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Italy: Bridgestone and unions sign agreement saving Modugno site (Bari)
Retraining instead of closing. The agreement signed on September 30 between Bridgestone Italia Spa, the Femca Cisl, Filctem CGIL, Uiltec Uil and Failc-Confail unions, the unitary trade union...
11 October 2013
Romania: several multinationals show they are doing well by launching major recruitment programs
While restructurings announcements are still shaking western European social news, several multinationals set up in Romania in the auto and ICT industries announced vast recruitment campaigns at...
10 October 2013
Germany: real wages stagnate in the 2nd 2013 quarter after a slight step back in the 1st quarter
On Tuesday, October 8, the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis) published the figures of the evolutions of actual wages in Germany in the 2nd 2013 quarter. Over the period, nominal wage increased...
10 October 2013
France: unions and employers denounce the legislative imbroglio on work on Sunday but with different ideas of how to get out of it
Employers, unions, politicians, Ministers… everyone agrees that the French rule of Sunday rest with a lot of exceptions is no longer viable. Since two major home improvement stores (Castorama and...
10 October 2013
Germany: Daimler management imposes “social principles” to businesses with a service provision contract
The management of the German carmaker published, on Monday, October 7, the list of social and pay principles businesses willing to sign a service provision contract with the company will have to...
9 October 2013
United States: UAW besieges Nissan in Mississippi
The leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are enhancing their unionization campaign at Nissan’s Canton plant in Mississippi. They are trying to take their campaign to the global level, asking...
9 October 2013
Germany: conflict between Verdi and Amazon goes downhill with the announcement of three sorting centers opening in Poland
Whereas Verdi and the 9,000 German employees of the world leader in e-commerce, Amazon, have been fighting since the beginning of the year over the improvements of pay and adoption of the sector’s...
8 October 2013
Great Britain: Royal Mail tries to “buy” staff out of striking
In the midst of a controversial privatization procedure and just before entering the stock market, Royal Mail, the British postal service, has offered at £300 bonus to employees who don’t go on...
7 October 2013
Canada: Kronos Canada Inc. lock-out brings international unions on the scene
The 2nd lockout within three months for Kronos Inc in Varennes, Quebec was called on September 20 and continues to linger. It was announced after 93% of the workforce rejected Kronos’ latest offer...
7 October 2013
On October 7, European and international unions mobilize for the World Day for Decent Work and against precarious labor
IndustriAll, the international manufacturing union federation, has made the fight against precarious labor one of its biggest priorities. Since 2009, there is a World Day on October 7, the same...
7 October 2013
China: not enough cyber analysts
Analyzing public opinion on the internet is a new discipline that has already become essential for almost all corporations in China (State institutions and private companies alike). Recently put...
7 October 2013
Great-Britain: major union recognition agreement in the nuclear industry
Prospect, the white collar union for technical and professional staffs like scientists, engineers and managers, has signed what it is calling a 'landmark' union recognition deal with Babcock...
4 October 2013
Italy: union and employers’ organization in the temporary work industry renew their sector’s national collective agreement
On September 27, the Assolavoro and Assosomm employers’ associations signed the agreement renewing the national collective agreement in the temporary work industry, with the Nidil-CGIL, Felsa-Cisl...
3 October 2013
Spain: CCOO’s manufacturing and chemistry federation restart their merger procedure
The FI-CCOO and FITEQA-CCOO federations confirm their will to build, together, a stronger, more effective organization to place the industry at the center of the country’s economic revival. ...
2 October 2013
United States: employers half hearted about healthcare reform
A lot of American employers are still resolutely opposed to the Obamacare, decided in 2010, and anticipate its impact, limiting their health coverage. However, they welcome the measures that...
2 October 2013
Spain: UGT’s metal federation convention affected by the departure of its general secretary
The 26th convention of the wood, construction and associated industries federation, MCA-UGT, will take place in Burgos on October 2-4 and in a difficult context, both for the union and the metal...
1 October 2013
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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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Germany: standoff over national plan to boost collective bargaining
Under the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive, Germany is required to produce an action plan to boost collective bargaining coverage. That plan has stalled, however, after being blocked by the...
9 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