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Italy: Ericsson and unions sign industrial plan deal
Ericsson Telecomunicazioni Spa and the SLC-CGIL, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions as well as the majority of unitary trade union representation bodies (RSU), signed a framework agreement on the...
10 September 2013
United States: informal structure proposes to gather T-Mobile employees
The Communication Workers of America are having a hard time getting into T-Mobile and launched, with the support of their colleagues at Deutsche Telekom (Verdi), an informal structure to create a...
10 September 2013
GDF Suez: new EWC agreement uploaded
After Suez Environnement was “de-consolidated,” GDF Suez amended its EWC agreements at the end of May to take account of the impact this exit would have on the structure’s scope. Since the...
9 September 2013
Italy: logistics, merchandise transport and shipping social partners renew national collective agreement
The 23 employers’ organizations (Assologistica, Conftrasporto, Fedespedi, Fai and Uitai, among others) in logistics, merchandise transport and shipping and the Filt-CGIL, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti...
6 September 2013
Great Britain: the GMB union is going to considerably reduce its involvement in the Labour Party
The Central Executive Council (CEC) of the GMB general union has voted to reduce its current level of membership affiliation to the Labour Party from 420,000 members to 50,000 members from 1...
5 September 2013
Finland: extremely moderated general framework agreement on pay subject to approval at sectoral level
After the first attempt failed last spring, the 3 union confederations and employers (confederation of industry, State and towns) finally signed, on August 30, a general pay deal called “Agreement...
5 September 2013
Italy: together, unions and employers call on government to adopt stability act boosting employment and growth
“A stability act for employment and growth” is the title of the documents signed on September 2 by Giorgio Squinzi, leader of Confindustria, and Susanna Camusso, Raffaele Bonanni and Luigi...
4 September 2013
Germany: Daimler, Volkswagen…, controversy over abusive appeal to subcontracting catches up with German auto groups
While unions are calling for a law against excessive use of “service provision contracts” (Werkverträge), the Handelsblatt economic daily revealed, on September 2, that Volkswagen was apparently...
4 September 2013
Italy: Fiat agrees to let Fiom-CGIL representatives in but demands a law on union representativeness to keep investing in Italy
On September 2, Fiat informed the Fiom – the CGIL’s metalworkers’ federation, deprived of union rights – that it could appoint representatives. This decision follows the Constitutional Court’s...
3 September 2013
United States: Goodyear’s new pay deal provides for compromises and maintains activity for 4 years
The USW negotiators signed a 4-year pay deal with Goodyear, the tire maker. They had to make compromises on the pension scheme and profit-sharing in return for the maintenance of the 6 American...
3 September 2013
Great Britain: the controversy over zero hour contracts continues
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revised its first estimate (200,000 contracts), saying that 250,000 people were employed on these contracts, based on its Labour Force Survey. The contracts...
2 September 2013
Germany: lukewarm evaluations for Kristina Schröder, CDU Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, CDU Minister for Employment
Notorious rivals within the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), Kristina Schröder, Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, have things in...
2 September 2013
Credit Agricole: EWC secures certain level of compensation and redeployment measures for Slovakian and Czech employees fired after the end of consumer credit activities in these countries
The EWC had already cuts its teeth when several entities closed that used to belong to CACIB, Credit Agricole’s investment bank. In this context, the group’s management committed to respecting...
31 July 2013
Italy: Expo 2015 signs agreement on flexible recruitment modalities
On July 23, Expo 2015 Spa, the company in charge of organizing the 2015 Universal Exposition, which will take place in Milan, signed an “important agreement” with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions in...
25 July 2013
Sweden: agreement in the mechanical industry improving the possibility of part-time retirement
On April 19, Svemek (mechanical employers’ organization) signed a new deal with IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), and with Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (Swedish engineers) and...
25 July 2013
Great Britain: setback for the campaign against blacklisting organized by union members in the construction industry
Leading anti-blacklisting campaigners have expressed dismay at the response of Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to the call from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in Parliament to investigate...
25 July 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