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Lithuania : Labour market office foresees 50000 job creations during 2007
e-europnews January 23rd 2007, n°070058 – www.eeuropnews.com
23 January 2007
Belgium: adoption of cross-industry agreement by the trade unions
Three Belgian trade-union confederations, the CSC, the FGTB and CGSLB adopted the cross-industry draft agreement decided on December 21st 2006 and which had been subjected to approval by member...
22 January 2007
Spain: CC.OO proposes to control the entry of labour immigrants by a system of annual quotas according to market demands
During the presentation of a working paper entitled "Immigration and labour market, proposal for the regulation of migratory flows", the secretary-general of the trade union CC.OO, Maria Fidalgo...
22 January 2007
Poland: the social pact of TP SA, discussion with Jacek Kallaur
The management of TP SA (France Telecom group) and the trade unions of the company have signed a social pact valid three years, on December 9th 2006 (see story n° 061253) and an implementing...
22 January 2007
Germany: the construction workers’ trade union asks for a 5.5% wage increase in 2007
The federal tariff commission (Bundestarikomission) of the IG BAU announced, on Thursday January 18th 2007, that it would request a wage increase of 5.5% for the 680 000 employees of the sector...
19 January 2007
Great Britain: Amicus wants to create a transnational trade union
Amicus, the most important trade union of the private sector, currently merging with the TGWU in order to create a huge trade union with 2 million members (see story n°061182), has also signed...
19 January 2007
Germany: the DGB wants a vast reform of the low-wages sector
During its annual press conference held on January 17th in Berlin, Michael Sommer, president of the German trade-union Confederation (DGB), asked the government for an in-depth reform of low wages...
18 January 2007
Luxembourg: difficult negotiations on the collective agreement for the banking sector
The Association of Luxembourg banks and bankers (ABBL) considers necessary to reduce the wage bill in order to increase banks’ profits and recommends a deep reform of the methods of compensation...
17 January 2007
Germany: trade union IG-Metall invites employees to protest against the project of retirement age at 67
The German metalworkers' trade union IG Metall began, on January 16th 2007, in the Saar, its campaign to protest against the bill raising the legal retirement age from 65 to 67 (see story nº...
17 January 2007
DHL: trade union ver.di wants to extend its power within the world’s leader for express delivery and logistics
From January 10th to 12th, the German trade union for services ver.di invited 45 colleagues from Germany, China and the United States to a new conference in Leipzig. Objective: to build a...
16 January 2007
World : ITUC creates Council of Global Unions, starts working on three joint initiatives
Following the creation of the International Trade Union Confederation last November, the latter created, on January 9th and 10th, together with the international sectoral federations and the ITUC...
16 January 2007
Germany: wage negotiations begin in chemical industry at the regional level
The chemical sector, which employs some 560 000 people, has inaugurated a round of important tariff negotiations, which will take place this year in Germany (see story nº 70002). The first...
12 January 2007
Estonia : interview with Harri Taliga, President of the EAKL union
First there are historical reasons. Under the Soviet Union, Estonians had to be members of unions which were just a sham. In 1991, the switch to the market economy and capitalism consequently...
12 January 2007
Volkswagen: summary of the information and consultation procedure during the restructuring at Forest factory
By announcing on November 21st 2006, the shedding of 4000 jobs in its Belgian factory of Forest because of the transfer of production of the Golf to two German sites, the automobile group...
12 January 2007
Germany: the difference between employees’ income and companies’ income increased in 2006
According to the federal Office of statistics, Germany reported in 2006 its strongest growth (+2,5%) since 2000. But in spite of the recovery, the pay of employees has increased only slightly last...
12 January 2007
France Telecom : worldwide agreement on social rights ; interview with Laurent Zylberberg
It should be acknowledged that it was not easy to negotiate such an agreement inasmuch as personnel representation differs considerably from one group entity to another. In fact, we have...
12 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