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Nordea: together with the four Nordic unions, employees from the Polish subsidiary establish a new union in Poland
Union cooperation in Nordea has contributed to a new union for employees of the group’s Polish subsidiary, who had up until now been only lightly unionized. The underlying objective is to...
2 March 2015
United States: Silicon Valley bus drivers unionize
Silicon Valley’s support workers are joining forces. Shuttle bus drivers for Apple, Yahoo, Ebay, Zynga, Genetech, and Amtrak have voted for representation by Teamsters Local 853 with a view to...
2 March 2015
Allianz SE: revision to the employee participation agreement
On July 03, 2014 an agreement revising an earlier one (2006) covering employee participation in the Allianz insurance company was signed during the SE works council meeting. The progress of...
27 February 2015
Switzerland: extended working hours are ‘negotiated’ in response to the soaring Swiss franc
On January 15, 2015 the Swiss central bank lifted its cap on the Swiss Franc leading to a soaring currency. As a result more and more Swiss businesses, for the most part industrial exporters, have...
27 February 2015
France: the Prime Minister presents the main points of reforms to social dialogue in businesses as well as the 2015 Social Agenda.
As announced after the social partners failed to agree on personnel representation bodies, the government is stepping in to “fully assume its responsibilities” and at the end of March/beginning of...
26 February 2015
Great Britain: firms are using a record 1.8 million zero-hours contracts
According to statistics from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) August 2014 saw firms reaching yet another record high in zero-hours contracts – they do not guarantee a minimum number of...
26 February 2015
Greece: Alexis Tsipras’ government’s list of reforms is approved by the Eurozone finance ministers
The Greek Minister for finance,Yanis Varoufakis detailed on six pages the reforms his government intended to implement. The list of reforms in exchange for an extension of financial aid was...
25 February 2015
Spain: unease within the CCOO over remuneration in the confederation’s financial services section
After the Spanish daily paper revealed a system of supplementary financial payments made to leaders and delegates in the financial services section of the COMFIA CCOO, the confederation has...
25 February 2015
Brazil: an unprecedented social crisis in the automobile industry
On February 20, almost 5,200 workers at the General Motors Co. factory, in Campos near Sāo Paulo, paralyzed production by downing tools in protest at GM’s proposal to layoff 800 workers. The...
25 February 2015
Germany: pilot agreement signed in the metals sector in Baden-Württemberg covering salaries, vocational training and early retirement
Collective negotiations in the metals sector culminated in a final 16-hour negotiation marathon in Böblingen, Baden- Württemberg ending at five in the morning with a pilot agreement on salaries...
24 February 2015
GEFCO: implementation of a European Works Council
GEFCO, a world standard in industrial and automobile logistics has established a European Works Council from an agreement signed on February 18 and is set to be implemented on March 01, 2015. The...
24 February 2015
United States : WalMart raises its minimum wage
WalMart has made a U turn on its employment policy. The largest private employer in America will increase its minimum hourly wage to $9 in April and even more, $10 by next February. That new rate...
23 February 2015
Great Britain: powerful parliamentary committee continues to make its presence felt in employment matters
The Sports Direct company founder, Mike Ashley, is being called before Members of Parliament (MPs) at the House of Commons over the treatment of employees at the company’s USC retail business and...
20 February 2015
Gamesa: IndustriAll Global Union signs its first global framework agreement with a company in the renewable energy sector
On 18 February, Gamesa, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, signed a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global Union, the trade union federation, and Spanish trade unions. The group...
19 February 2015
United States : following the automotive trade union UAW, an anti-union organization has entered the Chattanooga Volkswagen factory
Volkswagen is continuing to spearhead social innovations in the United States by implementing its new "community organization engagement policy". Originally meant to allow recognition of the UAW...
19 February 2015
European trade union representatives mobilize to monitor the Bangladesh Accord
European and International trade unions have organized an employee (garments and retail) representative’s workshop on the Bangladesh Accord on Fire & Building Safety. While the implementation...
18 February 2015
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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
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31 October 2025
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026