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Italy: Fiat signs new derogatory agreement for Mirafiori plant
The “newco” which will take over Mirafiori’s bodywork plant will be, as anticipated (see our dispatch No. 100895) subject to a new collective contract derogating from the national legislative and...
3 January 2011
Poland: 5.24% minimum wage increase on January 1, 2011
This 5.24% minimum wage increase should affect a few thousand workers. These are mostly low-skilled or disabled workers. PLN 1,386 gross (about €347) amount to approximately PLN 1,000 after tax...
3 January 2011
Sweden: new sectoral agreement in communications provides for 2.9% wage increase
A central agreement that fits with market reality. Several unions, SEKO (workers’ unions in, notably, the energy, postal, telecommunications, traffic, road and transportation sectors), ST (union...
23 December 2010
Estonia: unions demand minimum wage increase and social budgets
Too much flexibility, not enough security. The Estonian Trade Union Confederation (EAKL) has recently been drawing attention to several problems. In October, it published a study named...
23 December 2010
Portugal: minimum wage will increase to EUR500 in 2011, but gradually
Gradual increase. Minimum wage in Portugal is going to increase by €10 a month on January 1, 2011, for a total of €485 a month (+5.3% with inflation at 2.2%). Then, it will be increased again in...
22 December 2010
Germany: retail trade prepares for the introduction of minimum wage in the first 2011 quarter
Around €8 an hour. Minimum wage in retail trade? No one was expecting this, even though the social partners have been talking about it since 2008. Josef Sanktjohanser, leader of HDE, confirmed...
22 December 2010
Spain: Catalonian Juan Rosell elected as the new President of the CEOE employers’ organization
Catalonian entrepreneur Juan Rosell was elected with 444 votes in favor (i.e. 62.5% of voters) as opposed to 247 for Santiago Herrero, the other candidate for the Presidency of the CEOE employers’...
21 December 2010
Great Britain: growing “cut price action”
More and more “cut price action.” Of the 4,336 ballots organised in the last five years for industrial action, in 87% of cases workers have answered the strike question in the affirmative, and the...
20 December 2010
Portugal: government wants to limit layoff pay and facilitate negotiation at company level
Limiting layoff pay. At this stage, the government hasn’t defined the limit and sent the case back for social dialogue. However, layoff pay can only be limited for labor contracts signed after...
16 December 2010
Italy: new Fiat-Chrysler joint venture will remain outside the Italian industrial relations system
After Fiat left the negotiating table on the future of Mirafiori (see our dispatch No. 100861), Sergio Marchionne, Fiat’s managing director, agreed, on Friday, December 10th, in New York, with...
16 December 2010
Greece: latest mobilization episode shows people are still angry
Demonstrations were equally massive (the largest gathering since May 5th) in Athens and Thessalonica, the second largest city in the country. All unions, private and public alike, took part in...
16 December 2010
Germany: the Union of Christian Unions in the temporary sector isn’t authorized to sign collective agreements, Federal Labor Court rules
Victory for Verdi and the Land of Berlin. For the Union of Temporary Christian Unions (Tarifgemeinschaft Christlicher Gewerkschaften für Zeitarbeit und Personalserviceagenturen - CGZP), which...
15 December 2010
Italy: Telecom Italia launches its “school of labor relations”
“With this initiative, Telecom Italia keeps building a system marked by dialogue between the partners, the only one that can generate value for the entire society” declared Telecom Italia’s...
15 December 2010
EU: European unions in the streets, Wednesday, December 15th
Unions are protesting against the austerity measures that impact wages and question the Welfare State in some European countries. They notably blame the EU for determining aid to drastic wage...
14 December 2010
Veolia Environnement: rider to EWC agreement introduces flexible exchange of views
Build from the 2005 agreement. The initial agreement, which dates back to October 10, 2005, already contained innovative provisions. It stated,“The vocation of the Veolia Environnement European...
13 December 2010
Italy: Indesit management and unions agree on national restructuring program
Indesit Company employees in Brembate (Bergamo) and Refrontolo (Treviso) are currently voting on the agreement signed on the night of December 7th between the Ministry of Economic Development, the...
13 December 2010
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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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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
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026