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EADS : a first step towards a worldwide works council
The management of the EADS group and its EWC agreed on a progressive opening of the European employees' representation body to other countries located outside of the European Union. An intention...
6 February 2007
Belgium: cooperation between a Belgian and an Indian union
A cooperation agreement between the Belgian union Setca (FGTB) and the Indian union ITPF, specialized in the computing sector, has been renewed for a five-year period. The goal is to improve...
6 February 2007
Estonia: strike avoided in health-care sector, tensions to come in the other sectors
The agreement concluded in Estonia on an important wage increase in the health-care sector, which enabled to avoid a strike which threatened to extend at the national level. A precedent which...
6 February 2007
Hungary: trade unions and employers agree on wage increases for 2007
The trade unions and employers found, last 30 January, an agreement on the rises of the wages at the national level for 2007 and which should range between 5.5 and 8 %. the agreement was reached...
5 February 2007
Areva: agreement on equal opportunities, discussion with Marianne Naud
It was easier to negotiate at the European level than sometimes at the French level. But negotiating on equal opportunities is a consensual topic. All the parties wanted to build something...
2 February 2007
Thomson: European work’s council complains about absence of information-consultation during the closing of two Technicolor sites
Whereas the French group Thomson announced, on January 17th 2007, the closing of the sites of manufacturing DVDs in Luxembourg and England, in order to transfer the production in Poland, in the...
2 February 2007
EADS: day of action organised by IG Metall to save jobs at Airbus
"More than 10000 Airbus employees will participate today in Hamburg, Bremen, Varel and Laubheim to the day of action for the safeguard of their jobs and the maintenance of Airbus sites', announces...
2 February 2007
BNP-Paribas: meeting of extraordinary European WC devoted to the repurchase of Italian bank BNL
The European work's council of the French banking group BNP Paribas is convened, on February 20th 2007, to an extraordinary meeting devoted to the reorganisation of banking activities in Italy...
2 February 2007
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
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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
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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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