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EDF: EWC mobilizes for EDF Polska’s employees
The “Trèfle” project affecting the EDF Polska subsidiary provides, in the long run, for the merger of the different entities making up this company. It should lead to over 300 job cuts and the...
4 November 2009
Austria: metalworking negotiations stuck on flexible working time
Flexibility in exchange for wage increase. “Anything’s possible, because the situation hadn’t been that stuck in a long time” declared Hermann Haslauer, negotiator for employers, the day after the...
4 November 2009
Germany: Transnet and GDBA to merge to create a new rail union
Two unions, two sizes. The two unions, which have been working together since 2005, want to merge to better deal with the “drastic changes” which shook up the transport sector, the possible...
3 November 2009
Belgium: rail strike on Thursday, November 5 to protest against B-Cargo’s restructuring plan
No train will go from Paris to Amsterdam on November, Thalys already announced. Belgian railroaders are opposed to the restructuring at B-Cargo, the cargo unit of the National Railway Company of...
3 November 2009
Spain: agreement on the new sectoral collective agreement for Pontevedra’s metalworkers
On November 2, the Asime, Atra and Feca employers’ organizations and the two majority unions, UGT and CCOO (Workers’ Commissions), ratified the agreement, but the CIG nationalist Galician union...
3 November 2009
Lithuania: national agreement strengthens cooperation with the social partners
In spite of the revolt of independent organizations and unions in the public sector (teachers’ unions, medical professions, police unions, see our dispatch No. 090956), the Confederation of...
3 November 2009
United States: Ford employees reject the compromise reached between the management and the UAW
Rejecting the compromise accepted by the United Auto Workers (UAW). Ford’s American employees refused the new wage concessions demanded by the management and agreed to by the UAW (see our dispatch...
3 November 2009
Germany: end of wage conflict between Deutsche Post and Ver.di
No outsourcing in the Mail unit until the end of 2011. At first glance, it looks as if Ver.di won from top to bottom. Thus, the management of the German post failed to impose a working time...
2 November 2009
Alcatel-Lucent: EWC develops strategy to defend employment in the group and the European telecom industry
Planet Labor, November 2, 2009, No. 090997 – www.planetlabor.com
2 November 2009
International: American unions to the rescue of Molex’s French employees
Intervention at the shareholders’ GA. The two French Molex employees who wanted to speak at the general assembly of the American parent company, in Lisle, IL, on October 30, were turned back. This...
2 November 2009
ArcelorMittal: European framework agreement on social dialog and anticipating change
We were the first to tell you about this negotiation (for the draft agreement and bargaining, see our dispatches No. 090718 and 090967). Concluded after five talk sessions with representatives...
2 November 2009
Italy: beginning of negotiations for the renewal of the CCN in energy and oil
On October 21, Confindustria Energia and the Femca Cisl, Filcem CGIL and Uilcem Uil unions presented their respective claims for the renewal of the national collective agreement in the energy and...
30 October 2009
Great Britain: second wave of strikes in the post after Royal Mail and unions talks failed
Failed talks. The three days of bargaining didn’t please Royal Mail’s unions. The company accused the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) of “walking away” as peace talks were making significant...
29 October 2009
Germany: Verdi, IG Metall and IG BCE present conflicting wage claims for 2010
The IG-Metall mostly wants to maintain jobs. “The automotive industry, machine-tool manufacturers and their suppliers are battling with unprecedented drops in orders. The key priority is to...
29 October 2009
Italy: new Cisl federation for agency, independent or atypical workers
Organize the universe of independent and atypical labor. The Cisl jointed its two federations, the Alai (atypical workers) and the Clacs (independent workers) into a singled federation, the Felsa...
28 October 2009
Germany: BMW couples senior executives and workers’ wage increases
Herald Kruger, director of personnel at BMW, announced the news in an interview to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on October 24, 2009. The carmaker, which never drew attention with...
28 October 2009
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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: 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