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Spain: 41st Congress for the UGT union, weakened by the crisis and criticized
The General Union of Workers (UGT) is holding its 41st Annual Congress in Madrid. The theme is “Union for Labor, Action and Solidarity” and Cándido Méndez, outgoing leader running for another...
9 April 2013
Germany: Amazon employees mobilized to force the American management to recognize the collective agreements in force in retail trade
The German subsidiary of the American internet giant, Amazon, is about to witness its first strike in Germany. On Thursday, April 4, 97% of union members at Amazon’s logistics center in Leipzig...
9 April 2013
Spain: Opel Figueruelas signs new competitiveness agreement
On April 8, Opel staff in Figueruelas, near Saragossa, validated the new collective agreement negotiated by the works council’s representatives and the site’s management. 65% followed the 3...
9 April 2013
France: Michelin signs framework agreement introducing negative time savings account
The framework agreement signed on March 11 by Michelin management and the CFE-CGC and CFDT unions sets up a negative time-savings account in order to postpone the implementation of short-time...
8 April 2013
Italy: Telecom Italia and unions sign agreement on 2013-2014 restructuring program
On March 27, Telecom Italian and the trade unions agreed on the key elements of the 2013-2014 business plan. The agreement provides that solidarity contracts will be used to managed 2,500 out of...
8 April 2013
Germany: construction industry wants to erase west/east difference within 9 years after granting a 3.2% increase in the former and 4% in the latter
After a marathon 24-hour negotiation, on Friday, April 5, the construction social partners – the IG BAU union, the ZDB confederation of German construction SMEs (Zentralverband des Deutsches...
8 April 2013
Portugal: trial of strength between employers and unions on labor law in the commerce sector
The Commerce and Services Union is fighting the Association of Retailing Companies (APED) which wants to implement the Labor Code amendments introduced in 2012. Both parties are currently...
5 April 2013
Great Britain: record number of “zero-hours contracts”
23% of Britain's major employers now recruit staff on zero-hours contracts, which unions highly criticize, up from 11% in 2004. (Ref. 130226)
5 April 2013
Austria: 2.8-3% wage increase for insurance staff
After the banking industry, the insurance sector signed a collective pay deal on April 3. With a slight decrease in contributions in 2012, the sector’s 22,000 employees will get a 3% increase...
5 April 2013
Germany: controversy over the increase in activity rate for workers age 60+
According to the Federal Employment Agency,1.48 million people aged 60+ worked and paid social contributions in September 2012, 12.3% up from 2011. in the metal industry, the Gesamtmetall...
4 April 2013
Italy: SKF Group signs agreement replacing conventional wage increases with two bonuses linked with productivity and profitability
First agreement of this kind in italy, the separate agreement signed between the Swedish multinational and the Fim-Cisl and Fali-Fismic unions (the Fiom-CGIL and Uilm-Uil rejected it) introduces...
4 April 2013
Austria: 2.55% increase in the banking industry
The 80,000 banking employees in Austria got a 2.55% increase on April 1, i.e. barely more than the inflation level in 2012 (2.4%). This rather lean agreement was reached after particularly tense...
2 April 2013
Norway: ongoing mediation for 2013 bargaining stuck over extremely divergent positions
The NHO Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and the LO union met to talk about pay deals for 2013. While they agree that employees' buying power should be maintained, their notions are slightly...
2 April 2013
Austria: agenda of spring collective negotiations in the industry
Most Austrian sectors traditionally negotiate their collective agreements in the spring, except the metal industry which bargains in the fall. 130,000 employees are concerned. Debates already...
2 April 2013
Safran: interview of Jean-Luc Bérard, Corporate Senior Vice President, HR, on the European agreement for professional integration of young people
On March 28, Safran and IndustriAll Europe signed a European framework agreement for professional integration of young people. Jean-Luc Bérard, Corporate Senior Vice President, HR, is telling...
31 March 2013
Germany: company agreement on demography for 15,000 employees at Continental’s Rubber Group
On March 18, Continental Group and the IG BCE chemistry union signed a company agreement for the 15,000 German employees of its tire division, Rubber Group. This agreement is the first of this...
28 March 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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ENI incorporates just transition and AI into global agreement
On 13 January, Italian energy group ENI renewed its global agreement on international industrial relations, corporate social responsibility and the just transition with Italian unions CGIL, CISL...
5 February 2026