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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
Elcoteq : board of directors decides to transfer headquarters of European company (SE)
The board of directors of Elcoteq, a Finnish company of the telecom technology sector transformed into a European company in 2006, announced, on last December 22nd, that it will propose to the...
11 January 2007
Sony Spain : Catalan factory reduces precariousness but increases flexibility
450 temporary workers of Sony in Villadecavalls, Catalonia, should be permanently hired following an agreement signed between management and the work's council, which also provides for more...
10 January 2007
Great Britain: employers who don’t pay the minimum wage will be fined much more and quicker
Within the framework of its policy against rogue employers, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has just announced the creation of a £ 225 fine -per worker and per day- for employers who...
10 January 2007
France: law extending employee savings schemes in SMEs is adopted
A law for the development of profit-sharing and employee shareholding, definitively adopted on December 14th and published in the Official Journal, aims at increasing the buying power while...
10 January 2007
Sweden : trade unions ready for wage negotiations
Trade unions are filling their bank accounts in the perspective of collective conflicts linked to wage negotiations. This preparation is taking place within a tensed social environment, since the...
9 January 2007
Poland: a new era for salaries?
e-europnews January 9, 2007, n°070011 -www.eeuropnews.com
9 January 2007
GeoPost: launching of a negotiation to set up a European work’s council
The holding which gathers since 1999 all the subsidiary shipping companies of the French group La Poste, in France and abroad, GeoPost, will set up a European work's council during spring 2007. In...
8 January 2007
Germany: major trade unions want strong wage increases for 7 million employees
In accordance with IG Metall claims, Verdi (services) and IG BCE, the trade union for chemicals and energy known for its very moderate positions, demand that employees finally be given part of the...
8 January 2007
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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
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...
8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
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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