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Fiat-Chrysler: creation of a global union network
Global union network. The primary goal of the meeting was to create a global union network. The network will mostly work via email and will meet once a year at the EWC meeting. It will be...
1 July 2011
Sweden: calls for wage moderation brought things to a head at the LO confederation just before the start of the fall negotiations
Konjunkturinstitutet’s report brings things to a head. On May 18th, Konjunkturinstitutet published an analysis on the evolution of pay and recommended that the coming increases do not exceed 3.1%...
30 June 2011
Sweden: the social partners create a Council on development in the industry
5 trade unions permanently signed: GS (union of workers in the graphic, forest and wood sector), IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), Livs (union of food employees), Sveriges Ingenjörer (union of...
30 June 2011
Italy: social partners sign historical agreement on union representativeness and the scope of company agreements
“This agreement puts an end to a long season of separation between us” declared Emma Marcegaglia, leader of Confindustria, when presenting the unitary interconfederal agreement signed after six...
29 June 2011
Germany: the 170,000 employees in the printing industry get the extension of the framework collective agreement
Maintaining the 35-hour workweek.
Frank Wernecke, Verdi chief negotiator,
said this agreement would not have been possible without the involvement of
employees with the warning strikes...
29 June 2011
Great Britain: more deaths at work
171 deaths. The organization in charge of health at work, the Health and Safety (HSE), released, on June 28th, provisional data on deaths at work. With 171 workers killed this year, the rate of...
29 June 2011
Morocco: 70% of employees who paid contributions are not getting pension
According to the CNSS, out of the 84,477 people who reached retirement age in 2010, only 25,262 had the 3,240 days required to receive pension. This figures mean that 70% of employees who pay...
27 June 2011
Netherlands: bigger increase for low wages at TNT Express
An agreement in principle was reached on April 24th between TNT Express (logistics, express delivery of documents and packages, the rival of DHL and FedEx), in preparation for the next collective...
27 June 2011
Austria: train drivers get a 2.4% increase but loose benefits in kind
Adjustment with inflation and privatization rumors. Six meetings were needed before the ÖBB’s social partners were able to reach an agreement on a 2.4% increase between July 1, 2011 and June 30...
24 June 2011
Portugal: new conservative government gets two super ministries to combat the crisis
Technical skills. The government chose two academics known for their technical skills and their experience of financial institutions and European cases.
23 June 2011
Norway: new banking agreement avoids strike
Grounds for the strike notice. Considering that employers didn’t really want to negotiate, Finansforbundet issued a strike notice starting on June 7th. With about 38,000 members, the union was...
23 June 2011
EU: interview of Bart Samyn, deputy general secretary of the European Metalworkers’ Federation, about the future industry federation
Bart Samyn. First, I should say that we made a big decision – going on with the merger, but that doesn’t mean that the merger is through. We still need to solve the last elements. Regarding the...
22 June 2011
Netherlands: Abvakabo union joins FNV and Allies in the struggle against the pension reform
000 members, joined the FNV and Allies in protesting the pension reform. This bill was subject to extensive negotiations in 2008 and 2009 but unions disagree on two major points:the financial risk...
22 June 2011
ST Ericsson: establishment of an EWC
Maintaining the link with the parent companies. Union organizations were not highly enthusiastic about the establishment of this new European structure, Requested by the management. Indeed, STE...
22 June 2011
Spain: Court cancels minimum services established by the Region of Madrid for the last subway strike
e of Madrid a posteriori cancelled the minimum services imposed for the last subway strike in the capital on June 29-30, 2010. The same chamber also invalidated the minimum services demanded on...
21 June 2011
Italy: unitary agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement in craft metal businesses
After 16 hours of nonstop negotiations, the
different units of the different employers’ organizations in craftsmanship and
SMEs (Confartigianato,
CNA, Casartigiani and CLAI) and the Fim-Cisl...
21 June 2011
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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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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026