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Italy: Maserati’s new company agreement is signed
For a duration of four years (2007-2010), the new company contract plans the increase of the results bonus, an improvement in apprenticeship contracts as well as the establishment of new...
24 September 2007
Renault: the group works council will be informed of Renault-Nissan’s new Moroccan factory
Nissan and Renault's CEO, Carlos Ghosn, announced on September 1, 2007, that he wanted to build a new "low-cost" factory in Morocco in Tangier's free trade zone by the second semester of 2010. The...
24 September 2007
Volkswagen-Porsche EC: Volkswagen’s central WC is trying to block the creation of the Porsche Holding EC through a summary proceeding
War broke out between VW's central WC and the Porsche group's management. On September 17, 2007, the WC lodged a complaint to the Stuttgart labour court against the agreement on staff...
24 September 2007
France: tight schedule for President Sarkozy’s vast social reforms program
On September 18, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the inventory of the social reforms the government will start working on with social partners. The reform of special pension schemes...
21 September 2007
Germany: 238.000 temporary workers got a 7.6% wage increase
The Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and the "grouping for temporary companies' collective interest" (IGZ) signed, on September 19, 2007, a wage agreement planning a 7.6% wage increase...
20 September 2007
Germany: painful birth of the universal minimum wage in postal services
After long discussions, the German Council of Ministers (Bundeskabinett) finally decided to extend the law on "posted workers" to postal services. Gradually, this amendment should make mandatory...
20 September 2007
Arcelor-Mittal: extension of the world framework agreement, creation of an international works council and adoption of a joint health-security program
Trade union representatives of the Arcelor-Mittal group, brought together by the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) during a world conference organized in Montréal (Canada) on September...
20 September 2007
Spain: Catalan rail workers gave a strike notice to protest against the transfer of the suburban train networks management towards the region
Catalan railway workers' trade unions issued a six-day strike notice to protest against the way the transfer of the suburban train networks management from the State to the region is negotiated...
20 September 2007
Italy: the national collective agreement for managers in the transport sector is renewed
CONFETRA (general Italian Confederation for Transportation and Logistics) and MANAGERITALIA (national federation of managers, executives and trade, transportation, tourism, services and the...
18 September 2007
Germany: electricians acquired minimum wage
The IG Metall trade union, the central union of electric industries and of communication skills (ZVEH) and the federal Minister of Employment signed an agreement on the creation of a minimum wage...
18 September 2007
Great Britain: arm wrestling between unions and employers about national and European legislation on temp work
The annual TUC congress gave rise to an discussion between employers and trade unions about the legislation on equal treatment between temporary and permanent workers. The European draft directive...
18 September 2007
Hager Group EC: 27 countries will be represented in the European Company’s future works council
Since June 15, the German group Hager, specialized in electric installation equipment, is recorded in the Saarbrück trade register with the status EC. On September 18, 2007, staff representatives...
17 September 2007
Belgium: social partners reached an agreement on the 2008 social elections
After long months of secret negotiation, social partners reached an agreement on September 14, 2007, enabling the 2008 social elections to be successful. In addition, they committed to find a...
17 September 2007
France: a law about the prevention of social conflicts and on service organization in the event of a strike in public transportation
Very criticized by trade unions, a law about the prevention of conflicts and the organization of the service in the event of a strike in the public service of daily ground transportation of people...
14 September 2007
GDF: EWC and management agreed to restart the information and consultation procedure on the merger with Suez from the beginning
New file, new device for information and consultation. Gathered in an extraordinary session on Wednesday September 12, Gaz de France's European Works Council obtained from the management that it...
13 September 2007
Italy: the FIOM’s central committee rejected the agreement on the social pact signed last July
The central committee of the metalworkers' trade union FIOM eventually rejected the agreement on the social pact, signed on July 23 by three trade unions (see our article n°070660). For a lot of...
13 September 2007
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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