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Brazil: government and car industry sign pact to protect employment
ed to unfreeze $650 million to stimulate demand for cars and motorcycles. In exchange, car manufacturers will have to maintain the current level of employment in the mid term. Nevertheless...
3 April 2009
Dexia: ongoing negotiations on the implementation of the group’s “transformation plan”
n was announced in January, talks are flying around within Dexia’s EWC and in the countries affected, i.e. France, Luxembourg and Belgium. (Ref. 090365) Staff representatives’...
2 April 2009
Italy: a majority of Piaggio employees approved the company agreement rejected by the Fiom-CGIL
oyees consulted via a referendum on the company agreement signed by the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil but rejected by the Fiom approved the agreement. While underlying that most workers rejected it, the...
2 April 2009
Safran: first plenary meeting for the EWC
ployees) met for the first time on March 25, 2009. It elected bureau members and the council’s secretary. Two days dedicated to training preceded the meeting. The first, in February...
2 April 2009
Great Britain: unions and employers mobilized to save the industry, poorly defended by the government
employers unanimously welcome the campaign launched by Unite. They met to propose an emergency assistance strategy for the industry and its jobs. The government, which made many promises but gave...
2 April 2009
France: framing managers’ pay in businesses helped by the State
10, the managers of businesses which, because of the crisis, were helped by the State or receive public funds will have to give up their stock options and free shares and accept close supervision...
1 April 2009
Belgium: judiciarization of social conflicts at Carrefour
of Mons rendered, on March 25, an ordinance giving satisfaction to Carrefour’s employees, who exercised their right to strike in October 2008. Unions contested the management’s...
1 April 2009
Netherlands: friendly agreement on bonuses in the finance sector
or Minister for Finance, concluded a friendly agreement with bankers, insurers and pension funds on remuneration policy. (Ref. 090360) During this informal meeting, it was agreed that the wages of...
1 April 2009
GfK: analysis of the agreement on the involvement of employees in the European company
studies institute worldwide, the German group GfK (10.000 employees of which 80% are outside German territory), has just converted to a European Company on February 3, 2009. The group came to an...
1 April 2009
MAN SE: analysis of the agreement on the involvement of workers in the future European company
producer of engines for transport and power plant applications MAN (51.000 employees) signed, on February 18, 2009 in Munich, an agreement on the involvement of employees, thus allowing the group...
31 March 2009
Italy: 3.4 million people reject the reform of the conventional reform in a referendum organized by the CGIL
ion workers took part in the consultation organized by the largest Italian union, the CGIL, on the agreement on the reform of the conventional system. The CGIL rejected this agreement but the two...
31 March 2009
Denmark: unions prepare for negotiations on the renewal of collective agreements in the private sector
t out to companies not having signed collective agreements. Better conditions for severance with, inter alia, a longer term of notice. And, especially, employers’ respect of agreements...
30 March 2009
Sweden: the scandal of the AMF pension fund harms the credibility of Wanja Lundby-Wedin, leader of the LO union
andals (high remuneration and bonuses) within the equally funded AMF pension fund when the latter announced reduced yield for pensions paid because of the financial crisis, weakened the...
30 March 2009
Netherlands: wage moderation and retirement at 67
omic recovery package presented on March 25, 2009 by the Dutch government is the increase of old-age pension (AOW) from 65 to 67. Moreover, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation (FNV) accepted...
26 March 2009
Spain: Workers’ Commissions propose a “State Pact for Economy and Employment”
, Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, CCOO’s new general secretary, defended dialogue and understanding between the government, unions and employers’ organizations to face the crisis better...
26 March 2009
Germany: validation of “simple differentiation” clauses negotiated exclusively for union members
009 (Ref. 4AZR 64/08), the Federal Labor Tribunal rejected the complaint of a non-unionized employee demanding to benefit from the advantages exclusively negotiated by Ver.di for employee members...
25 March 2009
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
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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...
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