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Great Britain: increase in applications for union recognition in 2011/2012
The CAC annual report noted rise in applications return the volume of applications back to where it was two years ago of 42 applications. In its 2010/11 report, the CAC attributed the unusually...
9 July 2012
Spain: miners’ protest rallies reach Madrid
Juan Carlos Alvarez Liébana. We want to denounce the deadlock the coal industry is in. this year, we’re facing an unprecedented budget cut suffocating the sector, with a 63 percent cut to...
9 July 2012
EU: ArcelorMittal unions’ mobilization led the European Commission to agree to the creation of a joint working committee in the steel industry
First steps. The project is still in its infancy and the European Parliament is wondering whether ArcelorMittal’s representatives will agree to join this working committee. Nevertheless, the...
6 July 2012
Austria: railroaders get an average 3.4 percent wage increase
29,000 employees concerned at first. It took the ÖBB’s social partners, the management and the Vida transportation union six meetings to reach the wage agreement presented on Tuesday, July 3 in...
5 July 2012
Spain: the building-materials company Holcim signs Equal Opportunity Plan with unions
The decline of the Spanish construction sector is pronounced at present. The sector has been particularly afflicted by the economic crisis and the 2008 collapse of the housing bubble. According to...
5 July 2012
Italy: Thales Alenia Space Italia renews company agreement
On June 12, TASI management and Altec, along with the national coordination of the Unitary Trade Union Representation bodies (RSUs) Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, Uilm-Uil, and the national and local...
4 July 2012
Deutsche Post DHL: new EWC agreement details information and consultation procedures
On May 24, the social partners at Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), which employs 471,000 people (40 percent in Germany, 25 percent in the rest of Europe), signed a new agreement on the information and...
4 July 2012
Slovenia: government to send the outline of its labour market reform to the social partner
The Labour Reform Document ("Izhodišča za reform trga dela") contains the following ten starting points of the future major labour market reforms:
2 July 2012
Spain: unions reject flexible hours demanded by superstores
Employers launched consultation period. A few days ago, the national court issued a ruling giving unions satisfaction and forcing superstores to recognize the right to weekly rest, at the rate of...
2 July 2012
Norway: new pay system for cargo carriers
On June 11, NHO Transport (Norwegian transport firms) and Norges Lastebileier-Forbund (the Norwegian Haulers' Association) on the one hand and the Transportarbeiderforbund (Transport Workers) and...
2 July 2012
Great Britain: Unison and GMB unions get closer before merger
Combining the membership of the second and third biggest unions will easily outstrip that of Unite which is currently the biggest union with 1,414,000 members. The new alliance between Unison and...
29 June 2012
Germany: IG-Metall union sends anti-stress draft regulation to government
With soaring sick leaves with mental causes, the IG-Metall metalworkers' union once again called on Ursula von der Leyen, CDU Minister of Employment, to adapt the legal framework to new labor...
27 June 2012
France: CSR criteria in the new 2012-2014 profit-sharing agreement at La Poste
Quality of life. Like the previous agreement, this agreement will apply to all Post workers regardless of their function, “thus giving full meaning to the concept of fair distribution and...
27 June 2012
Germany: Siemens gives up to EUR 500 a month to come back to work after childbirth
A typically German issue.
For several months, a political/cultural trial of strength has been dividing
the German government and the two parties to the conservative union – Merkel’s...
27 June 2012
Great Britain: Unite creates GBP25m strike fund
While this is a significant development for the future, it was also disclosed that Unite under new general secretary, Len McCluskey, had spent between £3m-£5m on industrial disputes in the last...
27 June 2012
Netherlands: the DNV (former FNV) announces social turmoil in September
The former FNV, renamed De Nieuwe Vakbeweging (DNV, new federation) on June 23, is getting ready for social unrest in September. With the legislative elections approaching (September 12), it has...
27 June 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