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USMCA replaces NAFTA: what changes for Mexico?
Parliamentarians in Canada and Mexico, who are eager to ratify the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, over which heated negotiations have unfolded over more than 13 months, must wait for their...
15 February 2019
United States: Amazon scraps plans to build New York HQ after pressure from local politicians (in brief)
Amazon will not build its second headquarters in New York City, the online retail giant has announced. The company had planned to build a complex in the Queens borough of the city, which would...
15 February 2019
Germany: pensioners are increasingly returning to the workplace
With BMW announcing the launch of its program to re-engage thousands of former staff members (c.f. article No. 11000), Bosch has just initiated in Japan its 8th national ‘support’ group comprising...
12 February 2019
Faurecia: agreement struck that institutes its Societas Europaea (SE) company committee
Faurecia now possess ‘a legal status that is more representative of the Group’s European dimension and that will bolster both its international image and its attractiveness vis-à-vis all of its...
12 February 2019
Germany: BMW seeks to harness expertise of thousands of retired employees
At the end of January, the German automobile manufacturer BMW announced the launch of its ‘Senior Experten Programm’, which will see the company bring on board the savoir-faire of thousands of its...
8 February 2019
Spain: following months of discord the textile industry collective convention is finally renewed
Spain’s textile sector social discord is now resolved. On 19 February 2019, and following a four-month delay, CCOO-Industria will ratify the text that had been agreed on 03 September 2018 by the...
6 February 2019
Mexico: historic social conflict in the maquiladora sector as workers there call for higher salaries
Almost 40,000 maquiladora sector workers from the northern Mexico city of Matamoros joined in massive strike action calling for a 20% increase in salary as well as an annual bonus of the...
6 February 2019
Germany: Bosch augments the number of company agreements in preparation of digitalization
In the face of the dual transition stemming from electric vehicles and digitalization, Germany’s largest auto-parts manufacturer has to both adequately prepare its employees for new work...
5 February 2019
Société Générale renews the global agreement with UNI Global Union on fundamental rights
On 04 February, Société Générale together with UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on fundamental rights. This new version explicitly addresses the role of the international trade...
4 February 2019
Meliá: global agreement signed with IUF to prevent workplace sexual harassment
On 17 January 2019, a landmark agreement was signed between Spanish hotels group Meliá Hotels International and the IUF (International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering...
28 January 2019
UniCredit is the first Italian bank to sign a global agreement with Uni Global
On 22 January 2019, Italian banking group UniCredit together with the international services union federation Uni Global signed a 2-year international agreement on Fundamental Human Rights at...
24 January 2019
Germany: 2019 is the year IG Metall intends to address head-on the challenges of digital transformation within companies
During the course of its annual press conference on 21 January in Frankfurt, Jörg Hofmann, president of the German metals union, IG Metall, welcomed the union’s 25% annual rise in membership. The...
22 January 2019
IndustriALL Global suspends its global agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen (in brief)
In December 2018 and in what is a first ever for IndustriALL Global Union, the international industry federation’s executive committee unanimously voted to suspend a global agreement. Referring to...
22 January 2019
Brexit: Theresa May surprisingly waives settled status fees
On 21 January, less than a week after the crushing defeat of PM Theresa May’s ‘meaningful vote,’ (c.f. article No. 10965) the Conservative leader presented her ‘Plan B’ that will go before...
22 January 2019
Brexit : potential outcomes after deal is overwhelmingly rejected in UK parliament
In the evening of 15 January, UK PM Theresa May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly defeated by parliament with 432 MPs voting against and just 202 voting in favor. This crushing defeat is the...
16 January 2019
Brazil: following on from the elimination of the Labor Ministry, President Bolsonaro is now considering eliminating the Labor Court
Since taking up office on 01 January 2019, Brazilian President Bolsonaro has already started detailing his vision and intentions in terms of labor and employment reform and as a result has sparked...
16 January 2019
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026