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Italy: social partners in Bergamo province in the forefront to accompany the early stages of recovery
On March 10, Confindustria, CGIL, Cisl and Uil in Bergamo signed a “general protocol for the development of the territory,” to strengthen competitiveness while increasing flexibility and...
21 March 2014
Great Britain: Unite’s organizing strategy is working
The recent success of the Unite union in gaining recognition at a number of sizeable employers indicates how both its ‘100%’ campaign and leverage strategy are operating and impacting upon...
20 March 2014
Japan: lukewarm 2014 wage negotiations
This year, in Japan, the stakes of the spring collective negotiations (Shunto) were vital for the Abe administration: the tax increase planned for April had to be combined with a wage increase. ...
20 March 2014
Great Britain: Cameron to rescue working parents
In the midst of an election race, the Cameron administration announced that working parents would get, starting in 2015, a £2,000 a year childcare tax break per child under 12. In a country where...
19 March 2014
Germany: IG-Metall and VW OTLG, a Volkswagen subsidiary, strike decisive collective agreement in auto crafts
Whereas the auto trade and repair business is suffering from a major erosion of the collective agreements system, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union announced, on March 18, that it signed a very...
19 March 2014
Italy: Fabi, the major banking union, placed its convention under the sign of a new banking model
The convention of the Autonomous Federation of Italian Bank Workers (Fabi), which took place in Rome on March 10-14, revolved around a proposal for a new social banking system to solve the crisis...
18 March 2014
Spain: Iberia signs competitiveness agreements
The airline is getting ready to put an end to more than 16 months of social dispute, after signing a series of agreements in principle with unions representing different categories of staff in...
18 March 2014
Great Britain: apparently, the government has won its bet to limit employment disputes
New tribunal fees, limited compensation against unfair dismissals or even the introduction of conciliation to avoid complaints… since it came to power in 2010, the Cameron administration has been...
18 March 2014
Denmark: end of the 2014 sectoral collective bargaining round
Yesterday, March 17, Asbjørn Jensen, the conventional mediator (forligsmand), presented, together with the DA employers’ organization and LO union, the draft agreement (mæglingsforslag) for...
18 March 2014
China: 50 percent of IBM Shenzhen workers leave the company rather than being transferred to Lenovo
More than half the workers decided to accept the American company’s offer to leave rather than going with Lenovo.
14 March 2014
EU: UNI Europa publishes brochure on EWCs as tools for transnational action
Throughout 2013, UNI Europa, the European trade union federation, carried out a project on EWCs in several sectors – finance, trade, cleaning services and graphics. There were two objectives...
13 March 2014
United States: President Obama wants to extend overtime pay beneficiaries
Barack Obama is going to ask the Department of Labor to review overtime pay in order to get more employees covered. To that end, he wants to update the Labor Standards Act, which provides that...
13 March 2014
Germany: employers worried about the impact retirement at 63 could have on the shortage of skilled workers
Several big employers’ organizations in Germany sounded the alarm: the government’s pension reform bill, which introduces retirement at 63 for people who paid contributions for 45 years, could...
12 March 2014
Romania: social aspects of the new government’s program
After a cabinet reshuffle in the beginning of this month, the center-left Prime Minister lowered several social objectives to which he had committed when he took office in 2012, notably the...
11 March 2014
China: official unions support strike at Pepsi
A national strike has been paralyzing several Pepsi factories in China, protesting against layoff and pay cuts. Besides, and this is extremely rare in the People’s Republic, unions back the...
10 March 2014
Great Britain: revised figures on the reality of zero hour contracts make political waves
The government has revealed that the incidence of the use of zero hour contracts is more than double its previous pronouncement. After a campaign of political pressure by political parties, unions...
10 March 2014
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
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...
8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
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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