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Denmark: new collective agreement in computing
Improving training rights. Employees may add to their training rights for up to three years but, in theory, they can’t use them during layoff notice. As in the trade industry, “training...
7 March 2012
MAN SE: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
After becoming a European company in April 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090353), the MAN SE multinational company (€16.5 billion in sales in 2011), which has its headquarters in Munich, employees...
7 March 2012
Netherlands: soaring precariousness on the labor market
insurance released figures, saying that they were “shocking,” showing that no more than 2,000 people signed a permanent contract in 2011, as opposed to 83,000 in 2010. Fixed-term...
7 March 2012
Italy: new agreement at TNT Post introduces bank of hours to improve parental leave
New flexibility. Yet, introducing the new organization of the mail and package delivery activity over five days (bringing the workday from 6.28 hours up to 7.44 hours in accordance with the...
7 March 2012
Germany: Hans-Böckler foundation says increased competition in urban mass transportation intensified drivers’ workload
Communal transport companies are under pressure. Carried out by consultant Hubert Resch for the Hans-Böckler foundation, the study, entitled “Intensification of drivers’ work following...
6 March 2012
Lafarge: in Indonesia, management and BWI international union federation extend the framework agreement to subcontractors
Joint platform. This platform, composed of employee and management representatives, will meet once a year to discuss working conditions on the Banda Aceh site. The BWI says this is a first step...
6 March 2012
Denmark: construction, packaging and textile industries renew collective agreements
An agreement dividing the social partners was signed on March 1 to renew the collective agreements in the construction sector, so much so that they called separate press conferences to reveal the...
5 March 2012
Romania: temporary work is soaring
Starting out sector. Indeed, in 2009, Romania was the European country where temporary work had the lowest rate – only 12,000 people. Temporary contracts were even quite rare since barely 1...
5 March 2012
Germany: record bonuses continue in the auto industry
VW’s bonus should be over €10,000. In early 2012, Daimler kicked off the round of exceptional bonuses, announcing that its 125,000 employees would receive €4,100 in profit-sharing for 2011. ...
2 March 2012
Romania: employment market situation is getting worse
Increased fragility. According to the study on mobility, carried out among a sample of 4,500 people, 10 percent of employees lost their job in 2011, a proportion slightly higher than for the...
1 March 2012
Germany: IZA institute says the removal of systems facilitating early retirement at 55 greatly helped increase seniors’ employment rate
r first report on “A Labor World Adapted to Age,” Ursula von der Leyen, German Employment Minister, said that Germany made “remarkable progress” in terms of seniors’...
1 March 2012
Denmark: two new collective agreements in the catering and private cleaning industries
Hotel/catering. On February 25, 3 F Privat Service, Hôtel og Restauration for unions and Horesta Arbejdsgiver for employers signed an agreement renewing the sectoral collective agreement covering...
29 February 2012
Great Britain: Unite wants to take strike action among tanker drivers to obtain the establishment of an industry-wide collective bargaining forum
The ballots will cover around 90% of all the drivers supplying fuel to petrol stations and, if the strike actions goes ahead, affect the petrol pumps of the main retailers like Sainsburys, Tesco...
29 February 2012
Denmark: new trade collective agreement
Both parties are satisfied with the agreement signed on the night of February 23 by Dansk Erhverv Arbejdsgiver and HK/Handel, renewing the trade collective agreement. the union notably points out...
28 February 2012
FCC Construcción: the Spanish group commits to promote employees’ rights on all its sites worldwide
The document was signed, on February 21, by Francisco Martin Monteagudo, FCC HR Manager, and Ambet Yuson, general secretary of the BWI, the international federation of construction, construction...
28 February 2012
EU: coordinated demonstrations in the EU 27 to reject the European austerity policy
Rigidity. European trade unions are rejecting the new European treaty, which the 27 negotiated in December (except the UK and the Czech Republic) in favor of greater budget rigor and for better...
28 February 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