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Poland: the labour inspectorate and unions signed cooperation agreements on the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases
Three representational unions (union forum – FZZ, Solidarnosc and the Polish union alliance – OPZZ) signed, on February 26, bilateral cooperation agreements with the National Work Inspectorate, in...
28 February 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European Works Council obtained to postpone the information and consultation procedure
After voting, during its plenary meeting on Friday, February 23, a motion allowing it to institute legal proceedings against Alcatel-Lucent's management for not respecting the information and...
28 February 2007
EADS: the European federation of metalworkers is adopting a protest platform
During the meeting of the union coordinators of the European federation of metalworkers (EFM) which took place in Brussels on February 27, the participants adopted a protest platform with 17...
28 February 2007
Poland: a union campaign to increase low wages
The Polish unions NSZZ-Solidarnosc announced a large national campaign on the theme: "low wages, barrier for Poland's development" which will start next spring. According to them, low wages have...
28 February 2007
Spain: unions and employers from the textile sector want to promote the CSR together
Unions and employers from the Spanish textile, the Fedecon, constituted a work group with the consumers associations and the NGOs in order to promote social responsibility in the sector. The Setem...
28 February 2007
International: the ITUC report about the respect of the ILO’s fundamental standards in EU member states
In the context of the revision of the EU's commercial policies by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) general council, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published a report...
26 February 2007
Denmark: more training and flexibility agreed in the industry sector
Social partners reached an agreement in the Danish industry; the agreement includes, in addition to a wage increase, the creation of a fund for permanent training, the payment of a parental leave...
26 February 2007
Netherlands: a controversy on bonuses granted to leaders
The bonuses granted to leaders of large groups are irritating unions. The central union FNV is offended by the amounts of the bonuses perceived, judging them "irresponsible". On the other hand...
26 February 2007
Sweden : interview with Hans Tilly, president of Byggnads, the Swedish union for construction workers
Several cases opposing unions to companies (see our story n°0630) give the impression that unions and collective agreements are more and more disputed. Recently, several small businesses from the...
26 February 2007
Thomson: the European Works Council could bring an action to court for non-respect of the information and consultation procedure
The European WC of the French group Thomson, which denounced the fact that it was not informed and consulted beforehand during the announcement of the closure of the sites producing DVDs in...
22 February 2007
UniCredit: analysis of the agreement on the setting of the European Work’s Council
The management of the Italian banking group UniCredit, born from the fusion, on November 18, 2005, of UniCredito Italiano Group and the HypoVereinsbank bank (HVB,) concluded an agreement on the...
21 February 2007
Luxembourg: the government is assessing the situation on the introduction of a single status for employees
The Labor and Employment Minister, François Biltgen, and the Health and Social Security Minister, Marc Di Bartolomeo, presented, on February 15, 2007, the results of the discussions conducted with...
20 February 2007
Belgium: a new collective agreement on the prevention of theft and controls at the exit of the company or workplace
Social partners, who met within the National Labour Council (CNT,) ratified on January 30, the collective agreement n°89, relating to the prevention of theft and controls a the exit of the company...
19 February 2007
Great Britain: a 3.5% increase in wages
The median growth of wages during the last three months is amounting to 3.5% when compared to the same time period a year earlier (from November to January,) according to a recent study from the...
19 February 2007
UniCredit: creation of a European WC after the fusion with the bank HVB
The Italian banking group UniCredit (14,000 employees) is creating a European Works Council, following the merger with the HypoVereinsbank bank (HVB) which covers all of the group's European...
16 February 2007
Siemens-Nokia: the European federation of metalworkers is bringing together union coordinators
The European Federation of Metalworkers organized, in Brussels, on February 14, 2007, a meeting with the national unions representatives affiliated to the Nokia Siemens Network, the future...
14 February 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