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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
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
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France: CDC Habitat defines a framework and means for social dialogue on AI
In an agreement signed on 23 February with trade unions, the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) Habitat (10,800 employees) guarantees that AI solutions will only...
23 February 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026