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United States: in the end, Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant is organized
Less than 6 months after failing to represent all workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee, the United Auto Workers (UAW) have recently gotten the company’s American plant to create a...
15 July 2014
Great Britain: blacklisting dispute now heads to the courts
The long running blacklisting dispute between the construction unions and the main construction companies is now due to head to the courts because after the breakdown of voluntary negotiations the...
15 July 2014
Tunisia: social dialogue is weaker but still alive
The statistics of the social situation in Tunisia for the first 2014 quarter, released by the Ministry of Social Affairs, are gathered by the Directorate General of the Labor and Conciliation...
11 July 2014
PerkinElmer: an EWC was established
The American advanced technology company signed an agreement establishing a European Works Council on May 28. As Emerson’s – another American company –, which we already commented (see article No...
11 July 2014
Inditex: renewal of the global framework agreement for the implementation of international labor standards throughout the Inditex supply chain
On July 8, IndustriALL general secretary Jyrki Raina and Inditex’s chairman and CEO Pablo Isla signed the renewal of their international framework agreement for the implementation of international...
10 July 2014
Great Britain: RMT union launches battle against ISS’ use of biometric fingerprinting with its workers
The long simmering dispute between the RMT transport union and the Danish transnational, ISS, over the introduction of biometric fingerprinting technology has become a pitched battle on the London...
10 July 2014
Italy: Generali renews framework agreement on employment protection in the group
On June 27, Generali Italia Spa and Generali Infrastructures S.c.a.r.l. (GIS), together with the group’s corporate union representation body (RSA), signed an agreement, valid until March 31, 2016...
9 July 2014
France: key elements of the government’s new social roadmap
The 3rd social conference, organized on July 7-8 in Paris, wasn’t as successful as the other two. The fact that several unions were absent gave the event a serious blow. In spite of these...
9 July 2014
Germany: for the first time, IG-Metall and steel employers’ organization sign sectoral collective agreement on appeal to service provision contracts
Removing the possibility of an unlimited strike, the IG-Metall union and the steel employers’ organization (Arbeitgeberverband Stahl e.V) agreed, on the morning of Tuesday, July 8 in...
9 July 2014
Italy: Tenaris Dalmine strikes deal on new flexible system
The agreement signed on June 14 between Tenaris Dalmine Spa and the Unitary Trade Union Representation Body (RSU) of the Dalmine and Sabbio establishments, together with the Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL...
8 July 2014
Great Britain: as the public sector is getting ready for a major strike, the Tories remind that they will toughen the right to strike if elected in 2015
Up to 2 million members of the FBU, GMB, NUT, PCS, Unite and Unison unions in schools, local government, the civil service and the fire service walk out on July 10 over issues of pay rises and...
7 July 2014
Sweden: new stakeholder for employers in technological advice
On June 17, Unionen (private sector) and Sverigesingenjörer (engineers) signed a collective agreement with a new employers’ association, Tekniktjänstearbetsgivarna (technical service firms). This...
7 July 2014
Sweden: series of agreements in the rail industry to prepare the future and avoid social dumping
The strike lasted for 3 weeks, during which Veolia Transport and SEKO (services and communication union) fought over a certain view of appeal to temporary contracts and the risks of social...
7 July 2014
Spain: unions call for mobilizations to defend the right to strike on July 9
256 union members are currently the subject of legal proceedings for facts that happened within the framework of a general strike. They incur heavy fines or prison sentences. The CCOO and UGT...
7 July 2014
Germany: landmark vote of the Act introducing statutory universal minimum wage
Today, July 3, the Bundestag passed the “Act strengthening the social partners’ autonomy in collective bargaining” (Tarifautonomiestärkungsgesetz), introducing statutory minimum wage amounting to...
3 July 2014
Great Britain: Unite the union demands referendum on the EU
The Unite union has passed a motion calling on the Labour Party to organize a referendum on maintaining the UK in the EU if it won the 2015 election. It’s the first time a major union has been in...
3 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