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Italy: unitary agreement at Golden Lady delays the application of the labor market reform provision imposing the transformation of atypical contracts into permanent ones
Reasons and consequences. “We wanted to give our support to a well-ordered recruitment system with subservient contracts. Indeed, transforming these contracts at once was not possible from an...
20 September 2012
Siemens: after Siemens US violated the international CSR agreement in North East, Maryland, the social partners involved are talking about the new path to take
Breach of the CSR IFA. How can you launch a campaign against the creation of an employee representation structure in a plant in August and sign a global framework agreement on corporate social...
20 September 2012
Denmark: the union war at the Vejle restaurant, the symbol of the rivalry between traditional and ‘yellow’ unions
Until November 2011, the Vejlegården restaurant in the city of Vejle applied the national collective agreement 3F signed with the Horesta employers’ organization. However, the new owner, Amin...
19 September 2012
Germany: 2013-14 collective bargaining schedule
Wages increased less than anticipated in 2012. The report on 2012 collective bargaining, which will end this fall with a series of collective negotiations (agriculture, textile or transportation)...
19 September 2012
Great Britain: the Unite union assesses 50p community membership to rebuild its collective campaigning ability
In return for a host of benefits, Unite will train and develop these community members as community activists (see our dispatch No. 110772). They will then be put to use in bringing together...
19 September 2012
Morocco: government tries new social dialogue method
In the past few days, Abdelilah Benkirane, head of the Moroccan government, met with each union federation separately. The aim of this method is to give each union the time to give its views on...
19 September 2012
Canada: new wage agreement between Ford and auto unions
Next weekend, ford’s 4,500 staff in Canada still have to ratify the agreements. After three weeks of talks with Ford management, CAW President Ken Lewenza said it's a good deal in today's...
19 September 2012
Italy: Unicredit and unions sign agreement on industrial program and bonus
The signing unions (Dircredito, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub, Ugl-Credito and Uilca) said that the agreement signed with Unicredit on September 15, after four days and one night’s “tight...
18 September 2012
Spain: union war stronger than ever in supermarkets
Representatives from FECOHT-CCOO, Workers’ Commissions’ retail federation, and from CHTJ-UGT, its counterpart at the UGT, say that they were called to a meeting initiated by ANGED. The order of...
18 September 2012
Germany: Defense Minister open talks with social partners to transfer at least 17,000 soldiers and to recall reservists
When meeting with union and employers’ representatives in early September in Berlin, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière called on the social partners to actively support soldiers’ transfer...
18 September 2012
United States: New York stands up to Walmart
Walmart opponents have won a major victory: the supermarket backed out of entering the city of New York. This is a great victory for union members, opposed to the group from Bentonville, AR...
18 September 2012
Spain: transport strike against the sector opening to competition
All rail unions called for this strike (Workers Commissions, UGT, Semaf, Sindicato Ferroviario and sindicato de Circulación). This is the second day of strike since the government approved the...
17 September 2012
EU: finance unions hope that the new European banking supervisory authority will help change practices in the sector
Profit. Last week, the European Commission proposed a regulation providing for the supervision of all banking undertakings in the eurozone by the European Central Bank (ECB). The first step...
17 September 2012
Chile: major change for the key union which appoints a 33-year-old woman as its leader
ero, professor of philosophy, was appointed as the new President of the Workers’ United Center (CUT). This should give Chilean unionism a boost, as it is often criticized for its lack of...
17 September 2012
Sweden: Unionen and Handels union step in to defend IKEA staff in Turkey and sign an international framework agreement
Repeated union rights violations, aka the limits to IKEA’s great principles. IKEA’s stores worldwide are managed either directly by the group or by franchised. In Turkey, the stores are managed...
17 September 2012
France: employers and unions open “ambitious” talks on the labor market reform
Tight schedule. This first one-hour meeting was only about the schedule. The CGT, CFDT, FO, CFTC and CFE-CGC unions and the Medef, CGPME, and UPA employers’ organizations will get to the heart...
17 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