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Australia: Uber joins forces with Transport Workers Union in push for better working conditions in gig economy
US ride hailing giant Uber and the Transport Workers Union of Australia have penned an historic agreement in which they jointly call for the creation of an independent body tasked with setting...
1 July 2022
Germany: steel industry agrees 6.5% salary increase
On 15 June, Germany’s steel industry social partners signed a new collective agreement spanning 18 months until 30 November 2023, and covering employees working in North Rhine-Westphalia...
16 June 2022
France: Stellantis drawing on its female employees to promote female professional participation
On 01 June, the Stellantis automotive group (a result of the 2021 PSA-FCA merger) announced it had renewed its agreement on advancing female employment and gender professional equality. Signed...
7 June 2022
France: Legrand providing up to three telework days per week to older workers, caregiver workers & workers with disabilities
French industrial group Legrand (5,000 employees in France), which is global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures signed a telework agreement that came into force in April...
17 May 2022
United Arab Emirates: food delivery workers step up strike action to secure better pay
Food delivery workers in the United Arab Emirates have gone on strike for the second time since the start of the month. On Tuesday 10 May, delivery workers on motorised vehicles working for...
16 May 2022
United Kingdom: Deliveroo and GMB union strike unprecedented deal
Online food delivery group Deliveroo and the British trade union GMB have announced the signing of a "Voluntary Partnership Agreement". The agreement signed on 12 May will, for the first time...
13 May 2022
Portugal: social partners come together to conclude decent work agenda
Ana Mendes, Portugal’s Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, met with representatives of the employers’ and trade union confederations on 11 May, at the Standing...
13 May 2022
Austria: high wage increases in the chemical and electrical engineering sectors
The social partners in the chemical (47,000 employees) and electrical engineering (67,000 employees) sectors have negotiated average wage increases of 4.75% and 5%, respectively, over one year...
11 May 2022
France: platform workers called upon for the first time to choose their representatives
Between 09 and 16 May, and under the aegis of the new Agency for Social Relations of Employment Platforms (ARPE), 120,000 digital platform workers are being invited to elect their own...
10 May 2022
Orpea: CGT and CFDT unions demand cancellation of global agreement on ethical employment and union rights
The CGT and CFDT, respectively the second and third largest representative unions at Orpea in France, are asking UNI global union to reverse the global agreement signed in April with the nursing...
9 May 2022
Germany: Yasmin Fahimi becomes first woman to lead German Trade Union Confederation
On Monday morning, Yasmin Fahimi was elected president of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB – Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund), after receiving 93.23% of votes at the annual congress of...
9 May 2022
France: Legrand adds LGBT+ inclusion and fight against gender violence to its workplace equality policy
Legrand, the French electrical products and systems specialist, signed a new agreement on workplace equality on 22 February. The agreement, signed by all trade unions at the group (CFDT, CFE-CGC...
6 May 2022
U.S.: unionization at Amazon warehouses stalled
On 02 May, the newly formed Amazon Labor Union (ALU) failed in its campaign to unionise the e-commerce giant's LDJ5 warehouse on Staten Island, New York. With a 61% turnout, 62% of the voters...
4 May 2022
France: Sanofi signs an agreement to promote retraining for those currently working in ‘sensitive’ ill-fated jobs
On 28 February 2022, the French pharmaceutical group together with three trade unions, namely the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CFTC (excluding the CGT) signed an employment and careers management agreement...
2 May 2022
Germany: on course for higher salaries
Several signs suggest that Germany could be starting on a course for rising salary levels. With domestic inflation now at the high end of the Eurozone average, (7.4% April, 7.3% March) wage...
2 May 2022
France: trade unions preparing a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine
The humanitarian convoy may arrive by mid or late May, “at best”. Thus announced eight French trade union bodies (CFDT, CGE-CGC, CFTC, CGT, FO, FSU, Sud-Solidaires, and UNSA) during a...
20 April 2022
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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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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: 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
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026