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International: creation of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas
Born from the merger of the continent's two largest transnational workers' organization, northern, central and southern American unions unite into a single confederation. This new Pan-American...
16 April 2008
Italy: the labor world’s reaction to Silvio Berlusconi’s historic victory
For the first time in Italian history, there will be no-one from a left-wing party in Parliament. For the third time, Silvio Berlusconi won a majority in Parliament. Confindustria's outgoing...
15 April 2008
Credit Agricole: interview with Marie-Christine Dumonal, group HR Director and Bernard Philippe, DDG in charge of HR at the FNCA
The management of the group Credit Agricole and the special negotiating body signed, on January 30, 2008, an agreement for the establishment of a European works council (see our article No...
15 April 2008
Spain: the metal and textile-chemistry federations of CCOO start the last lap before the merger
The federal councils of the two federations announced that the congress which will definitely create the Comisiones obreras industry federation (FI-CCOO) will be held on February 19 and 20, 2009...
14 April 2008
Germany: temp agencies sue the IG Metall for “blackmail”
Since the IG Metall launched, on April 9, 2008, a national campaign in favor of equal treatment between agency and permanent workers, the conflict in the temporary work sector has intensified (see...
14 April 2008
Romania: the EMF points to the conflict which ended at Renault-Dacia
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) set an example of the Renault's Dacia's strike in Romania, to ask for decent pay for all. This support comes whereas the collective conflict, which put...
11 April 2008
Rio Tinto-Alcan: European unions announce a day of action on April 23
European trade union organizations of Rio Tinto-Alcan call employees for a large day of action which will take place on April 23 on every site of the group and before the European Parliament to...
11 April 2008
Crédit Agricole : interview with Pascal Fesquet (CFDT), spokesman of the special negotiations body
At the outset, the positions were fairly far apart and the employees’ representatives were eager to move forward. We started by signing an agreement on the setting up of an ad hoc negotiating...
11 April 2008
Nokia: Finnish unions call for an international framework agreement
Supported by the International Metalworkers' Federation and its European counterpart, several Finnish unions represented in the Nokia group called, on April 9, 2008, the Finnish firm to be the...
10 April 2008
Vietnam: more and more wildcat strikes at foreign companies subcontractors
The temporary shutdown of the Ching Lue Shoes factory - a Vietnamese subcontractor for Nike -after 15.000 employees went on strike, is only the tip of the iceberg. Since 2005, strikes against low...
10 April 2008
Germany: controversy around the new social and environmental standards for the award of public contracts
In order to adapt national law to European Directive 2004/18/EC on the modernization of procedures for the award of public contracts, the Ministry of the Economy presented a bill which proposes to...
10 April 2008
Saint-Gobain: the EWC defends the group’s social model
Saint-Gobain Convention for European Social Dialogue's steering committee Members (the group's EWC), reacted, on April 8, to the agreement, adopted the 20th of March, about the entrance...
10 April 2008
Michelin: amendment to the agreement on the EWC
The amendment, dated December 13, 2007 (see our article No. 080099), was signed on April 2 by the company’s management and the special group mandated by the committee to negotiate and finish the...
10 April 2008
Germany: Ver.di suspects Aldi of financing a “counter-union” and wants to sue
Less than three weeks after lodging a complaint for bribery against the GNBZ (the young trade union of the postal sector's new companies), (see our dispatch No. 80230), the services' union Ver.di...
9 April 2008
Deutsche Telekom: CWA and Ver.di form a single union for the T-Mobile division
The American Communications Workers of America – CWA, 700.000 members – and the German union confederation Ver.di (2.4 million members) announced, on April 3, 2008, the creation of a new union...
9 April 2008
Netherlands: buying power at stake for spring social negotiations
The annual tripartite social meetings which will open on April 23 are going to evaluate the main ongoing reforms and spur new changes. This year, purchasing power is at issue. (Ref. 080282)
9 April 2008
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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...
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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