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Unilever: the EWC is opposed to the cut of 20.000 jobs
The day after the Anglo-Dutch group's CEO, Patrick Cescau, told the press about the suppression of 20.000 jobs mainly located in Europe in five years, the EWC published a declaration in which it...
21 August 2007
Great Britain: investment funds representatives started talks with trade unions
Anxious to start dialogue with the booming private equity sector, trade unions and the association which defends the sector's interest finally sat around the same discussion table. (Ref. 070673)
21 August 2007
Tools: agreements on workers’ involvement in a European Company
We are providing our subscribers with all of our resources. They are generally linked to our dispatches' attached files. However, to make your research easier, we are also publishing "tools...
1 August 2007
Tools: International Framework Agreements (IFA)
We provide our subscribers with all of our resources. Generally, they are linked to our stories' attached files. However, to make your research easier, we are also publishing "tools" dispatches...
1 August 2007
Linde AG: negociation of a new European works council
Following the fusion, realized on September 6, 2006, between the German company Linde and the British company The BOC Group, the new company, The Linde AG (50.000 employees), specialized in gas...
30 July 2007
Fresenius SE : analyze of the agreement on workers’ involvement in the European company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services, transformed into a European company (Societas Europaea-SE) on July 13, 2007 (see our...
30 July 2007
Alcan: the EWC was consulted on the friendly takeover plan of the Rio Tinto group
The Canadian group Alcan's European work's council met in an extraordinary session on July 25, 2007 in Zurich before the group's CEO, Dick Evans, in order to be informed and consulted on the...
26 July 2007
Italy : social partners agreed to the social pact presented by the government
Union organizations and employers guaranteed the "Protocol concerning foreseeing, labour and competitiveness for tenable equity and growth", presented last Monday by the Romano Prodi government...
25 July 2007
Fesenius: the German group changed into a European Company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in supplies and medical and pharmaceutical services, changed into a European Company. After the favourable vote from he shareholders' general...
25 July 2007
WAZ : the German press and media group signed an international framework agreement
The management of the media group WAZ and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) signed, on July 4, 2007, the media sector's first international framework agreement. The parties...
24 July 2007
Poland: Fiat’s management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the site producing the Fiat 500
Following the strike threat formulated the day after the new Fiat model was launched (see our dispatch n° 070614,) the company's management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the Tychy...
23 July 2007
Finland: a fusion plan for six unions is on the way
Six trade union organizations, affiliated to the Danish confederation SAK, should fusion before 2010 into a single organization, with almost 330.000 members. They just agreed on a timetable to...
23 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers’ Federation
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager for the Schneider...
20 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers' Federation, Jean-François...
20 July 2007
Netherlands: a contested bonus leave for Numico’s chair after the takeover by Danone
Dutch unions are protesting against an 80-million euros bonus leave, qualified of "strange and absurd", Danone is going to pay Jan Bennink, CEO of Numico, a company of child food bought over by...
18 July 2007
Netherlands: social agreement for KLM-Air France’s flying personnel
Held up at the end of June, an unusual threat to strike among KLM-Air France's flying personnel looks like it might have paid off. Indeed, an agreement was found, on July 16, 2007, between the...
17 July 2007
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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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 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: 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
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026