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Germany: real wages went down by 0.2 percent in 2013
According to the latest figures published by the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis), for the first time since 2009, German wages are down. Indeed, in 2013, inflation (1.5 percent) was higher...
20 February 2014
Great Britain: Atos criticized for work capability assessment awarded by the governement
In 2011, 10,600 people which Atos had not declared ‘unfit to work’ died within the next 6 weeks. It is after reminding this shocking number – confirmed by government statistics – that hundreds of...
20 February 2014
Denmark: hotel/catering social partners reach agreement renewing collective agreement
On February 16, the 3F Privat Service Hotel og Restauration union and Horesta for employers reached an agreement to renew the collective agreement in the hotel and catering industry. It covers...
20 February 2014
Spain: facing a boycott campaign, Coca Cola abandons layoffs but still shuts the 4 plants down
Nearly a month after Coca-Cola Iberian Partners announced that it would shutter 4 of its 11 plants, Coca Cola Spain is worried about the threat to boycott its protest and about growing social...
20 February 2014
United States: overview of the UAW’s defeat in VW’s Chattanooga plant
The UAW was supposed to win the election with flying colors. Never had a company’s management been so supportive of a union organizing its plant. And yet, on February 14, the results hit like a...
19 February 2014
Belgium: government validates Caterpillar restructuring
Employment Minister Monica De Coninck has just approved the content of the social chapter of the heavy restructuring announced by the management of Caterpillar Gosselies (Charleroi) on February...
19 February 2014
Russia: layoffs and short-time working in the auto industry
Russian carmakers are fully experiencing the drop in sales on the domestic market. AvtoVaz, GAZ and UAZ, the 3 major local companies, have seen orders for new cars and light commercial vehicles...
19 February 2014
Denmark: commerce social partners renew collective agreement
On February 16, Dansk Erhverv for employers and HK Handel for unions signed an agreement renewing the retail trade industry’s collective agreement (butiksoverenskomsten), which covers about...
18 February 2014
Benelux: social summit on the fight against social dumping
The Benelux social summit took place of February 13 and gathered the Prime Ministers and Ministers of Labor and/or Social Affairs of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. This meeting was...
18 February 2014
Germany: EON signs collective agreement on pay and early retirement
On February 14, the IG BCE and Verdi unions as well as the negotiators for the two regional employers’ organizations (AVE and AGV Bayern) presented the outline of a collective agreement on pay and...
18 February 2014
Italy: Enel and unions sign framework agreement to try a new work-study program
On February 13, Enel Group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a groundbreaking agreement to try, for the first time in Italy, work-study training in upper second...
17 February 2014
Ireland: joint labor committees – which negotiate sectoral agreements – are reestablished and redefined
Richard Burton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Jobs, has signed several orders on the subject of Joint Labor Committees. Two are abolished and the scope of the others (cleaning...
17 February 2014
United States: Volkswagen’s Tennessee workers reject UAW but plan to set up works council still on
It’s the end of the United Auto Workers’ big plans in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee. At the end of voting on Friday, the employees voted against joining the union in a vote of 712 to...
17 February 2014
United States: executive order encourages minimum wage rise
Alone, Barack Obama doesn’t have the power to decide an increase in federal minimum wage. But he just gave employers in all sectors and the Parliament a strong incentive to adopt measures in this...
14 February 2014
Italy: national employment support fund in the banking industry is ready
The national employment support fund in the credit industry, introduced with the last renewal of the national collective agreement, will start working this year. More than €87 million were...
13 February 2014
Norway: unions get in battle array for 2014 negotiations
Negotiations are going to resume and unions, before the February 18 meeting prepared by LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) are starting to communicate their most important claims. Key...
13 February 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