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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
Italy: conflict escalates at the ThyssenKrupp plant in Terni
After last week’s negotiations failed over a new industrial plan for the ThyssenKrupp Accial Speciali Terni (AST-TK) site in Umbria, workers have started a week of strike action set to culminate...
14 October 2014
Netherlands: widespread use of wage cuts and demotions by HR departments and company leaders
An annual survey of 700 Dutch company leaders and HR departments covering HR policies, conducted by Berenschot in cooperation with the payroll services provider ADP, shows that employers continue...
13 October 2014
Great Britain: thousands of British workers on the streets to demand higher wages
This week, large numbers of Britain’s public sector workers are set to demonstrate for higher pay. Unprecedented since the Thatcher era, the week of industrial action will culminate on Saturday...
13 October 2014
Great Britain: the GMB union pushes for a decent living wage
The GMB general union, the third biggest union with just over 610,000 members, is campaigning for a £10 per hour ‘living wage’. The campaign was launched at its 2014 congress in June and is now...
10 October 2014
Netherlands: the federation of private sector halts the FNV transformation project
The transformation projects for the largest central Dutch union, the FNV, (c.f. article No. 8637) has stalled. Although it was aiming to merge its main sectoral federations so as to create a...
9 October 2014
Belgium: the future government details the social reforms in its government program
In the evening of Tuesday October 7, the four negotiating political parties reached an agreement to form a government, a little more than four months after the general election. The main thrusts...
8 October 2014
Netherlands: transformation of the FNV trade union confederation is well underway
The country’s strongest trade union the FNV is going through a period of transition, ever since the deep crisis in 2011, which revealed internal weaknesses and which led the organisation to ...
8 October 2014
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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...
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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