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Italy: unions are worried about the future of the Italian shipbuilding industry after Fincantieri’s capital opens to the private sector
There is a lot of concern within the Italian shipbuilding sector after Fincantieri, the last large public industry in Italy, decided to open its capital: strikes follow strikes in the group's...
15 June 2007
Germany: wage moderation is not reducing pay differentials between eastern and western Germany
According to the federal statistics agency, working cost in Germany only increased of 1.1% in 2006 (CSV data). In parallel, a study made by the Hans-Böckler foundation (trade unions) shows that...
14 June 2007
Italy: employers from the metallurgy sector answer to the union platform for a renewal of the sector’s national convention
Encourage flexicurity and improve productivity before increasing wages. These are the words of the metallurgy sector's employers federation – Federmeccanica – to unions' unitary platform to...
12 June 2007
ArcelorMittal : interview with André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe
Whereas the agreement on the establishment of ArcelorMittal's EWC will officially be signed on July 9, 2007, André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe of the steel group and...
12 June 2007
ArcelorMittal: the agreement on the European WC is settled.
The steel group ArcelorMittal (360,000 employees) ended the negotiation about its European WC last April (see our dispatch 070365) the agreement is now concluded and the signature ceremony will...
11 June 2007
Nokia Siemens Network : calling for a European day of action on June 12
Following the trade union coordination meeting, organized under the auspices of the European metalworkers' federation (EMF,) on May 25, 2007, after the management announced the European...
11 June 2007
Italy: opening the roman transportation network to competition would have led to a worsening of working conditions and a decrease in services’ quality
Tevere Tpl's employees announced a new 24-hour strike on Monday June 11, to ask for better working conditions. The topics of security, payment, and worsened working conditions are fueling a union...
11 June 2007
Spain: a new president for the employers confederation
Gerardo Diaz Ferran, 65, is the new leader of Spanish employers. On June 6, 2007, he succeeded to José Maria Cuevas, 72, who had been presiding over the confederation CEOE for 23 years. This...
11 June 2007
Spain: social partners from the chemical sector signed a pre-agreement on the content of the new branch collective agreement
Spanish union organizations from the chemistry sector (Fiteqa-CCOO and FIA-UGT) and the employers federation (FEIQUE) signed, on May 30, a pre-agreement which includes the main measures of the new...
8 June 2007
CPI: the publishing group is ending the negotiation concerning the establishment of a European WC
The book-printing group CPI, owned up to 65% by two investment funds - Electra Partners Europe and CVC Capital Partners - should conclude a negotiation to establish a European WC, with staff...
7 June 2007
Lithuania: salaries has increased and become more transparent
Amount of employees who were paid 3000-4000 litas (869-1158 euros) monthly last year increased by 49 % - there were almost 55 thousand employees earning this much. 30 thousand people in Lithuania...
6 June 2007
Italy: unions of the metallurgy sector elaborated their unitary platform to renegotiate the national branch collective convention.
Approved by 88% of the employees during the referendum which took place at the end of May, the unitary platform elaborated by the metallurgy sector's main three unions (FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL...
6 June 2007
Germany: wage agreement for the 180 000 printing works’ employees
End-of-career part- time work. “We have also succeeded in extending up to 2009 the agreement on end-of-career part-time work”, confirmed to e-europnews a ver.di spokeswoman. This formula allows...
6 June 2007
Germany: the IG Bau union wants to launch a strike in the building sector
For the first time since 2002, the German building sector, experiencing full growth, is about to face a difficult strike. On June 4, two building employers organizations in Low-Saxony and at the...
5 June 2007
Bulgaria: strike in the largest glass production company.
Since May 19, 2007, workers of Trakia Glass Bulgaria, owned by the glassmaker Sisecam, are on strike to get renegotiation of the wage clause contained in the 2005 company agreement, in order to...
5 June 2007
EU: the union federation UNI-Finance is elaborating a pattern for a world framework agreement
The union federation UNI-Finance is currently elaborating a pattern for an international framework agreement which will be presented for negotiation within several groups of the financial sector...
5 June 2007
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France: CDC Habitat defines a framework and means for social dialogue on AI
In an agreement signed on 23 February with trade unions, the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) Habitat (10,800 employees) guarantees that AI solutions will only...
23 February 2026
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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
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026