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France: adoption of a law on the modernisation of social dialogue
A law modifies the rules relating to social dialogue by providing for a dialogue, even a negotiation, of the social partners before any reform relating to labour law. But without however settling...
1 February 2007
Belgium: legal action of far-right party Vlaams Belang against the FGTB
Second Belgian trade-union confederation, the FGTB, is attacked by Vlaams Belang, the far-right Flemish party, for having excluded the trade unionists who were candidates at the last communal...
1 February 2007
Germany: new companies of the postal sector are ready to negotiate social minimum wages and conditions
After seven years of confrontation, Ver.di (trade union of services) and the Pin Group AG announced, on January 29th 2007, their intention to negotiate company agreements on wages and working...
31 January 2007
National Australia Group: signature of a international framework agreement
The banking group National Australia Group, which is established in Australia, New Zealand and Europe, has concluded an international framework agreement (IFA) with the world trade-union...
31 January 2007
Telefonica: the follow-up meeting of the international framework agreement focuses on outsourcing and job precariousness
The trade-union alliance within the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI, met, on January 18th and 19th 2007, in Santiago de Chile, to...
31 January 2007
Deutsche Telekom: UNI global union asks for a world framework agreement on fundamental labor standards
The trade unions of the German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI Telecom, met in Berlin, in order to develop a strategy leading the...
30 January 2007
VolkerWessels: signature of an international framework agreement on workers’ rights
The Dutch company of construction and related activities, VolkerWessels and the International union of building and wood workers (IBB) signed, last 22 January, a framework open-ended agreement...
30 January 2007
Spain: employers and trade unions agree on wage moderation and a framework for collective bargaining in 2007
The main employers' and trade-union organizations signed, on Thursday January 25th, a preliminary cross-industry agreement on collective bargaining 2007 (ANC 2007). According to the text signed by...
29 January 2007
Austria: the federal congress of trade unions undertakes reform but ends with a disagreement
Only shade in all this, the non-election in the directorate of Fritz Neugebauer, president of the powerful trade union of civil servants (GÖD). He is the only "black and Christian" trade-union...
26 January 2007
Poland: a social Pact difficult to negotiate
The Polish government wants to equip the country with a true social pact. To this end, a conference has just gathered, in Warsaw, the Polish members of Parliament and different European Commission...
26 January 2007
Germany: in terms of enrollment, IG Metall remains the largest German trade union in front of Ver.di
The confederation of German trade unions (DGB) has published the evolution in the number of members of its eight trade unions for 2006. The deceleration in the decline of members observed at the...
26 January 2007
Belgium: the cross-industry agreement 2007-2008 is adopted
The Federation of Belgian companies (FEB) approved, on January 25th 2007, after the three Belgian trade-union organizations (see story n° 061296), the interprofessional draft agreement. This...
26 January 2007
Great Britain: strike at British Airways seems unavoidable
The failure of negotiations between BA and the trade union T&G, which accounts for 10 500 of the 14 000 flight attendants, has forced the company to cancel 1300 flights next Tuesday 30 and...
26 January 2007
Netherlands : new collective agreement in the pharmacy sector
After difficult negotiations, a new collective agreement was adopted on January 23rd in the pharmacy sector, which employs 20 000 people. A wage increase of 4.5 % will take place by April 2008...
25 January 2007
Orange: British trade union CWU tries to get recognized
The British trade union of the communications sector, CWU, is taking actions to support a procedure of recognition of the trade union by Orange. CWU bets on a change of attitude of management...
24 January 2007
Axa: the European WC integrates the representatives of Winterthur
e-europnews January 24th, 2007, n° 070062 - www.eeuropnews.com
24 January 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: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 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