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Germany: dispute on seniors’ part-time in the metal sector
The metalworkers' union IG Metall, which is fighting to keep the law on seniors' part time (Altersteilzeit), which is supposed to expire at the end of 2009, chose the tough way. Between March 10...
13 March 2008
Gaz de France: EWC says no to merger with Suez and takes cognizance of the social guaranties presented by the management
After the EWC meeting on March 11, 2008, the members adopted a negative opinion on the merger between GDF and Suez. The document, rounded up on March 12, presents economic arguments against this...
13 March 2008
Germany: a ruling which revives controversy on industry-wide minimum wage
Since Berlin's Administrative Court declared, on March 7, that the new minimum wage which came into effect on January 1, 2008 in postal services was "illegal", the controversy on this topic...
12 March 2008
Germany: wage agreement in the textile and clothing industry
After sixteen hours of negotiation, the metalworkers union IG Metall and the employers' organization of western Germany's textile and clothing industry signed, on March 11, 2008, a wage agreement...
12 March 2008
Germany: Deutsche Bahn and train drivers’ union GDL put a final stop to their conflict
We thought it would never happen. After eleven months of tough negotiations, punctuated with a series of strikes, the Deutsche Bahn and the train drivers' union GDL announced, on March 9, 2008...
10 March 2008
Italy: a study on Italian metalworkers’ working conditions
Almost 100.000 workers and employees from the metallurgy sector took part in the national study ordered by the Fiom. The results, recently published, show a "deep malaise" among Italian...
6 March 2008
Netherlands: study on minimum wage and the liberalization of the postal market
The Dutch government set a new date for the liberalization of the postal market : July 1, 2008, that is a seven-month postponement compared to the original date. It should receive, in March, a...
6 March 2008
Germany: the train drivers’ union (GDL) announced unlimited strike from March 10, 2008 on
The longest conflict in the history of German rail, supposed to be over, started up again with even greater intensity. In the aftermath of the flop of the negotiations between the Deutsche Bahn...
5 March 2008
DP World: agreement to establish a EWC in the subsidiary of the shipping company Dubai Ports World
When the shipping company Dubai Ports World (DPW) bought the British shipping company P&O in 2006, an EWC was established for the European employees of the European subsidiary Port and Freezone...
4 March 2008
Netherlands: towards clearer pay slips
The Dutch government announced, on March 3, 2008, a new bill aiming at unifying the wage concept. There are six different definitions of this notion in the current legislation. However, the main...
4 March 2008
Italy: social partners in the craft industry of the metal sector signed the agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement
Social partners signed, on February 27, the agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement, which ended in June 2000 for the regulation part and in December 2004 for the economic...
3 March 2008
Germany: unions accuse the Deutsche Post of avoiding minimum wage
In a pilot-project, from March 1, the Deutsche Post AG wants paper careers to deliver non-addressed advertisement instead of its own mailmen. The Ver.di and DPVKOM unions are furious and accuse...
3 March 2008
Italy: metalworkers approve their national collective agreement
75.13% voted "yes". This is the result of the referendum organized the Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil and Uilm-Uil unions on the draft agreement for the renewal of the metal sector's national agreement...
3 March 2008
International: merger of UK transport union (RMT) and offshore union (OILC)
Members from the British union of Rail and Maritime Transport Workers (RMT) and those of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) voted, on February 14, in favor of a merger of the two...
28 February 2008
Italy: €12m allocated to occupational safety trainings
Fondimpresa, the equal interprofessional training fund organized by the employers' confederation Confindustria and the three union confederations (Cgil, Cisl and Uil) allocated €12 million to pay...
27 February 2008
Great Britain: government and unions trying to compromise on agency workers
On February 25, the government met with unions to try and find a compromise on agency workers. Gordon Brown is stuck between unions and the Labor party, who pressure him and growingly support...
26 February 2008
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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