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Japan: the long working hours culture is hard to oust
In Japan, even if the official workweek is 40 hours, unpaid overtime remains an old tradition. In spite of some changes to labor law and the effort made by some businesses to avoid abuses...
14 November 2013
Italy: after leaving Eni, Snam is defining its own industrial relations model
Snam Group, the biggest company in Italy for transportation, regasification, supply and storage of natural gas, signed an agreement on October 17 for a new industrial relations system with the...
13 November 2013
Estonia: first finance union created
So far, Estonia didn’t have a trade union in the finance industry. Since September 11, 2013, the sector’s workers can join a sectoral union. Officially called the “Estonian Association of...
13 November 2013
Austria: collective bargaining in the metal industry end with a 2.8 percent unitary increase
After bargaining for 7 weeks, the social partners in the metal industry signed, on Thursday, November 8, the 6th and last collective agreement for the 7,000 foundry workers. For the six sub metal...
13 November 2013
Germany: employees blame Microsoft for trying to close 3 sites to part with critical personnel representatives
Is the “trust-based working time” system a good thing for employees, allowing for greater work-life balance, or is it a bad thing, leading to unchecked work overload, or both at the same time? An...
12 November 2013
Switzerland: vivid debate over the referendum to reduce the gap between the highest and lowest wages in companies
On November 24, Swiss citizens will have to vote for or against the popular initiative launched by the Young Socialists. They want to impose, via a constitutional amendment, a maximum 1-12...
12 November 2013
United States: United Auto Workers to get a new leader soon
The future President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) will be Dennis Williams. The man who used to be secretary-treasurer was elected by his peers during a recent meeting in Dearborn, Michigan...
12 November 2013
Greece: trade industry agitated by the opening of stores on Sunday and the end of the collective agreement
On November 3, private sector workers did a general strike and demonstrated in Athens’ main shopping street to reassert their rights and protect Sundays off, questioned by a law adopted this...
12 November 2013
Germany: in Brandenburg (former GDR), regional administration, unions and employers work hand in hand to try and restore the collective bargaining system and meet the demographic challenge
The Land of Brandenburg is facing a tremendous challenge: by 2030, the population in this region, located in former eastern Germany, should drop by 300,000 people, down to 2.2 million citizens. ...
12 November 2013
Spain: tense renegotiation of the temporary sector’s collective agreement
While the 5th collective agreement covering the sector’s 10,000 employees officially expired at the end of 2010, its renewal still has not been negotiated. Unions and employers’ organizations...
8 November 2013
Crown Holdings: the USW north-American union, in a dispute at the plant in Toronto (Canada), wants to give its campaign a global dimension
Members of USW from Toronto have been on strike since September 6 as Crown Holdings demands major concessions from employees, including two-tier wage rates and pension freezes. The north-American...
8 November 2013
Netherlands: two collective agreements signed in the metal industry (heavy and light metal)
In October, the “metal and technical” branch, also known as light metal, and the “metal and electronics” branch (Metalektro) signed their collective agreements after several months of complicated...
7 November 2013
Great Britain: women still paid much less than women, a situation denounced by the TUC, which demands obligation of transparency from firms
On November 7, British women are no longer paid – or they wouldn’t, if they were paid as much as men every month. This is the shocking revelation the Equal Pay Day wants to put across. This day...
7 November 2013
Mexico: employers say the fiscal reform adopted jeopardizes the social partners’ efforts to introduce supplementary social benefits
Employers are worried about the negative impact the new fiscal reform will have on labor cost, workers’ income, employment and growth. The lawmakers considerably restricted the possibility for...
7 November 2013
Germany: DZ Bank, the cooperative bank, theater of operation for the Verdi services union’s strategy to win the sector back
A major conflict is currently taking place in the cooperative banking industry in Germany. Several hundreds of DZ Bank employees took part, on November 5, in warning strikes in Frankfurt...
7 November 2013
Brazil: oilmen get an 8 percent increase after one week of striking
Workers in the Brazilian oil industry are getting an 8.56 percent wage increase via the new collective labor agreement 2013/15, signed on Monday, October 28, 2013 by the FUP union (Gas Workers...
6 November 2013
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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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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