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Sweden: Finansförbundet, the banking and finance union, terminates the sector’s collective agreement
Finansförbundet, the banking and finance workers’ union, had been thinking about it for a while. It made the decision and announced it on September 30, 2013: the union, which represents 29,000...
22 October 2013
Italy: organizers of the “two day” mobilization of independent unions against austerity say it was a “complete success”
Called by the independent unions (USB, Confederazione Cobas, Or.s.a. Scuola Università e Ricerca, Sindacato Siae, Cub, Usi and Unicobas), the general 24-hour strike against austerity policies...
22 October 2013
Germany: economic research institutes warn that introducing universal minimum wage would have subversive effects
While the CDU/CSU conservative party and SPD social-democratic party announced, on October 17 after intense preliminary discussions, their will to officially launch, on October 23, talks on the...
21 October 2013
China: “gray income” threateningly increasing
In China, “gray income” – which by definition can’t be found in national statistics – mostly reflects practices related to bribery and abuse of power. A recent study shows its scope: it allegedly...
18 October 2013
Brazil: 2012 annual report on employment and formal economy published
On Friday, October 11, the Ministry of Labor published its 2012 social information report (Rais), one of the “biggest sources of information on Brazil’s formal labor market.” This article...
18 October 2013
Portugal: renewed social tension with the announcement of the 2014 austerity budget
The CGTP is organizing a big day of action on Saturday, October 19 against the 2014 Finance Bill. The largest union confederation in Portugal will organize a go-slow operation on the “25 abril...
18 October 2013
Great Britain: recruiters worried about training following two damning reports
British training is blamed with two surveys underlining the extremely weak skills level, especially among young people. This is alarming for businesses who are now hiring abroad to make up for...
18 October 2013
Italy: with its 2014 “stability bill,” the government kicks off the income tax cut but the social partners say it’s not enough
On September 15, the Council of Ministers approved two finance bills 2014-16. Lowering the total fiscal burden from 44.3 down to 43.4 percent in 2016, the government claims that its budget act...
17 October 2013
Germany: part-time work is still growing and acts like a link towards the employment market (IAB study)
On October 10, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), which answers to the Federal Employment Agency, published a detailed survey on part-time work in Germany. The study relies on a survey...
17 October 2013
Great Britain: Royal Mail staff to strike in the run-up to Christmas
Members of the CWU communications union voted by 4:1 on a 63% turnout to strike. The privatisation battle was lost but the union wants to keep fighting for pay, terms and conditions. Action will...
17 October 2013
Norway: unions don’t trust the new conservative government’s plans but employers are happy
Following the election held on September 9, won by the Høre conservative party, a coalition was formed with the FrP party (Progress Party, presented as a populist, anti-immigration party). On...
17 October 2013
Germany: Michael Vasiliadis reelected as IG BCE leader announces “initiative for comanagement”
At their 5th national convention on October 13-18 in Hanover, 99.2 percent of the 400 representatives of the IG BCE union (mining, chemistry and energy) reelected Michael Vasiliadis, 49, President...
16 October 2013
Sweden: new sectoral union in cleaning industry, “Städbranschen Sverige”
At the trade’s annual forum, “Elmia Städ,” on September 24-26 in Jönköping, the SRTF (Sveriges rengöringsteknikska förbund, cleaning techniques) and Svenska Golvrådet (maintenance advice) unions...
16 October 2013
Spain: equal pay for border Moroccan workers in Melilla
The supreme court of Andalusia gave satisfaction to the UGT union and ordered employers to pay the border Moroccan workers in the construction industry at the same rate as Melilla residents. This...
16 October 2013
Austria: collective bargaining starts in the trade industry
The biggest collective negotiations of the year, in the trade industry, started on Tuesday, October 15 in Vienna. For the sector’s 500,000 employees, the GPA-djp union wants a wage increase of at...
15 October 2013
Italy: Natuzzi innovates with its agreement reorganizing its Italian sites, relocating part of the production done in Romania
It’s the first time production relocated abroad is brought back to Italy. On October 10, Natuzzi Spa, world leader in leather furniture, signed a “historical” restructuring agreement with the...
15 October 2013
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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