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Romania: bargaining for mimimum wage increase
Possible increase from RON 670 up to RON 700. On Tuesday, the center-right government told unions and employers that it was going to look into the possibility of increasing monthly minimum wage...
8 December 2011
Germany: IG BCE chemistry union and key temporary work federation sign deal paving the way for general equal pay between temporary and permanent workers
Threatening with a law. The social partners and the political parties have also been bitterly debating the issue of equal pay for several years. However, so far, only the social partners in the...
7 December 2011
Italy: the three key trade unions call for unitary strike against the Monti administration’s austerity program
Unanimously “worried” by the impact the “economic maneuver” (see our dispatch No. 110750) is going to have on “employees, pensioners and the country’s development prospects,” the leaders of the...
7 December 2011
Netherlands: FNV disbanded
The FNV, 1.4 million members, no longer exists. This federation, created in 1982 after the merger of two major protestant unions, is going to rise from its ashes with a new name, ‘De Nieuwe...
5 December 2011
Denmark: new FAOS report analyzes changing union dynamics in the country
With traditional unions facing competition from low-cost unions (see our dispatches No. 110674 and 110123), the researchers are talking about an ‘organizing market’ to characterize the Danish...
5 December 2011
Great Britain: seven companies in the construction industry to leave sectoral collective agreement to be free to establish their own working conditions
The seven contracting companies are Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES), NG Bailey Building Services, Crown House Technologies, Gratte Brothers, SPIE Matthew Hall, Shepherd Engineering...
5 December 2011
Germany: unions and employers call on government to drop its plan to introduce a premium for stay at home mothers
Ideological battle. When is a mother considered a ‘good mother’? Is a mother who puts her child in daycare to go to work a bad mother, a “Rabenmutter” (unnatural mother) or, on the contrary, a...
2 December 2011
Spain: new president asks the social partners to negotiate proposals for a draft labor market reform by January 6
The future President, who will take up office on December 21, gave the social partners the roadmap for the coming labor market reform. He asked them to present a negotiated text by January 6...
2 December 2011
Romania: the list of new sectors still has not been defined
Legal void. Six months after the new Romanian Social Code came into force in July, the sectors planned in the text still haven’t been defined, to the great displeasure of union and employers’...
2 December 2011
United States: draft labor deal between Boeing and the Machinists union paves the way for out-of-court settlement of the legal dispute over the South Carolina plant
End of the legal dispute. Last April, the Machinists union turned to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which pressed charges against Boeing management for violating the right to strike...
2 December 2011
Great Britain: two million civil servants strike against pension reform
High turnout. British unions won a victory, claiming that two million civil servants went on strike on November 30 – government says 1.2. According to the Department for Education, 62% of public...
1 December 2011
Germany: 2.7 percent wage increase at RWE and beginning of talks on job cuts at EON
2.7 percent increase at RWE. The agreement signed on November 29 by the IG BCE (chemistry) and Verdi (services) unions with RWE, second energy producer in Germany, still needs to be approved...
1 December 2011
United States: American Airlines files for bankruptcy to cut wage costs
True, American Airlines isn’t doing well. The group has lost over $11 billion since 2001. The last financial report, published in October, points to $162M lost. And forecasts for the end of...
30 November 2011
Italy: negotiations between Fiat and unions for the group’s new collective agreement start with an incident with the Fiom-CGIL union
Negotiations for the new national collective agreement of Fiat after it left Confindustria (see our dispatch No. 110720) is off to a rough start for the Fiom. Its leader, Maurizio Landini, left...
30 November 2011
Austria: 3.6% increase for 520,000 trade employees
After 4 meetings and 16 hours negotiating, the social partners in Austrian trade reached an agreement on wages. If they had failed, the GPA-dip union threatened to strike, as the start of the...
30 November 2011
International: ICEM international union federation holds last Conference before the creation of the big industry federation
Gathered for three days in the Argentinean capital, the 800 delegates representing about 200 affiliated union organizations elected Senzeni Zokwana (NUM, South Africa) and Manfred Warda as...
29 November 2011
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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