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United States: Volkswagen employee representatives and the United Auto Workers union unite to facilitate organizing in the Chattanooga plant
King’s task in organizing in Tennessee will be made easier by a “Declaration on Social Rights and Industrial Relationships at Volkswagen” signed by the company, the International Metalworkers...
27 July 2011
Germany: new Eldorado for qualified jobseekers from southern Europe?
“There’s a lot of potential in Spain where thousands of engineers and IT specialists are unemployed” declared Monika Varnhagen, leader of the International Placement Services (Zentralen Arbeits-...
27 July 2011
Germany: unemployment decreases while precariousness increases
The number of fixed-term contracts increased by 4.6%, but temporary work is booming: +32.5%. Last year, temporary work accounted for over 50% of salaried recruitments and affected 742,000 workers...
25 July 2011
Great Britain: by reforming public sector pensions on a scheme-by-scheme basis, the government could avoid a widespread social conflict
This means that rather than meeting all the unions together, only the relevant unions will have a place at the bargaining table when future talks over individual schemes – like the Local...
22 July 2011
Germany: 5.2% increase for insurance employees
After several waves of strikes (see our dispatch No. 110415), the Verdi services’ union and the employers’ federation of German insurance companies (AGV) have reached an agreement, early in the...
22 July 2011
Italy: unitary agreement for the renewal of the collective agreement of Indesit Spa Group
After 18 hours negotiating, on July 19th, Indesit SpA and the National Coordination of Indesit Group unions – Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL and Uilm-Uil – signed a unitary agreement for the renewal of the...
22 July 2011
Italy: Court of Turin confirms the validity of the separate agreements of Pomigliano d’Arco but recognizes Fiat’s antiunion behavior towards the Fiom
“What’s important is that Fiat was condemned for antiunion behavior” Maurizio Landini, Fiom leader, pointed out when commenting the verdict rendered on July 16th by labor court of Turin, by Judge...
19 July 2011
Poland: social partners failed to agree on minimum wage for 2012
“Unacceptable decision” for unions. At the last plenary meeting of the tripartite committee (unions-employers-government), the trade unions vividly reacted to the government’s proposal to bring...
18 July 2011
EADS: new European agreement on success-sharing
Now that it has a framework for the negotiation of transnational agreements (see our dispatch No. 100677), EADS has renegotiated its success-sharing agreement, which dated back to 2009. The new...
13 July 2011
Italy: banking social partners agree on reforming the sector’s solidarity fund
“A historical victory for the entire union movement since it avoided early or compulsory retirement for 30,000 Italian workers at a time of severe economic and social crisis.” This is how the...
12 July 2011
Italy: temporary social partners launch sectoral pension funds
“At European level, there has been no similar experience in the sector. Therefore, Italy can pride itself in being the first, building a system capable of protecting agency workers throughout...
11 July 2011
Romania: harsh restructurings and privatizations in the offing for State companies
Numerous cuts. The Romanian government is preparing a major wave of restructurings within State companies with financial difficulties: this summer alone, nearly 7,000 jobs should be cut in energy...
11 July 2011
Germany: growth is starting to show in wage increases negotiated in 2011
Moderate but durable increases. According to the latest quarterly monitor of wage negotiated within the framework of sectoral collective agreements of the Hans Böckler foundation, collective...
11 July 2011
Spain: unions and Telefónica management agree on 6,500 job cuts over 3 years
Unions agreed to the 3-year employment reduction program (ERE) affecting up to 6,500 employees. The company accepted to improve its initial offer and will pay employees who leave 68% of their...
8 July 2011
Germany: Federal Government decides to work on the introduction of minimum wage in call centers
Gross hourly pay between €5.77 and €6.50, tough rhythms, overtime not counted, less than 20 days off a year, permanent shifting between the company’s different services or absence of training…. ...
6 July 2011
Italy: leather social partners sign unitary agreement renewing the sectoral national collective agreement
Pointing out that union relations in the sectors have “always been rather complicated and ambivalent,” the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions rejoiced with the signature, on June 28th...
6 July 2011
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
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...
8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
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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