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Sweden: the first arm-wrestling round between social partners is happening in the trade sector
Whereas polls are confirming a new a decrease in the center-right government's popularity, and on the eve of the three-year renewal of collective conventions (fall 2007,) the Swedish trade...
29 March 2007
Germany: with a 3% raise, metallurgy employers are putting their best offer in years
On the eve of the second round of wage negotiations in the metallurgy and electro technical sectors (3.3 million employees), on March 29, 2007, the sector's leaders calculated their offer for the...
28 March 2007
Belgium: union confederations are requiring the extension of the right to information and consultation to companies with less than 20 employees
Whereas Belgium is two years late in the implementation of the directive on workers' information and consultation, the two main union confederations CSC and FGTB established a common front to...
27 March 2007
General Motors Europe: the European Metalworkers’ Federation is inaugurating a blog for all of the automotive group’s European employees
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) inaugurated, on March 26, 2007 - with the support of the foundation close to the German Union Confederation (DGB), the Hans Böckler Stiffung - the...
27 March 2007
Italy: the Prodi government is launching the consultation on welfare
After several weeks dithering, negotiations planned between the Italian government and social partners on welfare pattern and labour market finally opened on March 22. In its inauguration speech...
27 March 2007
International: a coalition of international union federations is launching a global prevention campaign against occupational cancers
The International Metalworkers Federation (IMF,) supported by the international trade union confederation (ITUC) and 9 other international union federations (*) launched, on March 23, 2007, a...
26 March 2007
Delphi: employees and local authorities are calling upon European institutions
Delphi's employees from the Puerto Real factory, next to Cadix in Andalusia - for which the European management of the American group announced the closure on February 22, 2007 (see our story...
26 March 2007
General Motors: European unions are bringing their support to Opel and Delphi’s employees
During the group meeting of the union coordination General Motors Europe (GME), organized by the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF), on March 22, 2007, in Frankfurt, employees'...
23 March 2007
Bouygues : towards the creation of a new European Works Council
Following a decision from the Paris court of appeals canceling the anticipation agreement on the European dialogue committee set up in 1995, the French company Bouygues sent a letter to the...
23 March 2007
Arcelor-Mittal : the negotiation on the upcoming European WC is going on
On March 19 and 20, negotiators from the management and union organizations met, in Brussels, for a third negotiation session, in order to adapt the constitutive agreement of Arcelor's EWC to the...
22 March 2007
Denmark: the LO confederation offers to take part in the reform of the public service
The union confederation LO offered the center-right government to actively take part in the planned reform of the Danish public service supposed to modernize it. Reactions are positive within the...
22 March 2007
Ireland: the Labour Court recommends consultation of workforce by Aer Lingus on cost reduction plan
After being the target of a hostile takeover bid, Aer Lingus had announced a cost reduction plan implying modification of working conditions. It was a unilateral decision, whereas the company...
20 March 2007
Sweden : positive outcome on collective agreements in industry
Ten years after the signing of the first collective agreement in Swedish industry, the negotiation concluded on March 16 for regulating the sector over the 3 years ahead concerns for the time...
19 March 2007
Fiat : unions from the metallurgy sector are condemning the builder’s plans in India
The Italian metallurgy unions, brought together by the UITA and IFM international union organizations, are condemning the plan to build a new Fiat Tata factory in India, which would have...
19 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent : The European Metalworkers’ Federation call on the employees to gather in Paris
A European rally. The EMF and its affiliates call on the group’s employees to gather in Paris the 15th of March in the afternoon. In its press release, the European Federation denounced “The...
15 March 2007
EU: Eurodeputies are debating on Airbus’ restructuring plan
The German presidency of the EU of the Council of Ministers and the European Commission's wanted to evaluate the situation in front of the European deputies about the future of European...
15 March 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