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Finland: negotiations for a general pay agreement failed
The negotiations, which lasted for about 3 weeks between the representatives of the three major union federations (SAK, STTK and AKAVA) and employers (EK), in view of reaching a general agreement...
28 March 2013
Transnational bargaining: interview of Bart Samyn, deputy general secretary of IndustriAll Europe, on the European agreement for professional integration of young people signed with Safran
On March 28, Safran and IndustriAll Europe signed the first European agreement on the professional integration of young people. Bart Samyn, deputy general secretary of the European trade union...
28 March 2013
Spain: Telefónica guarantees employment for a year in exchange for wage moderation and savings on pensions
The agreement reached by the management and trade unions on March 27 provides for a 1% wage increase in 2014 and maintains jobs throughout the period. Employees are foregoing some of the company's...
28 March 2013
Safran: European framework agreement for professional integration of young people
Today, March 28, 2013, Safran Group and the IndustriAll Europe European trade union signed a European framework agreement on the professional integration of young people. With this agreement...
28 March 2013
Great Britain: government wants to encourage employee ownership in businesses
The British government wants to propose giving fiscal incentives to employers who give their employees a stake in the business in which they work. (Ref. 130207)
28 March 2013
Germany: IG-Metall management accepts ‘rescue’ agreement without Bochum plant
Unanimous agreement from the IG-Metall’s management. In North Rhine-Westphalia, where Bochum is located, the IG-Metall union has hardly ever seemed so deeply divided. Indeed, whereas the 3,300...
28 March 2013
Spain: Caixabank reaches agreement on social plan based on early retirement and voluntary leave
Caixabank unions and management have defined the modalities of the social plans providing for 2,600 leaves - all voluntary. All the representatives unions (CCOO, SECPB, UGT, SIB and CIC-FEC)...
27 March 2013
Germany: 6% increase over 2 years for train drivers
Four meetings and several warning strikes took place before the social partners in the rail industry reached an agreement, on Monday, March 25, for a 6% wage increase over two years. The agreement...
26 March 2013
Italy: cement employers and unions reach unitary agreement renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
The unitary agreement signed between the social partners in the cement, plaster, mortar and other construction materials industry renewing the sector's national collective agreement provides...
26 March 2013
Italy: success for the first cross-regional strike organized by independent logistics unions
The first cross-regional strike (mostly Lombardy, Venetia and Emilia-Romania) in the logistics industry, called by the general meeting of logistics workers and the independent trade unions for 24...
25 March 2013
Fiat/Chrysler and CNH: international union network agrees to organize mobilization week for employment and working conditions
After a meeting in Turin on March 19-21, the Fiat/Chrysler and Case New Holland (CNH) union network, supervised by IndustriAll Global Union, agreed to a mobilization week on April 8-12 for the...
25 March 2013
United-States: could there be a works council at Volkswagen Chattanooga soon?
When it comes to building union membership at the plant of German or Japanese carmakers, it seems that the United Auto Workers would be more successful through a German-style works council at...
22 March 2013
Italy: results of the first HRD survey on the impact of the labor market reform (Gi Group)
On March 18, the permanent observatory on the labor market reform, a private initiative by Gi Group, the temporary work and recruitment agency, released the results of its first survey on the...
20 March 2013
United States: pay deal for Boeing technical engineers
After professional engineers and tougher negotiations, Boeing technical engineers ratified a four-year labor deal. New hires will not be entitled to the company's existing pension scheme. (Ref...
20 March 2013
Belgium: Ford Genk’s social plan gives subcontracting staff the same working conditions as direct employees
The management of the Genk plant was satisfied after 71.7% of the workers approved, on Friday night, the social plans signed by the trade unions last week. In the carmaker's subcontracting firms...
18 March 2013
Italy: Electrolux and unions sign agreement on strategy out of the crisis
On March 9, the social partners at Electrolux signed a unitary agreement suspending the staff cutting program the group had announced for 2013-2015 via solidarity contracts (working time cuts) and...
18 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