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Denmark: social partners and labor inspectorate issue 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings have on the mental working environment
Last week, employers, unions and the labor inspectorate issued 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings and other changes have on workers’ mental health. The goal is to...
12 May 2013
Great Britain: after failing to create a big rail and road transport union with the RMT, TSSA is thinking about creating a big transport union with Unite
After the failure of talks to agree on a merger between the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in 2012, the TSSA has announced that it...
7 May 2013
Austria: 3.2% wage increase for chemical workers
After three unavailing meetings, the social partners in the Austrian chemical industry finally agreed, on Friday, May 3, 2013, on a 3.2-3.3% wage increase for the sector’s 50,000 employees. ...
6 May 2013
Belgium: more and more social conflicts
In 2012, the number of restructurings, bankruptcies and job losses in Belgium boomed, and so has the number of strikes. Unions are multiplying actions and yet having a hard time getting heard. ...
6 May 2013
Ireland: government threatens to force the public sector reform through
As expected, the negotiations launched in January to try and save 1 billion in the three years to come were hindered by rejection from government workers. in the coming days, a mediator should...
6 May 2013
Germany: 60,000 temporary jobs in jeopardy in the auto industry
Profits are going down for Daimler, Volkswagen and BMW. The German carmakers, who until recently were doing quite well, are now being hit by the European crisis. They want to maintain their...
3 May 2013
Italy: unity is back for the three largest union confederations
With the “crisis getting worse,” the Cgil, Cisl and Uil unions decided to stand united again. Their first commitment in this direction, validated the day before May Day, was to decide on unitary...
3 May 2013
Luxembourg: towards a strike in construction
After the social partners met again on April 27, the biggest union in the country and the sector, OGBL, announced that it would request a certification that the conciliation procedure failed. The...
3 May 2013
Germany: mini-increase in return for job security at Lufthansa
The Verdi union and the Air Traffic Employers’ Association (AGVL) reached, on May 1, a complicated agreement on a wage increase and job security for 33,000 ground staff working for the German...
2 May 2013
Italy: new government sets labor as its official priority
Enrico Letta, Italy’s new Prime Minister, received the Senate’s trust on April 30, after gaining the House of Lords’ trust the day before, for the program “For Italy and Europe.” One of the top...
2 May 2013
Italy: agreement on work-life balance, equal opportunities and CSR in the banking industry
A new national equal opportunities committee and a new joint observatory on CSR, further social dialogue on these themes and more flexible hours, these are the key novelties contained in the...
30 April 2013
Spain: agreement for the renewal of the collective agreement in textile/garment
The Fitag-UGT and Fiteqa-CCOO unions and the Consejo Intertextil español (CIE) employers’ organization signed an agreement in principle renewing the collective agreement for the textile and...
30 April 2013
Germany: 5.7% increase over 26 months for Deutsche Post employees
After warning strikes were organized throughout the country, the Deutsche Post management and the Verdi services union reached an agreement, on Friday, April 26, on a 5.7% wage increase in 2013...
29 April 2013
Great Britain: long-term pay deals are back, especially in the private sector
The prevalence of the number of employers using long-term pay deals over the last six months confirms that in a period of relatively stable inflation this means of setting pay is undergoing...
26 April 2013
Italy: CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions sign unitary framework agreement on local productivity agreements with Confindustria
On April 24, the CGIL, Cisl and Uil union confederations and the Confidustria employers’ association signed an agreement defining the framework to conclude local agreement that apply the tax...
25 April 2013
Portugal: government presents growth recovery program
The government has presented seven priority axes to revive growth and employment in Portugal. The outline of the program was revealed after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers. ...
25 April 2013
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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