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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
Freundenberg Group: the EWC wants to become a driving force in social policy with its “health map making” plan
An international family business, the German company Freundenberg employs 33.000 people, 22.000 of them in Europe. In 1996, a European works council was established. Last year, it decided to...
8 April 2008
Schaeffler Group: the German equipment manufacturer gets an EWC
In October 2007, Schaeffler Group – 66.000 employees throughout the world – finally reached an agreement with its EU staff representatives to create a European works council. The new body will...
7 April 2008
Mexico: striking miners require more safety
Three large strikes have been disturbing Mexican mines for eight months. In addition to wage claims, miners are pleading for an enhancement of safety conditions, two years after the accident which...
7 April 2008
Germany: the IG Metall questions the Confederation of German Unions (DGB)
During an internal speech, Bertold Huber, IG Metall chair, launched an unprecedented attack against the stasis of the DGB which, "if it doesn't develop a concept for the future", will be...
4 April 2008
Thomas Cook: agreement for the establishment of a EWC
The management of the Thomas Cook Company (33.000 employees) and the special negotiating body created to negotiate for a European works council came to an agreement on March 6. The negotiation...
2 April 2008
Bouygues: creation of a new EWC
After the dispute which led to canceling the anticipation agreement of the European dialogue body of the French group Bouygues, the management and the special negotiating body adopted, on February...
2 April 2008
Italy: the Cgil analyzes characteristics and trends of second-level collective bargaining
During the national congress dedicated to the "evaluation and prospects of second-level bargaining", which took place on March 18 at the Cgil's headquarters in Rome, the Cgil's Observatory for...
2 April 2008
Slovakia: law for the extension of collective agreements adopted
The draft amendment for the law concerning collective bargaining was adopted by the Slovakian National Assembly. It meets the needs to extend collective agreements according to fairer criteria...
1 April 2008
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29 January 2026
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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