great Britain: Unite union announces a significant donation to Labour’s May election campaign
Financing this May’s general election is a challenge for the indebted opposition Labour party. The Unite union has started the donation ball rolling with a promise of £1.5m and perhaps more later...
30 January 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