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Argentina: unions demand pay negotiations to make up for the loss in buying power resulting from the monetary crisis and inflation boom
The devaluation of the Argentinean peso and soaring prices have driven Argentinean unions to up their requests in terms of wage increases. Pro-government workers’ organizations are calling for...
30 January 2014
Spain: CCOO traces new lines of action and calls for more union activity on the workplace
Nearly two years after the labor market reform implemented in February 2012, the union is taking stock of the practical impact of the new law and suggests redirecting its strategy towards...
30 January 2014
Russia: progress but increased pressure for unions in 2013 (survey by the Center for social and labor rights)
In Russia, the most memorable episodes in the area of social relations in 2013 were about union rights, according to a survey by the Center for social and labor rights, published on January 16. ...
29 January 2014
Prosegur: EWC established
Nearly one year’s negotiations was necessary to seal an agreement in November 2013 between the company’s management and the special negotiating body made up of employee representatives from Spain...
29 January 2014
Italy: first report on the impact of the 2012 labor reform
The Technical Committee* in charge of monitoring the labor market reform (Act No. 92/2012, see article No. 120471) published its first report on January 23, covering the period between July 2012...
28 January 2014
United States: private-sector union membership increases
For the first time in 5 years, the number of unionized employees in the private sector is higher than in the public sector. Continuously down for several decades, businesses’ union membership...
28 January 2014
Germany: IG-Metall union calls for 30-hour week for families and a new debate on working time
The biggest union in Germany, the IG-Metall, is asking for the introduction of new working time models, better suited for families’ needs. In an interview, Jörg Hofmann, second in command, said...
27 January 2014
Spain: it seems that equality policies are losing ground in businesses
The 2013 report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, published by the UGT union, points out that policies in favor of equality have been slowing down in...
27 January 2014
Spain: businesses commit to have more female executives
About 30 large businesses and the Ministry of Equality signed an agreement aiming to achieve, on a voluntary basis, up to 20% of women in their decision-making structures in the next 4 years.
24 January 2014
Austria: for the 1st time, Telekom Austria signs a separate agreement for civil servants and employees
After arm-wrestling for several weeks, and with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim joining the company’s capital in the background, the social partners at Telekom Austria agreed, on January 17, on...
24 January 2014
Germany: 1.2% average increase in conventional wages in 2013
The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler union foundation published, on Thursday, January 23, its report on the evolution of convention wages in 2013. Thus, in...
23 January 2014
Great Britain: government delays adoption of flexible working
The possibility for all British employees to request flexible working time will not come into force in April as anticipated. Corporate managements are delighted with this delay, as they are...
23 January 2014
Germany: employers and unions warn, together, against the risks of the debate on the immigration of Romanians and Bulgarians
Concluding a rather unusual alliance, the new leader of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) – Ingo Kramer – and the leader of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) –...
22 January 2014
Global works councils, a true temptation but with few experiments
While unions observed the need to set up transnational dialogue structures as early as the 50s, businesses only started introducing these committees in the 90s, in the wake of the establishment of...
22 January 2014
Brazil: unions in favor of a joint program for 2014, an election year
The 6 representative unions in Brazil – the Single Workers’ Union (CUT), Força syndical, the General Workers’ Union (UGT), the New Workers’ Union (NSCT), the Brazilian Workers’ Union (CTB) and the...
21 January 2014
Germany: IG-Metall – still growing – wants to launch an initiative “in favor of codetermination”
At the annual press conference on January 21, Detlef Wetzel, the new chairman of the IG-Metall, gave a positive overview of 2013. Not only did the IG-Metall manage to get more members again, but...
21 January 2014
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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