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Great Britain: delayed construction sector deal finally launched
Promised for November 2017, the Construction Sector Deal was officially launched on 05 July 2018. The sector agreement, delayed due to the unexpected collapse of the multinational construction...
5 July 2018
UNI Global Union working towards the implementation of a global strategy to handle Amazon
Following four years of work at the European level, and in the hopes of improving working conditions at Amazon, UNI Global Union has undertaken efforts in organizing workers around the world. In...
2 July 2018
In brief, Spanish employers in the logistics sector to call on government to force Amazon to adhere to employment and transport legislation
According to the Spanish employers’ organisation, UNO, the digital economy cannot rely on “the limiting of workers’ rights, through practices that all other companies could...
2 July 2018
India: technology sector hiring less manpower
Is India’s Tech miracle turning sour for the sector’s 3.9 million workers? For more than a year India’s media have been drawing attention to an increasing number of Tech sector redundancies. The...
28 June 2018
Japan: companies cosseting their new hires
Against a backdrop of increasing and broad-based manpower shortages, Japan’s employment landscape is undergoing profound change. With students now seeking better working conditions, Japanese...
28 June 2018
Germany: minimum wage set to rise in two stages, starting in January 2019
On 26 June, an independent commission, made up of employee and employer representatives, tasked with re-evaluating the legal minimum wage in Germany every two years, put forward its...
26 June 2018
Spain: unions and employers announce a pre-agreement clearing the way for salary changes after years of discord
Unions and employers announced that on 25 June they had agreed on the foundations for a framework agreement outlining guidelines for the collective negotiations that are set to take place over the...
26 June 2018
Spain: new collective agreement in chemicals industry agreed in principle
On 20 June, social partners in the sector agreed on an annual pay rise of 2.5% over three years as well as new measures as regards professional training and policies on gender equality.
22 June 2018
France: Saint-Gobain signs a group agreement on the quality of life at work by way of encouraging new forms of working based on trust and responsibility
On 17 May an agreement was signed by all the union organizations present in the two-century old construction group that accompanies the company’s development towards a work organization that is...
21 June 2018
Brexit: streamlined residency procedure for Europeans living in the UK unveiled
After Brexit, Europeans who have been in the United Kingdom for five years and who want to obtain settled status in the country, will have to prove just three things: their identity, that they are...
21 June 2018
Italy: Poste Italiane and the trade unions sign an employment agreement that intends for major staffing renewal
Poste Italiane, Italy’s largest postal provider in terms of employees (140,000) has signed a protocol agreement with the trade unions on active employment policies. The agreement intends for 6,000...
21 June 2018
Asahi Breweries Europe Group: agreement to establish an EWC
On 06 June and following months of negotiations involving support from the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT), Asahi Breweries Europe Group (ABEG)...
20 June 2018
India: economic growth with no new jobs?
‘Where are the jobs?’ The Narenda Modi government’s opposition has not stopped asking this question and the executive majority has not stopped trying to answer it. Jobs were one of the Narenda...
20 June 2018
Poland: significant pay rises in energy sector after wage negotiations
After several years of wage moderation, negotiations at companies from the energy sector – energy firm Tauron, fuel company PKN Orlen, coal-mining firms JSW and PGG, and copper and silver...
19 June 2018
Poland: discount retailer Biedronka attempts to entice older workers
In a bid to cope with a hiring crisis, discount supermarket chain Biedronka has announced it intends to hire more over-50s. To attract this cohort Biedronka is adapting its cashier positions to...
14 June 2018
Italy: agreement is struck between TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) and unions that avoids jobs losses
After a 6-month long dispute, Italy’s leading telecommunications group TIM has agreed to a proposal put forward by the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl Uilcom-Uil, and Ugl Telecomunicazioni unions, so that...
13 June 2018
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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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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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