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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
Belgium: ArcelorMittal reaches draft agreement on the industrial chapter
After bargaining for 8 months, unions and the management at ArcelorMittal reached, yesterday, a draft agreement on an industrial plan for the restructuring of its cold-processing line in Liege...
1 October 2013
Germany: schedule of 2014/15 collective bargaining
In 2014, 10.5 million employees will be directly affected by collective pay negotiations. Planet Labor is giving you the detailed schedule of collective bargaining in 2014 and 2015 as well as the...
1 October 2013
Luxembourg: social elections on November 13
On November 13, two elections will take place in Luxembourg affecting employee representation: the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des salariés de Luxembourg, CSL) and the company employee...
30 September 2013
Denmark: North Jutland is the first region to include “chain liability” in public contracts to combat social dumping
After adopting, in May, a new policy for public markets, focusing on social and environmental clauses, North Jutland is now enforcing it in tenders for the construction of the new university...
30 September 2013
Sweden: new agreement for the 16,000 employees in the postal and cargo industry
Mediators helped with the agreement reached on September 17, 2013 between the SEKO (service and communication) union and the Almega service employers’ organization for the postal and cargo...
27 September 2013
Xylem: agreement establishing the European Works Council
In May 2013, Xylem, a company specialized in water transport and treatment, introduced a European Works Council covered by Swedish law. (Ref. 130569)
27 September 2013
Great-Britain: unions win first battle against zero hours contracts
A strike by members of the bakers’ workers union, the BFAWU, has compelled Premier Foods at its Wigan Hovis factory to agree to limit the company’s use of agency workers on zero hour contracts...
25 September 2013
Italy: Cisl kicks off “network federation” (transport, electricity, communication)
On September 24, during the meeting of executives and officials of three Cisl federations (Fit – transportation, Flaei – electricity and Fistel – communication, editing and entertainment), the...
25 September 2013
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
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...
8 December 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