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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
Sweden: the ECHR is questioning the financing system for union activities
According to the European Court of Human Rights, the systematic deduction of subscriptions from employees' salaries when they are not unionized – which is destined at financing unions' control of...
14 February 2007
Thales : the European works council meets the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission
Taking into account social and industrial risks. At the meeting the members of the European works council (EWC) emphasized the social and industrial risks linked to total or partial cession of...
13 February 2007
Finland: the reform on employees’ representation
The Parliament adopted a reform on the law concerning cooperation within private companies. It increases the employers' information and consultation duties regarding employees and their...
12 February 2007
Bonduelle: the agreement on the setting of a European works council
The management of the French food-processing group Bonduelle, the European union federation EFFAT and the members of the special negotiation group signed, on June 20, 2005, an agreement on the...
12 February 2007
General Motors : the EMF organised a meeting with trade union coordination group
The European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) invited, the 8 februar 2007, trade unions and workers representatives from the GM Europe plants to Brussels. The EMF expect new reorganizations in the...
9 February 2007
Generali : the Italian insurance company adopted a “European social charter”
The Italian insurance company Generali presented, on December 11, 12 and 13, 2006, to the select committee's European work's council, a "European social charter for the Generali group", which has...
9 February 2007
Spain: unions and employers signed the 2007 framework agreement on collective negotiations
Employers' organizations CEOE and CEPYMES, together with the main unions UGT and CCOO, ratified, on February 6, the new agreement on collective negotiations (ANC 2007,) which continues the broad...
8 February 2007
EADS: the information and consultation procedure from Airbus’ reorganization plan
The way the European group EADS is going to deal with the employees' information and consultation procedure as part of the presentation of the measures – which will affect the personnel – of the...
6 February 2007
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29 January 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026