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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
Spain: employees of the Volkswagen plant in Landaben (Navarre) accept the new company agreement and obtain the production of the new Polo
Flexibility in work organization. The agreement specifies that management will dispose of a credit of 6 then 7 working days which may be used, if necessary, to meet orders in production. The...
4 June 2007
Italy: publication of the 2006 ISTAT economic and social report
The report points to the need to intervene on the labour market by boosting innovation and competitiveness, encouraging training and promoting new family and social security policies, particularly...
1 June 2007
Lithuania: new criteria to determine minimum wage
Lithuanian Parliament presented an amendment defining new criteria to estimate minimum monthly wage. According to it, starting from year 2009 minimum monthly wage should represent at least 60 % of...
1 June 2007
Alcan: interview with Patrick Reinbold, secretary of Alcan’s European WC
After the meeting of Alcan's European WC, which spoke against Alcoa's takeover bid (see our story n°070476), the secretary of Alcan's European WC, Patrick Reinbold (CFDT) is taking part, today...
31 May 2007
Alcan: the European WC is opposed to the Alcoa group’s takeover bid
During the meeting of the European WC f the Alcan group (30,000 employees), which took place in Paris on May 29 and 30, the 34 staff representatives affirmed that they were "opposed to the...
31 May 2007
Enel: towards the establishment of a European works council
The Italian energy group Enel (60,000 employees), privatized in 1999, launched a negotiation with a view to creating a European WC. The special negotiations group met for the first time on May 16...
30 May 2007
Germany: the last wage agreement concluded in the metallurgy sector might be less generous than expected
According to the weekly newspaper Der Spiegel (May 26, 2007), numerous metalworkers would not be able to beneficiate from the important wage increase (+4.1%), which social partners agreed to at...
30 May 2007
Alcan-Alcoa: first talks between the members of both groups’ European WCs
Representatives of the European WCs of the Alcan and Alcoa groups have to meet, on Friday June 1 in Brussels, under the aegis of the European metalworkers' Federation of, for a first exchange on...
30 May 2007
Deutsche Telekom: members of the Ver.di union are starting their third week of strike
Whereas the German services union, Ver.di, asked its members to support deutsche Telekom's employees, on strike since May 11, during a national "solidarity day" on Wednesday, May 30, the...
29 May 2007
France Telecom: the world alliance is calling for actions in favour of employment and working conditions
France Telecom's world alliance - set up on the initiative of the international trade union confederation Union Network International (UNI ) - made a plea to all of the group's employees to lead...
29 May 2007
Nokia Siemens Networks: the EFM gathered the new group’s union coordinators
Union representatives from the Nokia Siemens Networks company gathered again (see our story n°070140,) in Brussels, on May 25, 2007, on the initiative of the European Metalworkers' Federation of...
28 May 2007
Renault: the means of group’s committee are strengthened
The management of the French car manufacturer Renault has just amended its group committee agreement by granting more means to this world staff representation body. Now, its functioning budget...
28 May 2007
Sweden : mixed reactions as to opinion given by the CJEC’s advocate general in the Laval case
Local unions are satisfied by the opinion given by the CJEC's advocate general in the Laval case (see our story n°070548) - Laval is a Latvian building and civil engineering works company which...
26 May 2007
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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...
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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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