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EU: postal sector social partners pen joint declaration on training
On 6 December, the European social dialogue committee for the postal sector adopted two joint declarations. The first covers the revision of the postal services directive and the second regards...
13 December 2019
Spain: unions claim new Ryanair contracts break the law
Sign the new deal or lose your job. This was the offer Ryanair made to the 164 employees at its base in Girona, north of Barcelona. The airline company had announced the closure of four sites in...
13 December 2019
USMCA: definitive version of the United States–Mexico–Canada Free Trade Agreement implements a new resolution mechanism for trade union freedom disputes
Following weeks of bitter negotiations between Mexico and the United States, negotiators have finally succeeded in releasing the paralysis surrounding ratification of the future USMCA free trade...
12 December 2019
Italy: new themes starting to feature in collective bargaining
Employee involvement in work organization, competences and skills development, productivity bonuses in partial exchange for additional leave times, combatting sexual harassment, protecting the...
11 December 2019
Belgium: insurance sector secures an agreement for 2019-2020 that focuses on purchasing power and job security
On 03 December, Belgium’s insurance sector federation Assuralia, together with the CGSLB, CNE-CSC and SETCa FGTB, trade unions agreed on a 2019-2020 sector agreement that impacts 23,000 employees...
10 December 2019
Poland: in a bid to better comprehend online platform working, Polish and German trade unions share their own specific practices
On 18 October Poland’s OPZZ trade union together with the Ebert Foundation (close to Germany’s Social-Democrat party) hosted a seminar aimed at exchanging information over online workers and...
10 December 2019
Germany: Verdi’s 2019 innovation barometer flags need for greater co-determination on issue of artificial intelligence
The innovation barometer has been published annually since 2005 by the services trade union Verdi and the Technical University of Munich. The most recent edition focuses on the impact of...
9 December 2019
United States: the value clash in the tech industry, a breeding ground for a new form of social activism
Alexander Colvin, dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, dissects the so-called “value clash” experienced by young workers in the high-tech industry and their...
9 December 2019
France: mass mobilization in public protest at pension reforms
On 05 December France embarked on a period of instability, the length of which is hard to predict. Although it is the transport workers, lawyers, doctors, gas and electricity workers and public...
5 December 2019
Germany: 4.8% salary increase over 29 months for insurance sector employees
On 30 November and following tough negotiations, Germany’s insurance sector social partners finally signed a collective agreement covering the 170,000 employees in the sector’s various services...
4 December 2019
Austria: salary increases and a reorganization of salary categories in store for 130,000 workers in the Commerce sector
On 27 November, the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKO) Commerce sector together wit the services union Vida agreed on salary increases and a reorganization of salary categories for 130,000 workers...
4 December 2019
Belgium: banking sector commits to further gender equality
On 21 November, Belgium’s Women in Finance association announced it had already achieved its goal of a charter promoting equal treatment between males and females that covers more than 90% of...
3 December 2019
Germany: BMW reaches agreement with works council to cut costs without resorting to staff reductions
The fast-paced shift towards electricity-powered vehicles and the digitalisation of production is piling pressure on the German automobile industry, a central pillar of the country’s economy. Like...
29 November 2019
Finland: agreements reached in the postal and mail sectors
The negotiation of new collective agreements in Finland appears set to be fraught with difficulty, as demonstrated by recent strikes that have impacted the post office, mail services and...
29 November 2019
ENGIE: joint declaration signed with its European Works Council on digital technology issues for the Group
On 28 November, Robert Textoris, ENGIE’s European Works Council (EWC) secretary, together with ENGIE's CEO Isabelle Kocher, signed a joint declaration that sets out a ‘frame of reference common to...
28 November 2019
Siemens Gamesa: renewal of the Global Framework Agreement on Social Responsibility with IndustriALL Global
On 25 November the former Spanish-based wind turbine manufacturer and wind services provider that merged with Siemens in 2017 signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with the IndustriALL Global...
27 November 2019
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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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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