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Brazil: industry trade unions in São Paulo support inserting a ‘safeguard clause’ into agreements, so as to protect from the effects of labour reform
During an assembly organised by the CUT, Brazil’s Unified Workers’ Central, which brought together trade unions from various sectors, the principle and terms of a so-called ‘safeguard clause’ were...
2 November 2017
Finland: country set for a wave of collective agreements allowing greater flexibility via company-level deals
On 30 October, the Finnish Industrial Union (Teollisuusliitto), formerly the metalworkers’ union, announced that it has negotiated a new collective agreement with the sector’s employer...
2 November 2017
Germany: ‘culture clash’ between Tesla Grohmann automation and IG Metall concludes with compromise
For several months a tough struggle has been underway between the German trade union IG Metall and the US electric automaker Tesla, which in 2016, bought the small German company Grohmann...
24 October 2017
Germany: Voith reduces the number of works councils at its headquarters amid digitalisation
Voith, the German industrial machinery corporation, will reduce the number of works councils at its company headquarters. As of March next year, when the works council elections are scheduled to...
19 October 2017
SNCF: signs amendments to the SNCF EWC agreement
On 29 June 2017, the French rail company signed its first amendments to the 2012 agreement that established its European Works Council.
19 October 2017
Safran signs a global agreement with IndustriALL Global
On 18 October the French high-tech aerospace and defence group signed a global framework agreement on corporate social responsibility and all of the company’s other major social and HR policy...
18 October 2017
Total: EWC agreement renewed
On 30 June 2017, oil and energy group Total renewed and amended the agreement governing the functioning of its European works council, in order to take into account how it has evolved since 2013.
18 October 2017
Germany: chemicals union IG BCE demands commitment in the face of industrial evolution and seeks greater working time flexibility
The IG BCE trade union, which represents mining, energy and chemicals industry workers in Germany, is currently holding its annual congress in Hanover (from 9 to 13 October). The union’s president...
12 October 2017
United Kingdom: government unveils new T levels to develop technical education
In a bid to boost productivity and bridge the skills gap, the UK plans to create eleven T levels by 2022. On 11 October, the government revealed new details on the qualifications, which will...
12 October 2017
Brazil: one month ahead of labour reform’s entry into force, unions negotiate agreements to limit its impact
The law to reform Brazil’s Labour Code (see article n°10312) is due to enter into force from 11 November, 120 days after it was adopted. Trade union groups, the majority of which are opposed to a...
12 October 2017
Sweden: government looks to help trade unions boost membership
As part of its Autumn budget, the Swedish government has included measures that are clearly geared towards encouraging union membership and creating a greater balance between negotiating parties...
11 October 2017
Germany: IG Metall calling for a 6% wage rise and the right to temporarily reduce working time
In Frankfurt on 10 October, the IG Metall metals union presented its demands for the collective negotiation process that is set to start on 15 November 2017, and which will affect 3.9 million...
10 October 2017
Great Britain: business baffled by the new apprenticeship funding system
The UK’s recently introduced Apprenticeship Levy (April 2017) has met with startling problems: government data shows that only half of the nation’s businesses that pay the new levy have claimed...
10 October 2017
Brazil: economic crisis impacting salary readjustments
Since Brazil entered recession at the end of 2014, salary rises have struggled to keep up with inflation. In 2012 only 1.4% of salary adjustments were less than the inflation rate, whereas the...
10 October 2017
United States: Teamsters oppose driverless trucks
Truck drivers from the Teamsters trade union have convinced the US Congress to exclude particularly heavy trucks from its draft legislation on driverless vehicles. The decision provides temporary...
9 October 2017
News update as of October 5, 2017
On the menu : in Portugal, Volkswagen Autoeuropa Workers Commission election reshuffles the cards, in Luxembourg a tripartite project to support digital competences development, Caterpillar calls...
4 October 2017
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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