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Italy: unions to mobilize after Telecom Italia announced 5.000 job cuts
The three single trade unions of the sector already called in the National Telecom Coordinating unit as well as the structures concerned, for a meeting on June 10. They are already mobilizing all...
5 June 2008
Austria: chemistry social partners agree on a 3.9% wage increase
The conference with the chairmen of the works councils of the Austrian chemical industry, which took place in Vienna on June 3, agreed to the wage agreement which union and employers' negotiators...
4 June 2008
Arcelor-Mittal: global agreement on health and safety at work
The steel group Arcelor-Mittal (310.000 employees) and three union organizations – the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the American...
4 June 2008
Italy: union and renewal praised at the end of the Cgil national organization conference
The Cgil's national organization conference, which was held from May 29 to May 31, ended with the approval, by a large majority, of the two documents – one political, the other organizational –...
3 June 2008
Spain: union concerns about the public postal sector
The Comisiones obreras union is sounding the alarm about the risk the public postal company Correos is running faced with the government's inertia. According to the CCOO, whereas all EU countries...
3 June 2008
Croatia: Government sends minimum wage bill to parliament
As of July 1, the minimum wage will go up from the current gross HRK 2,441 (€336.789) to about 2,747 (€379.008), the Croatian government said at a session on Thursday May 15, sending a bill on the...
28 May 2008
Germany : the ver.di union drafts a new complaint against the rival union GNBZ
This complaint marks a further step in the conflict opposing the ver. di union and Deutsche Post on the one hand and GNBZ and the main rival postal firms, TNT and PIN, on the other hand. Since...
28 May 2008
Italy: Confindustria’s answer to unions’ draft reform of the conventional system
During her investiture speech on May 22, Emma Marcegaglia, the new leader of the Confindustria, gave a first response to the guidelines adopted by the three union federations on the reform of the...
28 May 2008
Thales : renewal of agreement on European Works Council
The EWC of Thales, world leader of information systems in aeronautics, space, defense and safety, is composed of 35 members (17 French, 5 British, 3 Germans and 2 members respectively for Spain...
28 May 2008
EDF : launch of the renegotiation on the corporate social responsibility of the group
The committee for dialogue on corporate social responsibility of the EDF group held its third annual meeting since the signing of the agreement in May 2005 in Paris. This body is composed of the...
28 May 2008
Rio Tinto-Alcan: staff representatives turn to European institutions
The battle led by Rio Tinto-Alcan's employees to keep their centers of excellence in Europe is not over. Even though Alcan's staff representatives met with the European Commission, they are mainly...
27 May 2008
Arcelor-Mittal: international draft agreement on health and safety at work under way
The steel group Arcelor-Mittal and three union organizations – the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the American union USW, came to an...
26 May 2008
Portugal: the future of collective agreements at the center of the debate on the reform of the Labor Code
The talks between the social partners on the reform of Labor Law (see our article No. 080331) are stumbling against issues concerning the modification of rules' hierarchy and on the termination of...
26 May 2008
Italy: beginning of tax exemption for extra hours
On May 21, the Council of Ministers kicked off tax exemption for extra hours and productivity bonuses. The day before, during the first consultation meeting with the social partners, the...
26 May 2008
Belgium: the Christian union confederation CSC wins social elections
The Federal Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Consultation published, on May 22, 2008, the partial results (89%) of the social elections held between May 5 and May 18 allowing employees to...
23 May 2008
Sanofi-Aventis: the EMCEF still rejects the agreement on the European negotiation body
After refusing to sign the draft agreement creating a European negotiation body in the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis (see our dispatch No. 080067), the European trade union federation...
22 May 2008
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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
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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