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France: the summary applications judge is not competent to assess the regularity of the appointment of the representative of the central management of a non-European group
The summary application brought by Uni Europa, CGT and Unite against Manpower, aiming to prove that Manpower France is the representative of the American temporary work group in Europe, in order...
31 July 2014
Great-Britain : report highlights impact of fees on employment tribunal applications
Since the introduction of fees for employees for applying for relief at an employment tribunal, the number of applications have fallen dramatically argues the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The TUC...
30 July 2014
Spain: government, employers and unions agree on an agenda for economic recovery and job creation
Yesterday (July 29), the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, union and employers’ organizations leaders concluded an « agreement containing proposals for the tripartite negotiation » that puts...
29 July 2014
Italy : Intesa Sanpaolo signs an agreement which sets a framework for its diversity policy
In July 24, Intesa Sanpaolo signed, with the group's trade union representatives, a "Protocol on inclusion and equal opportunities" that sets up the framework for the future collective bargaining...
29 July 2014
United States : fast food workers to escalate wage and unionization demands
« Whatever it takes »: that’s the action plan of the fast food workers’ movement which is about to celebrate the second birthday of the campaign to raise the minimum wage in the industry to 15 $...
29 July 2014
Italy: survey by Banca d’Italia on company bargaining’s development and prospects
The study by the Bank of Italy published this month describes the evolution of company negotiations, especially to point to obstacles - the first being uncertainty regarding the conditions of...
25 July 2014
Netherlands: assessment of collective bargaining in 2013
In a report of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment an assessment is made of the development of collective bargaining in 2013. It is based on a sample of 100 collective agreements, which...
24 July 2014
International: social databases, a growing tool supporting the coordination of collective bargaining at global level
Recently, in 2 large multinational firms - Fiat-Chrysler and Petrobras - global union alliances have committed, at the end of their annual meeting, to making databases to have the possibility of...
23 July 2014
Italy: TNT Group strikes deal for insourcing handling operations
Transport unions and TNT signed the first agreement for insourcing handling operations in Italy. It is based on the protocol signed in February by the sector’s unions and employers’ organization...
23 July 2014
Italy: unions divided over workers’ ‘sacrifices’ to save Alitalia
After a separate framework agreement on the dismissal of 1,635 employees and the management of employment consequences of the alliance with Etihad, signed by the Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti-UIl and...
21 July 2014
Great-Britain: Unite is now implementing its harder line with employers
Following Unite biennial policy conference at the end of June this year, the union has begun to implement a ‘get tough’ policy with what it considers to be recalcitrant employers. This has led to...
17 July 2014
International: Uni Global Union and the Latin American Federation of Banks, Felaban, sign a global framework agreement
The Global Framework Agreement signed on June 26 by Felaban and Uni Global Union, the international union federation, is one of the few transnational sectoral agreements. In this regional...
17 July 2014
Spain: creation of a big service federation inside CCOO
The union keeps restructuring itself and merged the financial services and trade and hotel industry sectors into a single services federation. This merger is in line with the CCOO’s gathering of...
17 July 2014
Brazil: bill toughens truck drivers’ working conditions
The Parliament is looking at a bill on working conditions (PLC 41) for truck, cargo and passenger drivers. This amendment of the “truck drivers’ act” - also known as the resting act - comes 2...
16 July 2014
Norway: new deal in oil services tends to harmonize pay between all offshore workers
On July 6, Industrienergi (energy workers’ union) and Norsk olje og gas (employers’ organization gathering businesses operating in the oil industry) reached an agreement in the oil services...
16 July 2014
Italy: Fiat renews with the unions that signed its special collective agreement
On July 11, Fiat Spa, CNH Industrial (holding for trucks and buses), and the -Cisl, Fismic, Uilm-Uil, UGL Metalmeccanici and Associazione Quadri e Capi Fiat unions renewed the group’s special...
16 July 2014
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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