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Hungary: Nokia to close its Komaron factory in 5 months’ time, a race against the clock to redeploy as many workers as possible
On 17 July, Nokia announced that its factory in Komaron would close definitively, with all activity brought to a close on 30 November. This announcement came as a surprise, given that 2,500...
27 October 2014
Brazil: Dilma Rousseff re-elected, with her task being to maintain the low level of unemployment in a slowing economy
On Sunday 26 October, Dilma Rousseff, from the Brazilian Worker’s Party, was re-elected as President by the country’s population, off the back of a political campaign led with real aggression...
27 October 2014
Alstom: the European Works Council makes its opinion on the sale of Alstom Power and Grid to General Electric subject to social guarantees
Whilst the European Works Council opinion on the sale of Alstom's energy business to the American, General Electric is expected on Tuesday October 28, employee representatives report significant...
24 October 2014
Great Britain: the government wants to get mothers back to work
A charm offensive to win votes? Mothers groups are nonetheless unconvinced by these announcements and numbers. Laura Perrins, from the campaign group Mothers at Home Matter said “If paid work is...
23 October 2014
Mexico: launch of an automotive related training program in partnership with Japan
Starting in 2015, four Mexican educational institutions will offer courses to train technicians and raise awareness of the Japanese work philosophy.
23 October 2014
Germany: after massive strike action by pilots and train drivers, Angela Merkel advocates a “single trade union” bill
Two days of train drivers’ strikes at Deutsche Bahn had barely come to a close at dawn on October 20 when a new 35-hour strike started up at Lufthansa called for by the pilots union Cockpit...
21 October 2014
Denmark: government presented draft law on the establishment of employee investment companies
On October 8, Henrik Sass Larsen, the Minister for Business and Growth presented a draft law on employee investment companies (medarbejderinvesteringsselskab: MS), which allows businesses in need...
21 October 2014
Sweden: employee representation on the Board of Directors is an underutilized prerogative
Unions have this right but they don’t use it. This is how the message from the PTK (Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services grouping 25 unions) and Styrelseakademien (a...
21 October 2014
Great Britain: the government not budging despite widespread historic unrest over salaries
Tens of thousands of British marchers hit the streets of London on Saturday October 18, answering a call to march by the TUC in a demand for higher wages. This unprecedented workers pressure...
20 October 2014
Germany: 2015/2016 collective bargaining schedules
In 2015 German social partners will renegotiate salaries and collective agreements that will impact approximately 11 million workers. These are much awaited by the metal, automotive and...
17 October 2014
Great Britain: Bruce Carr delivers his report on industrial disputes
The Carr Review, subtitled ‘An independent review of the law governing industrial disputes’, has published its findings. The review was carried out by senior employment lawyer, Bruce Carr, after...
16 October 2014
United States: Silicon Valley, a new territory for the unions
After the Internet giant Google released data on its employment diversity that showed a predominance of white male workers (c.f. article No.8484) the question now is has this launched a new wave...
16 October 2014
Belgium: unions plan a general strike on December 15 to protest new government measures
On Wednesday October 15, the three main Belgian trade union organizations announced a series of actions from November 6, in protest over the new rightwing government’s policy program. The three...
16 October 2014
Salini Impregilo: signs an International Framework Agreement
The Italian Building, Construction and Public Works group, Salini Impregilo signed in conjunction with the national construction unions Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl, Fillea CGIL and the international...
15 October 2014
Italy: in the banking sector ‘welfare business’ is taking on more importance during collective negotiations on productivity
Following the economic recession and the public sector budget cuts, the banking sector ‘social bonus’ has become increasingly important. In 2014 more than 80% of the main Italian banking groups...
15 October 2014
EU: The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) strengthens its position on an optional legal framework for company transnational negotiations
In March the ETUC adopted a resolution endorsing an optional legal framework for company transnational negotiations. It hopes that defined legal frameworks will eliminate uncertainties and that...
14 October 2014
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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