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Italy: complete success for the first large unitary demonstration organized by the three union confederations
For the first time in ten years and after a long period of separate agreements, the CGIL, Cisl and Uil union organizations took to the capital’s streets together with a unitary platform of demands...
24 June 2013
Germany: not enough training or jobs created in aviation, IG-Metall says
During the Paris Air Show, the IG-Metall union published an analysis of the employment situation in the German aeronautics industry. It is based on a “survey” carried out between March 2012 and...
24 June 2013
Spain: in 2012, nearly one third of large businesses allegedly used internal flexibility to avoid layoffs
Encouraging internal labor flexibility has been one of the primary objectives of the latest labor reform. A year after the reform came into force, the Ministry of Employment and Social Security...
24 June 2013
France: employment and training at the center of the government’s social roadmap
As expected, the second Social Conference, organized in Paris on June 20-21, was mostly a ‘warm-up lap’ for the government and the social partners before a series of negotiations on thorny issues...
24 June 2013
Germany: 24-month pay deal in industrial cleaning
Yesterday, Thursday, June 20, the social partners in the industrial cleaning sector – the IG BAU construction union and the National Guild Association of the Building-Cleaning Trade (BIV) –...
21 June 2013
Enel: new global framework agreement on fundamental social rights and establishment of a global works council
On June 14, Enel Group and IndustriAll Global Union, Public Services International (PSI) and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil Italian unions signed a global framework agreement. In it...
20 June 2013
Great Britain: Royal Mail employees fight the government’s plans to sell the public company
Members of the CWU communications union have voted in a ballot by 92% on a 74% turnout to oppose the privatisation of Royal Mail through a boycott of competitors’ mail as well as through...
20 June 2013
Italy: Luxottica, once again a pioneer in terms of employee social protection
Strongly committed to CSR, Luxottica, the world leader in luxury spectacle trade, is breaking new barriers down in terms of corporate social protection. Indeed, with a new agreement, it extends...
20 June 2013
Germany: head of Porsche’s works council revives debate on “union bonuses” for IG-Metall members
Can/should collective agreements contain clauses granting advantages to affiliated workers alone? By calling for an additional bonus for IG-Metall members in the next bargaining round in the...
19 June 2013
Spain: graphic arts renew national collective agreement
On June 13, the FeS-UGT and CCOO unions and the FEIGRAF, FGEE and AFCO employers’ organizations signed the 23rd collective agreement for the graphic arts industry. It will cover about 150,000...
19 June 2013
International: UNI Graphical and Packaging defines new priority actions for its members
The Executive Committee of the UNI Graphical and Packaging international trade union recently defined new priorities for its affiliates across the globe. UNI Graphical and Packaging represents...
19 June 2013
Germany: universal minimum wage at the heart of the election campaign
About 100 days to the German federal election, the issue of introducing universal minimum wage has been revived. All political parties are now in favor of the introduction of minimum wage but not...
18 June 2013
Austria: 2.7 percent wage increase at the Austrian post
The management of Österreichische Post AG (OPAG) and the Union of Post and Telecommunications Employees (GPF) reached an agreement, on Monday, June 17 in Vienna, for a 2.7 percent wage increase...
18 June 2013
Italy: 17th Cisl convention on the themes of “responsibility” and change
The Cisl’s 17th convention came to a close on June 15. 1,082 delegates representing over 4.4 million members gathered under the slogan, “Italy and responsibility, a new union for a new country.” ...
18 June 2013
Greece: new collective agreement in the banking industry
On July 1, 2013, the sectoral collective agreements signed after the OTOE (Bank Employees' Union) and Greek banks negotiated for 2.5 months, will be in force until December 2015. Considered as...
18 June 2013
Sweden: new agreement for the 300,000 technological employees
The agreement signed on April 2, 2013 between Teknikarbetsgivarna (technological employers’ organization) and its union counterparts – Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (engineering)...
17 June 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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 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