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Germany: MAN, the heavy truck manufacturer, puts 15,000 staff on “forced vacation” for a week
Affected by the economic crisis, the largest truck manufacturer in Europe, MAN, stopped production for one week on October 29 for two German sites, in Munich and Salzgitter. This measure should...
30 October 2012
Spain: how small Spanish organizations are fostering equal opportunities in the workplace
Equal opportunity plans are voluntary for companies or entities with less than 250 employees, according to Law 3/2007 of 22 March 2007. In 2012, 21 percent of all companies awarded the label...
26 October 2012
Italy: new association of insurance and credit professionals within the CGIL
IL, the new organization representing self-employed insurances and banking professionals was officially created on October 25. It aims to better protect self-employed professionals, who the union...
26 October 2012
Spain: BBVA signs agreement on staffing cuts demanded by Brussels after the banking group took over the Unnim Banc savings banks group
The BBVA bank and the trade unions announced that they signed a draft agreement which should lead to a 40 percent staffing cut at the Unnim Banc savings bank. This is to comply with Brussels'...
24 October 2012
Netherlands: negotiations are stuck in the rubber plastic industry
The plastic and rubber industry, which employs 3,500 people, has not had a collective agreement since July. Negotiations are stuck on the issue of pensions and unions are starting to protest...
23 October 2012
Total: new amendment to the EWC agreement
On October, 8, the oil group signed, with three European trade union organizations (FECCIA, FECER and IndustriAll) and the representative French trade union organizations for the group, a new...
23 October 2012
Transnational bargaining: 1st IndustriALL thematic conference focuses on standardizing procedures for bargaining and implementing international framework agreements
union leaders and experts on IFAs from 30 countries met in Frankfurt, up invitation of IG-Metall for the first thematic conference held by the new international manufacturing federation...
23 October 2012
Netherlands: understanding what is happening to the Dutch Labor Federation, FNV
The FNV, the country's key union federation, has been going through a crisis for a year. Federations rebelling, others leaving, one of the key stakeholders of the polder system is currently...
22 October 2012
Sweden: LO confederation proposes new method for calculating wage increases
LO (landsorganisationen), the Swedish Trade Union Confederation which gathers 14 federations, has presented its claims for the 2013 bargaining session. In order to reconcile competitiveness for...
22 October 2012
Italy: conflict in telecom industry over the renewal of the sector’s national collective agreement
Announcing a turnout "beyond all expectations" for the strike on Friday, October 19, telecom unions warned the Asstel employers' organization that the renewal of the national collective agreement...
22 October 2012
Austria: up to 3.4 percent wage increase in the metal industry
On Friday, October 15, the Pro.GE (manufacturing) and GPA-djp (private sector) unions and the FMMI which, with 1,200 businesses and 120,000 employees, is the largest employers' organization...
22 October 2012
France: employers and unions give birth to Generation Contracts
rtners reached a tentative agreement on Generation Contracts. These contracts aim to encourage the permanent recruitment of young people while maintaining seniors active. Indeed, these two...
21 October 2012
Spain: unions call for a general strike on November 14
The UGT and Workers' Commissions unions called for a general and consumer strike on November 14 to protest against the unprecedented austerity measures applied by the government. This call is in...
21 October 2012
Germany: Daimler management and Sindelfingen works council end conflict of unprecedented intensity
Close-to-perfect agreement. It all started in September with a routine operation: the management was preparing to change the Mercedes S-Class in 2013. Since changes like this usually lead to a...
19 October 2012
Eurosport: global agreement on fundamental labor rights
On October 12, the management of the special interest channel belonging to TF1 group signed, with UNI Global Union, a global agreement on fundamental labor rights. The union says this agreement is...
19 October 2012
Italy: CGIL organizes national demonstration with employees of ailing businesses
Two years after the big demonstration against the Berlusconi government on November 27, 2010, the CGIL will occupy the Piazza San Giovanni in Rome on October 20 to "bring labor back on top of the...
19 October 2012
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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