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GM Europe: increasingly uncertain future for the Bochum site in Germany after the new Astra was given to Ellesmere Port (UK) and Gliwice (Poland) in return for concessions on labor organization
Is GM going to shut Bochum down after 2014? Since Opel’s management confirmed, on May 17 – Ascension Day – that it intended to produce its flagship car, the new Astra, only in Ellesmere Port, UK...
22 May 2012
Germany: IG-Metall signs new agreement introducing “recruitment bonuses” for temporary workers in the metal industry
Bonuses varying with the length of assignment. Like the 3.6 million metalworkers who will soon receive their highest wage increase in 20 years (see our dispatch No. 120326), temporary workers in...
22 May 2012
Spain: Workers’ Commissions asks the government for rigor and transparency on the injection of public funds into banks
Carlos Bravo, member of CCOO’s executive committee, presented his analysis of the financial reform published in the State Official Journal on Saturday, May 12. Here are a few excepts.
22 May 2012
Great Britain: employees at General Motors Ellesmere Port sign concessions agreement to keep their job
GM. The decision by General Motors (GM) to locate the building of the new Astra at its Ellesmere Port factory on Merseyside - rather than at a German plant – has secured 2,100 jobs at the...
21 May 2012
Germany: metalworkers get a 4.3 percent wage increase and more advantageous rules for apprentices and temporary workers
Highest increase in 20 years. Confirming once again that Baden-Württemberg is
a pilot region, the metal social partners in this southeastern Land managed to
put an end to a conflict threatening...
20 May 2012
Norway: new agreement in construction industry
e. This is why everyone was relieved when a last-minute agreement was reached on April 21 for the sector’s 6,000 employees, between the Byggenæringens Landsforening employers’...
20 May 2012
EU: IndustriALL European Trade Union created
, on May 16, the 200 organizations affiliated with the three European trade union federations – the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation (EMCEF), European...
20 May 2012
Germany: a 6.5 percent wage increase and job security for the 18,500 employees of T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary
Employment guarantee extended until the end of 2013. Punctuated by major warning strikes, the collective negotiations between Verdi and DTAG finally ended on May 15 with a last agreement, this...
16 May 2012
Sweden: new agreement in rail transport
Wage increase in line with the labor market. the SEKO union is pleased with the negotiations’ outcome. “It is the result of a compromise, but it is good we managed to amend working conditions...
15 May 2012
Greece: wage elements neutralized in a great deal of sectoral collective agreements
Born from the austerity program adopted last February (see our dispatch No. 120104), this measure provides that employer may unilaterally bring wages to the level of basic pay provided for in the...
15 May 2012
EU: European metal, chemical and textile employers in favor of framework conditions that ease prompt restructurings and transitions
Different scenarios. According to the three organizations – the Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-Based Industries (CEEMET), the European Chemical Employers...
15 May 2012
Italy: first union dedicated to internet professionals within the Uiltucs union federation
“To bring answers to the issues of recognition and protection of new professional fields, traditional unions have to be able to make major changes to its internal structure, operating system and...
15 May 2012
Germany: Verdi is about to launch warning strikes in the banking industry
Bad timing for employers. As Verdi was fighting to get a 6 percent wage increase for the banking sector’s 220,000 employees (see our dispatch No. 120040), we learned, on May 11, that Martin...
15 May 2012
Great Britain: Unite members accept the agreement negotiated with the seven oil distribution firms
Observers say the duration of the conflict got the better of the tanker drivers’ determination (about the different episodes, see articles No. 120273 and 120141). On a 69% turnout, 2,000 Unite...
14 May 2012
Austria: 4.35 percent wage increase in chemistry
The Austrian chemical sector avoided a social conflict at the last minute. Indeed, in this rather prosperous sector, negotiations rarely drag on this long. Thus, the social partners reached this...
14 May 2012
Norway: wage agreement in the financial sector
This agreement was signed by the Finansnæringens Arbeidsgiverforening employers’ organization (union of finance businesses) on the one hand and, on the other, the Finansforbundet finance workers’...
14 May 2012
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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