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Germany: new company agreement on the protection of data at the Deutsche Bahn
Always informing before doing. “Negotiations with the management haven’t been extra smooth. After what happened in recent years, we had to start from scratch” explained a member of the union’s...
1 December 2010
Portugal: CGTP union won’t proceed with the general strike
The National Committee of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP) met, yesterday, November 30th, to determine whether or not to continue the general strike of November 24th (see our...
1 December 2010
Austria: 2.3% wage increase and introduction of minimum wage in trade
After six weeks intensely bargaining, the social partners in Austrian trade, 450,000 employees, finally reached an agreement on Monday, November 29th, on a 2-2.3% wage increase depending on the...
30 November 2010
Greece: winter will be under a strain as well
The memorandum, part 3, addresses the following issues:
30 November 2010
Italy: the “future of young people” at the heart of the CGIL’s big national demonstration on November 27th
For the first time in union history, young people and precarious workers were at the center of a national demonstration. Other first, young people were leading the two processions that went...
29 November 2010
Germany: merger of Transnet and GDBA, the two key rail and transportation unions
Anticipated merger. The merger between Transnet, union that dates back to the end of the 19th century, and GDBA, created in 1948, is no surprise. The first is the key rail union and represents...
29 November 2010
Spain: three candidates for the leadership of the CEOE employers’ organization
An issue of succession rather than a true questioning. Currently listed candidates all come from the CEOE’s innermost circle. They are all on the confederation’s board: Santiago Herrero, leader of...
29 November 2010
Spain: unions and employers prepare the reform of collective bargaining
Prepare the reform. Reforming collective bargaining should help improve relations within businesses, productivity and competitiveness, and encourage employee participation. Representatives of the...
25 November 2010
Great Britain: new Unite leader Len McCluskey wants to launch a campaign in 2011 to save the Welfare State
The day he was officially appointed Unite general secretary (see our dispatch No. 100825), he told the media: ‘[W]orking people are under massive attack now. This government is expecting them to...
25 November 2010
Portugal: unitary general strike of Wednesday November 24th qualified of the “biggest ever”
Numbers. Unions said about 3 million people adhered to the paralysis of Wednesday, November 24th, out of 5.5 million active people. With this number, they declared that the strike was a perfect...
25 November 2010
Germany: BASF grants job security to 33,000 employees until 2015
Social partnership at the heart of modernization. After Siemens, which offered its German employees employment guarantee tacitly renewable, now BASF is giving 5 years of job security (January 1...
25 November 2010
Romania: slight minimum wage increase
After months bargaining, the Romanian government finally increased minimum wage, from RON 600 to 670 (approximately EUR 143 to 160). This is more than the IMF recommended but less than what...
25 November 2010
Italy: unitary agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement in ceramics
After five months bargaining, ceramics unions, who presented three separate platforms, reached a unitary agreement for the renewal of the sector’s CCN, which expired on June 30th. Valid from July...
24 November 2010
Germany: IG-Metall wants to “strike at” the renewable energy sector
Businesses locked on the issue of collective agreements. The warning strikes organized these past few days by the 180 employees of Solibro, subsidiary of Q-Cells, one of the world leaders in the...
24 November 2010
United States: two-tier wage scales gain traction
Harley Davidson. Harley Davidson’s management organized the first round of negotiations. Motorbikes sales, for $35,000 (about €26,000) a piece, slowed down during the recession the market is 40%...
24 November 2010
Italy: Agenquadri general executives’ association renews CGIL affiliation pact
“The union needs project managers and executives, and project managers and executives need the union.” It is with this slogan that the CGIL and Agenquadri, the general association of project...
23 November 2010
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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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31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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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