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Great Britain: TUC Congress threatens government to strike
The annual congress of the TUC (over 6 million members) was held between September 13th and September 16th in Manchester. First interunion meeting since the Labor Party left the government, the...
20 September 2010
Germany: DGB union federation calls on government to stop retirement at 67
Low activity rate for seniors. The figure battle between those who follow and those who reject retirement at 67, to be enforced in 2029, is already in full swing in Germany. Barely ten days...
20 September 2010
Germany: Transnet and GDBA unions present private rail companies with an ultimatum
Negotiations are erratically complicated. Bargaining for collective agreements in the German rail sector, mostly for passenger transport, is still as complicated as ever. On the one hand, the two...
16 September 2010
Italy: Tuscany and the National Institution for Insurance against Accidents at Work sign a gender-based security agreement
“Security procedures on the workplace have never taken account of the differences between men and women, and that’s what we want to do” said Daniela Scaramuccia, Tuscany’s regional health advisor...
15 September 2010
Estonia: employers present manifesto for the next four years
In its document, the federation proposes several measures to improve competitiveness, including to:
15 September 2010
Russia: focus on the remuneration system and its “complicated” structure
Envelopes and non-payment. In spite of the law that guarantees wage payment, payment arrears are always important (over 3 million rubles according to the last Rosstat report in September, nearly...
15 September 2010
Finland: Akava unions asks the government to bring paternity leave up to six months
Most parental leaves are taken by women. According to the Finnish social security (Kela), mothers take, in average, nineteen months after their first child is born. On the other hand, 90% of men...
15 September 2010
Great Britain: “union busting” is silently growing
Recently, Cranberry Foods, a leading turkey processing factory which is based in Derby, has become the latest company to be exposed as using the services of The Burke Group (TBG), a notorious...
15 September 2010
Italy: Poste Italiane converts mailmen and revolutionizes mail delivery
Poste Italiane didn’t have a choice anymore: faced with two challenges – the liberalization of the European postal market on January 1st and the decline in mail because of the e-boom, further...
15 September 2010
Germany: employees retire later and later
Difference between men and women. Commissioned by the Department for Family Affairs, the “Deutscher Alterssurvey” study analyzes the living conditions of people aged 40-85 and living in Germany. ...
15 September 2010
Italy: Cisl and Uil unions launch joint program for the tax reform and leave the CGIL aside
Yesterday, the Cisl and Uil presented to the press their joint platform for the tax reform, which will be ratified tomorrow in Rome by the two unions’ managements together. To support it, they...
14 September 2010
France: Continental employees agree to the management’s savings plan despite pressure from their European colleagues
Saving. On Monday, September 13th, Continental Automotive workers in Toulouse approved, in a referendum, the 8% savings plan proposed by the management in exchange for a minimum 5-year employment...
14 September 2010
Portugal: workers needed in health, renewable energy and new technologies
Expanding sectors. Health, social and renewable energies have the wind in their sails in Portugal. These sectors are maintaining their recruitment level, or even creating jobs, in a labor market...
14 September 2010
Europe: scheduled union mobilizations
September 15th, Belgium. All Belgian unions will march for pensions on September 15th. Talks on the pension reform started in early 2010 and were paused when the government collapsed after the...
14 September 2010
Brazil: 155,000 metalworkers in the Sao Paulo region get an amazing 9% wage increase
During a meeting organized on Saturday, September 4th, Sao Paulo metalworkers unanimously approved the 9% wage increase signed by the Central Workers’ Union (CUT, Central Unica dos Trabalhadores)...
14 September 2010
Latvia: the Free Trade Union Confederation goes around key political forces to sign agreements before the upcoming election
Focus on taxes in the agreement with the nationalists. In the memorandum of understanding signed between LBAS and VL-TB/LNNK (made up of the two nationalist parties, “Visu Latvijai” and “Tēvzemei...
13 September 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