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Sweden: fashion and textile businesses sign agreement that tries to take low wages into account
The fashion and textile industry is the sector where wages are the lowest in manufacturing. This is way the agreement signed on April 2, 2013 after other manufacturing agreements signed by TEKO...
5 June 2013
Lafarge: interview of Philippe Jacquesson, SVP Social Policies for the group, about the global agreement on fundamental social rights and international social relations
In 2005, when it signed its Global Framework Agreement on fundamental rights, the French group was already a pioneer in establishing global dialogue with international unions. On May 21, the...
4 June 2013
France: employment guarantee agreements rush?
When are employment guarantee agreements signed? What’s in them? And what about the promises made to the employees? These agreements – alternatives to layoffs – will soon have a legal...
4 June 2013
Portugal: UGT and CGTP call for general strike on June 27
The UGT has decided to join in on the general strike decided by the CGTP for June 27. Support from the moderate union – which until now was the only one involved in dialogue with the government –...
4 June 2013
Belgium: should ArcelorMittal Liege be nationalized?
The rescue of the Walloon steel industry hogged the best of the weekend news after ArcelorMittal decided to postpone the nearly €32-billion investments it was planning for the cold-processing...
3 June 2013
Great Britain: government looks into appeal zero hours contracts
In an interview to People Management, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that the government was reviewing zero hours contracts – a growing form of contracts with no minimum working time. ...
3 June 2013
Germany: first report by Hans-Böckler foundation found wages should be up in numerous sectors in 2013
2013 collective bargaining is already well on its way. In about 20 major sectors, the social partners have reached agreements, the outcome of which has been analyzed by the Institute of economic...
3 June 2013
United States: Walmart under social pressure prior to its annual general meeting
Despite the fact that Walmart initiated actions with a view to improving its associates' scheduling in response to the strike action organised in the Autumn, including during the crucial Black...
31 May 2013
Great-Britain : for the first time in a decade, unions grew according to the annual statistical report by the government department, Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Membership for 2012 was 59,000 higher at 6.455 million workers compared to 2011. However, it is still considerably below the level of 2007 before the Global Financial Crisis when the figure stood...
30 May 2013
Italy: the Fim (metalworkers’) congress approves the merger with Femca (chemistry, energy) to constitute a single Cisl trade union federation for industry
The 18th national congress of Fim, the metalworkers' trade union federation of Cisl, which took place in Lecce, 22-24 May with some 500 delegates in attendance, approved the merger with Femca, the...
30 May 2013
Italy: insurance social partners sign agreement arranging the sector’s solidarity fund
On May 20, the national association of insurance firms (Ania) and the national association of assistance companies (Aisa) for employers and the Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, F.N.A., SNFIA and Uilca-Uil...
29 May 2013
Germany: Volkswagen workers get a 5.6% wage increase and improved company pension
13 days after a pilot collective agreement was signed in the Bavarian metal industry, the IG-Metall union and Volkswagen’s management signed, on the night of May 27 in Hanover, a new “company...
28 May 2013
Great Britain: Unite strive to regain influence over the Labour party
Members of the Unite union (1.4m members) voted by 87% on a 19% turnout to renew the union’s political fund. By law, a ballot must be held every ten years to decide upon whether a union can...
28 May 2013
Hannover Re: agreement on employee involvement in the European Company
On May 3, 2012, the general assembly of Hannover Re (Hannover Rückversicherung), the German reinsurance company, one of the major reinsurance companies in the world, agreed to adopt the legal...
27 May 2013
Greece: from January 1, 2017, minimum wage will be based on inflation and unemployment
The Council of Ministers is about to present a new system for calculating minimum wage which will apply in 2017 on. It will no longer be determined by the social partners but annually by a bill...
27 May 2013
Italy: towards a merger between the Cisl’s transportation, energy and communication unions into a single “network federation”
The recent conferences of the Fit (transport), Fistel (entertainment, information and communication) and Flaei (electricity) unions unanimously approved the prospect of their future merger into a...
27 May 2013
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5 March 2026
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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