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United States: with First Energy, the AFL-CIO tests its ability to involve other shareholders in its fight against unfair compensation for CEOs
The AFL-CIO, which federates 57 American unions, is getting more and more weight as an investor in large American companies. Thus, on May 21, AFL-CIO activists went to the annual meeting of First...
27 May 2013
Great Britain: PCS public services union keeps mobilizing against austerity while laying down the groundwork for a merger with Unite
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has decided at is annual conference to continue its fight against the austerity policy, which is particularly hard on its members. The meeting took...
24 May 2013
Lafarge: new global framework agreement on CSR and international industrial relations
On May 21, Lafarge Group, the international manufacturing union, IndustriAll, and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) signed, in presence of the ILO Director General Guy Ryder...
21 May 2013
Italy: at its 8th Congress, the Cisl’s banking and insurance federation (Fiba) focused on participation and supervising top management’s pay
The 500 Fiba representatives gathered in Carovigno (Brindisi) on May 13-16 for the 8th Congress of the Cisl’s Credit and Insurance Federation, appointed a new general secretary, Giulio Romani. ...
21 May 2013
Germany: 3% wage increase for Postbank employees
After tense negotiations, the Verdi services union and Postbank, a Deutsche Bank subsidiary, announced that they signed a pay deal, on the night of May 15, in Hanover. From July 1, 2013, the...
17 May 2013
Italy: “gender bargaining” guidelines defined by female representatives at Filctem, the CGIL’s energy and chemistry federation
On May 7, the national representatives meeting of the Filctem-CGIL (oil, chemistry, pharmacy, rubber, plastic and gas-water union) focused on ways to promote “gender bargaining,” considered as the...
17 May 2013
Sweden: 2013 agreement for the construction of roads and railways banks on working environment
The SEKO service and communication union and Sveriges Byggindustrier construction employers’ organization signed a new agreement on April 12 for the construction of roads and railways. The wage...
17 May 2013
Great Britain: pay freezes are down but that doesn’t mean that real wages are up
Data from the independent pay monitoring body, Incomes Data Services (IDS), shows that pay freezes are now in decline. Figures for the first quarter of 2013 reveal that pay deals where no salary...
16 May 2013
Sweden: agreement in the energy industry supervises gradual retirement
On April 25, 2013, the EFA (Energiföretagens Arbetsgivareförening) energy employers’ organization and the SEKO communication and service workers’ union signed a new agreement. It provides for a...
16 May 2013
France: second Social Conference will focus on the pension reform
Retirement, vocational training, future sectors, working conditions and public services will be the five themes on the agenda of the next Social Conference bringing together the government and the...
16 May 2013
Italy: Enel signs two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers
On May 9, Enel group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers. The first is on the group implementing Article...
16 May 2013
Germany: new pilot collective agreement in Bavaria dismisses threat of open strike in the metal industry
Putting an end to a conflict punctuated with major warning strikes, the powerful Bavarian federation of the IG-Metall union and the Gesamtmetall employers’ organization reached, early this...
15 May 2013
Spain: Holcim, one of the first large businesses in Spain to provide a true outplacement program to its outgoing employees
In Spain, the building sector has been particularly hard hit by the current economic crisis and certainly the Spanish subsidiary of the multinational Holcim, whose core business includes...
14 May 2013
Italy: Vodafone Italia signs agreement “redefining wage costs” and dealing with 700 ‘surplus’ workers
Launched in March, the negotiations between Vodafone Italia, the SLC-CGIl, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions and the national RSU coordination led to an agreement on May 4. It contains...
14 May 2013
Germany: strike takes trial of strength between Verdi union and Amazon on collective agreement to the next level
The Verdi services union called on the employees of the American internet giant, Amazon, to take part in a one-day strike today, May 14, in two logistics centers: Leipzig (Saxony) and Bad Hersfeld...
14 May 2013
Spain: cleaning unions and employers sign the sector’s first national collective agreement
Representatives from the UGT and CCOO’s service federations and from the ASPEL and AFELIN employers’ organizations signed the agreement on May 9. It is the result of long negotiations aimed at...
13 May 2013
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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...
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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