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Italy: construction social partners renew the sector’s national collective agreement
After tough negotiations characterized by a break and a national strike last December, Filca-Cisl, Feneal-Uil and Fillea-CGIL for unions and Ance and Coop for employers reached, on July 1, a deal...
3 July 2014
AXA: the EWC wants to be at the center of social dialogue on digitalization and its impact on employment
The digital revolution is at play in the insurance world, as in many other sectors. With changes that should take place in 2020, the management and group European council of AXA are going to use...
2 July 2014
Great Britain: The Unite union announces an “American-style campaign” to shame trade and hotel groups paying below the living wage
The Unite union at its 3rd policy conference warned supermarkets and hotel groups paying below the ‘living wage’ that they are to be targeted as part of a renewed effort to shame them into paying...
2 July 2014
Germany: Spanish youngsters in Berlin organize to defend their social rights
The Union Action Group (UAG) born in February is a platform to defend Spanish immigrants’ rights and put them in touch with German unions. Appeared in the wake of the Indignant movement and based...
2 July 2014
Germany: 4.5-percent wage increase over 24 months in the banking industry
After a dispute characterized by major warning strikes, the Verdi services union and associations of private and public banks agreed, on Monday, June 30, on a 4.5-percent wage increase divided in...
2 July 2014
Great Britain: soon, Nestlé will pay living wage, higher than minimum wage, to all its employees, including temps
Nestlé, the nutrition company, has promised to pay all its employees at the level of the living wage, including agency workers and workers employed by subcontractors, by 2017. This is a first for...
1 July 2014
United States: businesses’ religious liberty must take precedence over paying for their employees’ contraception
The US Supreme Court was very divided on this issue. However, on Monday, June 30, a majority of judges ruled that, by requesting that employers that provide their workers with health insurance pay...
1 July 2014
Germany: the return of the conflict between EVG, the majority rail union, and GDL, the small train drivers union, is putting the Deutsche Bahn in an awkward situation
The next collective negotiations at the Deutsche Bahn promise to be particularly complicated. Adopted in 2008 after a spectacular conflict, the “cooperation agreement” regulating the relations...
1 July 2014
Great Britain: Parcelforce, Royal Mail’s parcels division, strikes deal with CWU on work on Sunday
The CWU communications’ union has announced that negotiations have been successfully concluded with Parcelforce Worldwide over the impact of the new seven-day service on staff’s working...
30 June 2014
Great Britain: government takes step to support whistleblowing
Whereas the kingdom is shaken by a scandal around bullying of workers who want to denounce bad behaviors at the National Health Service (NHS), the Cameron administration tried to calm things down...
27 June 2014
United States: businesses and States go round the minimum wage block in Washington
After Gap, Ikea has announced a 17-percent increase to its minimum wage. In the US, some large businesses, States and several cities are increasing minimum wage without waiting for the reform of...
27 June 2014
Solvay: EWC agreement renewed
On June 13, the management of the Belgian chemical group and the EWC renewed the anticipation agreement establishing the European representation structure. This agreement includes the novelties...
26 June 2014
Tunisia: 6-percent wage increase in the private sector
On June 23, the social partners agreed to a 6-percent wage increase in the private sector. The negotiations took place at central level but the deal provides for a return to sectoral negotiations...
26 June 2014
Brazil: World Cup reveals occupational health and safety flaws
In 3 years, 9 workers died on the World Cup’s sites, a human tribute that is very telling of working conditions in Brazil. In 2013, there were 700,000 accidents, 15,000 injuries and 2,700 deaths...
26 June 2014
Brazil: the decrease in statutory working time, backed by unions, won’t happen any time soon
Outstanding in Congress for 19 years, the issue of statutory working time has come back into the national agenda with a demonstration in Brasilia on June 4 organized by all those who defend...
25 June 2014
Emerson: agreement establishing European Works Council
The agreement signed on June 18 between the management of the American engineering services group and the SNB is subject to British law. It supervises the information/consultation procedure...
25 June 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