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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
Germany: the federal network agency is accusing the Deutsche Post and the Verdi union to lie about the question of social dumping
The report presented on May 21, 2007 in Bonn by the Bundesnetzagentur, the federal agency in charge of regulating the energy, telecommunication, and postal services markets, shows that the...
23 May 2007
Great Britain: the government is launching a consultation on minimum wage and illegal labour
Anxious to consolidate the legislative frame around minimum wage, the Ministry of Labour and Industry launched a consultation aiming at working out the means to guarantee fair compensation to...
22 May 2007
Delphi: the European federation of metalworkers is organizing a new action day
"We are currently confronted to the gradual dismantling to a large degree of Delphi's industrial activity in the EU", declared the European federation of metalworkers (EFM) about the American car...
21 May 2007
Tallink: unions are asking for the creation of a European work’s council
Together, sea workers unions from Estonia, Sweden and Finland asked the Estonian marine company Tallink – providing passenger transportation in the Baltic sea – to create a European work's...
21 May 2007
France: Nicolas Sarkozy, the new president, is presenting his reform program
The candidate Sarkozy's reform in the social marked the presidential campaign, placing "the rehabilitation of labour value" as one of his main strengths. Exempting extra hours from taxes...
17 May 2007
International: Indian unions are protesting in Rotterdam against the violation of workers’ rights by Unilever’s Indian subsidiary
Members from the Indian union HLEU came to protest, on May 15 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, against Unilever's anti-union practices in India. Their action was supported by the European trade union...
16 May 2007
Scor: synthesis of the agreements setting up a common committee for the group’s three European companies
The three agreements on workers' involvement within the European companies Scor global P&C EC, Scor global life EC and Scor EC were adopted by each future EC's special negotiations group. A common...
16 May 2007
Scor: the reinsurance group chose a committee common to the three European companies to represent its employees
Staff and management representatives involved in the Scor group's three special negotiation body came to result that could inspire others companies. One the one hand, because it is the first...
16 May 2007
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29 January 2026
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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