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EU: extractive industry social partners sign joint statement on health and safety at work
At the meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee of the extractive industry, the sector's social partners, namely IndustriAll Europe for unions and Euromines, Eurocoal, IMA Europe...
3 October 2012
Netherlands: unions accept liberal/labor coalition agreement
The Dutch Labor Federation (FNV) threatened with a general strike to lobby the Mark Rutte's outgoing liberal administration, which now has to work with the labor party. However, it seems that the...
3 October 2012
Spain: Inditex enforces voluntary leave transfer program in its last Spanish plants
Stopping production. The program comes as Inditex released first 2012 quarter results with increasing sales in Asia, but the Spanish market, badly hit by the crisis, is loosing in importance and...
3 October 2012
United States: Boeing and SPEEA union back around the bargaining table
Boeing's management and the representatives of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) are back around the bargaining table after the crushing defeat of the first...
3 October 2012
Sweden: Handels launches new union strategy for chain stores
Ineffective practice. Traditionally, in chain stores, negotiations and union activities take place at local level, separately in each store, and not at central level like big groups (Ikea...
2 October 2012
Netherlands: FNV calls for 2.5 percent wage increase
The largest union in the Netherlands is calling for a 2.5 percent wage increase in 2013. This is the same level as in 2012, in spite of the crisis and as the negotiations in 2012 only led to an...
1 October 2012
Great Britain: Unite organizes conflict at the largest construction project in Europe
At the largest construction project in Europe, the Unite union is in dispute with the one of the main contractors. It has accused the contractor of victimisation of union members and suggested...
1 October 2012
Portugal: CGTP wants to continue in the same vein after successful anti-austerity demonstration
The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) organized a major demonstration on September 29 and received the support of civil society. Nearly 200,000 people chanted anti-austerity...
1 October 2012
Canada: Chrysler reaches agreement with auto union
Representatives at Chrysler, the last carmaker still negotiating with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) finally reached an agreement with their interlocutors. Chrysler’s 8,000 Canadian employees in...
28 September 2012
France: Goodyear Amiens-Nord management withdraws voluntary leave transfer program
The management told the employee representatives it was withdrawing the program after a central works council meeting which lasted just a few minutes, because they refused the draft agreement...
28 September 2012
Germany: BMW signs company agreement to recruit 3,000 agency workers in return for flexible working time
3,000 hires and no more than 8 percent temporary workers. The IG-Metall clearly sees the agreement signed on Wednesday in Munich between BMW and its central WC as a victory. Even though the...
27 September 2012
Germany: new head of metal employers’ organization wants to commit to an even more flexible labor market
September 14 was the transfer of power between the former and the new President of the German association of metal industries. “He knows the metal and electrical engineering industry, he knows...
27 September 2012
OHL: Spanish construction firm signs international framework agreement on workers’ rights and union freedoms
An agreement negotiated by the Fecoma-CCOO and MCA-UGT unions. The agreement was negotiated and signed at the request of the Fecoma-CCOO and MCA-UGT Spanish unions representing the BWI in Spain. ...
26 September 2012
Portugal: mobilization drives government to give up amending social contributions but taxes will rise
Single social tax. The Single Social Tax (TSU) on workers’ income should have increased by 7 percentage points, from 11 up to 18 percent, on January 1, 2013. At the same time, employers’ TSU...
25 September 2012
Italy: chemical/pharmaceutical social partners renew national collective agreement
All the organizations said they were satisfied with the agreement renewing the collective agreement in the chemical/pharmaceutical industry, signed in Rome on September 22, after only 5 days of...
24 September 2012
Norway: new agreement removes the threat of third strike in oil drilling
Hard to reach an agreement. “We’re happy we’ve reached an agreement, which is a positive foundation for future collaboration” declared Håvard Hauan, OLF’s attorney. The negotiations were tough...
24 September 2012
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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