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Switzerland: by saying “no to massive immigration,” Swiss citizens shake up relations with the EU and open up Pandora’s Box of quotas
Asked to a referendum to vote for or against limits to “massive immigration” on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 50.3 percent of Swiss citizens voted for this restriction and the reinstatement of...
10 February 2014
Italy: leather goods social partners strike deal renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
On February 4, the Fictem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions and the Italian Leather Manufacturers’ Association (AIMPES, affiliated with Confindustria) signed an agreement renewing the...
10 February 2014
Australia: Prime Minister wants to re-establish the Building and Construction Commission to moralize the sector
Union members are allegedly involved in cases of bribery, crime and fraud on Australian construction sites. Because of these accusations, the Prime Minister wants to supervise the sector and...
7 February 2014
Metro signs a joint statement on fundamental social rights with UNI Global Union
On February 3, the retail group announced that it had signed a joint statement with UNI Global Union to reassert their cooperation and promote fair working conditions.
6 February 2014
Germany: 3.7 percent wage increase approved in collective agreement in the chemical industry
The first sectoral tariff agreement of 2014 was signed yesterday in the chemical industry. After 9 regional negotiations and a first bargaining round in mid-January, the social partners agreed on...
6 February 2014
Russia: risks of social eruption in one-industry towns
The Russian government is afraid of political and social destabilization in one-industry towns, which are badly hit by the crisis. The heirs of Soviet planned economy, they were built around...
6 February 2014
Great Britain: Labour Party leader Ed Miliband carries plan to reduce union influence in the party through
Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, has won his battle to reduce union influence in the party following the announcement of his intended reforms last summer, in spite of last-minute attempts by the...
5 February 2014
United States: Volkswagen’s Chattanooga workers to vote on the establishment of the United Auto Workers next week, with the setting up of a German-style works council in the background
The 1,600 workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant in the south of the US are going to vote, on February 12-14, on whether they wish to be represented by the union. If they vote yes...
5 February 2014
Safran: European negotiations start on early workforce planning with IndustriAll Europe
After signing a European framework agreement on the integration of young people with the European trade union in March 2013 (see article No. 130210), Safran is striking again with European talks...
5 February 2014
Brazil: ‘slave’ labor in towns is growing
Work in near-slavery conditions, also known as ‘forced’ or ‘compulsory’ labor, is now growing in Brazilian cities when it used to be in rural areas only. This is the result of the biannual update...
4 February 2014
Gorenje: EWC set up in the Slovenian group
Gorenje is one of the biggest manufacturers of domestic appliances (small and large electrical appliances, heating, air conditioning). Established in Slovenia, this company has 10,895 employees...
4 February 2014
Great Britain: real wages in free-fall since 2010
In spite of a vigorous economic recovery in the country, real wages in the UK has decreased by 2.2 percent in average since 2010, according to the Office of National Statistics. This constant...
3 February 2014
Great Britain: Cameron administration goes to war against “needless” regulation
Once again, the British Prime Minister promised to get rid of a lot of health and safety regulations said to burden businesses. This deregulation policy, in force since Cameron was elected in...
31 January 2014
Austria: nearly 3 million employees vote for their representatives in the Chambers of Labor
The election for the general assemblies of the Chambers of Labor, organized every 5 years, started on Monday, January 27 in 3 Austrian Länder. They will continue in the 6 remaining Länder until...
31 January 2014
Italy: after unions reject the conditions laid down by Electrolux to maintain production in Italy, the government is looking at measures to keep the multinational in the country and save jobs
A drastic reduction of labor cost, job cuts with one of the 4 Italian sites closing, and tougher working conditions: this is how unions summarized the conditions Electrolux laid down to maintain...
30 January 2014
Deutsche Post-DHL: the German multinational signs a joint statement on internal social dialogue and labor dispute settlement in its subsidiaries with UNI Global Union and IFT unions and the OECD’s German office
On Thursday, January 30, the OECD’s German office (NKS) published a joint statement signed with Deutsche-Post-DHL (DP-DHL) and two international union federations, UNI Global Union (services) and...
30 January 2014
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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...
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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