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Portugal: tough negotiations at VW Autoeuropa in Lisbon on the six-day week
Negotiations on the introduction of more working time flexibility to maintain employment at Autoeuropa's factory around Lisbon resumed, on June 2, after a break at the end of May. The social...
5 June 2009
Finland: unions divided on the introduction of minimum wage
Debate is open. Mikko Mäenpää, leader of the STTK confederation (white collars), which mostly represents executives in the public and in the private sector, said that Mr. Lyly’s proposition is a...
5 June 2009
Italy: suppliers’ solidarity strike stopped production at Fiat’s Melfi factory
Termination of agency workers’ contracts. The conflict broke out when Magneti Marelli (Fiat) announced that it wouldn’t renew almost 70 temporary contracts which came to an end on May 31 in two...
4 June 2009
Belgium: first demonstration outside negotiations of the auxiliary joint employees committee
h-speaking federations of the Christian trade union, the CNE and the LBC-NVK, protest against the ongoing talks within the joint committee 218, a collective bargaining structure gathering all...
3 June 2009
International: 32nd IMF Congress recognizes a role to southern organizations
On May 2528, the representatives of 200 organizations from around 100 countries met in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the 32nd Congress of the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF). In addition to...
3 June 2009
E.ON Energy Trading: German company becomes a SE
This is a first in the German energy sector. E.ON Energy Trading, a subsidiary of the German energy giant E.ON, is the first German company to turn into a European Company (SE). After signing, on...
2 June 2009
Sweden: Scania signs company agreement cutting working time and wages
the heavyweight and bus manufacturer Scania announced the conclusion of a collective agreement establishing the four-day week and a 10% wage cut for six months. The two largest union organizations...
2 June 2009
Enel: Italian energy group publishes CSR agreement
Singed on April 27 by the group's management, the Filcem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, Uilcem Italian unions (see our dispatch No. 090504), Enel's Corporate Social Responsibility Protocol is mostly based on...
1 June 2009
Great Britain: because of the crisis and decreasing ranks, unions lay off
The recession doesn't affect businesses only. Unite, one of the largest trade unions in the UK, announced a 20% budget cut. Therefore, layoffs are planned, like at the Public and Commercial...
29 May 2009
General Motors: carmaker reaches agreement with the UAW but EU Member States are divided on the fate of GM Europe
Agreement between management and UAW. Once more, General Motors obtained compromises from the United Auto Workers. After agreeing, in March, to bring the wage costs of the carmakers’ workers in...
29 May 2009
Germany: after the agreement with the IG Metall, Schaeffler guarantees employment until mid-2010
agreement signed with the IG Metall in February, the car part manufacturer announced, in early may, that it wanted to part with 4,500 of its German employees. Those employees started breathing...
28 May 2009
Netherlands: wage limits in hospitals
Planet Labor, May 29, 2009, No. 090586 – www.planetlabor.com
27 May 2009
Italy: the national assembly of the Basic Unitary Confederation (Cub) allows the transformation of the union
Seventeen years after its foundation, the Cub, the largest independent union in Italy (over 706,000 members) started its metamorphosis. The 400 delegates of the National Assembly, held in Riccone...
26 May 2009
Germany: chemistry union appoints future chair
Call in favor of industrial SMEs. Hubertus Schmoldt, who is still the chair, used the appointment to criticize, in an unusually strong way, the Federal Government’s support to industrial SMEs as...
26 May 2009
Spain: new Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jose Manuel Campa in favor of labor law reform
Planet Labor, May 27, 2009, No. 090568 – www.planetlabor.com
26 May 2009
Germany: 4.6% wage increase in construction
Planet Labor, May 26, 2009, No. 090566 – www.planetlabor.com
26 May 2009
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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