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Germany: ahead of the upcoming legislative elections the main political parties put forward their views on co-determination, part-time work, and the minimum wage
If the polls are to be believed then Angela Merkel is set to return for a fourth consecutive mandate as German Chancellor following the elections on 24 September and in this vein talk is rife over...
19 September 2017
China is taking steps to attract foreign talents
China, already among the top-ranking countries for research and development, is dramatically lacking top level talents. The Chinese authorities have recently announced measures aimed at attracting...
19 September 2017
Austria: positive backdrop for annual negotiations in metal sector
Autumn-time negotiations are set to commence in the Austrian metals sector on Tuesday 20 September. The talks concern some 186,000 employees across six sub-sectors, each of which will negotiate...
18 September 2017
Germany: agreement signed to create an internal job portal at Volkswagen group
After the blow dealt by the ‘dieselgate’ scandal as well as the movement towards electric cars, the German automobile giant launched an extensive restructuring programme, which aims to reduce...
15 September 2017
Portugal: tensions rising between unions at the Volkswagen Palmela facility (Autoeuropa)
30 km south of Portugal’s capital Lisbon social conflict continues at the Volkswagen Palmela facility. The main CGTP affiliated union the SITE-SUL is challenging the mandatory Saturday working...
14 September 2017
Brazil: Mercedes-Benz before the courts over unfair dismissals
At the start of September Brazil’s Labor Ministry, the MPT ,brought an action to the courts against automaker Mercedes-Benz that has a facility in São Bernardo do Campo, in the São Paulo area...
14 September 2017
Germany: a key ruling by the Federal Labor Court for interim employees working in metal sector services provision
Germany’s metal union IG Metall estimates that tens of thousands of interim workers are set to receive extra income thanks to a ruling dating back to 22 February 2017 that was only recently...
13 September 2017
Great Britain: Brexit threatening 1.5 million jobs says new report by the TUC union confederation
How are we doing? The impact of Brexit at industry level. Thus the title of a new report presented on 10 September by the TUC union confederation during its annual conference in Brighton. In it...
13 September 2017
ENGIE: latest EWC agreement put online
ENGIE's EWC agreement has undergone its second amendment since it was initially put in place following the Gaz de France | Suez merger (for more on the agreement itself c.f. article No. 090489). ...
12 September 2017
Briefly, Spanish union UGT has launched a platform for workers in the collaborative economy
After Germany’s IG Metall initiative (c.f. article No. 9064), it is the turn of Spain’s union confederation the UGT to offer web-based platform workers a specific site where they can “criticize...
12 September 2017
Italy: Sanofi lifts employee working time monitoring
During the summer, the Italian subsidiary at French pharmaceutical group Sanofi signed an agreement with trade unions on work hours and services for employees and their families working in Milan...
11 September 2017
India: Darjeeling tea pickers are on strike for over 80 days
In India’s prized Darjeeling tea region, tea pickers continue their strike action that they started in June. Trade unions have allied with the separatist Gorkha People’s Liberation Front and are...
5 September 2017
Finland: a make or break autumn following the employers’ decision to decentralize collective agreement negotiations
In March 2016 Finland’s employers took an historic decision to put an end to the country’s system of top down cascading negotiation. Thus no longer will collective agreement negotiations start at...
1 September 2017
Germany: insurance sector pay to rise 3.7% over 29 months
On Wednesday 30 August following three waves of strike action and an unusual two-month negotiations hiatus, the insurance sector social partners compromised on a sector agreement that includes a...
31 August 2017
UK: large firms will need to make their pay gaps public
In order to polish the image of companies in the UK that have been tarnished by scandals, Theresa May’s Conservative government has unveiled a corporate governance reform. Made public on 29...
29 August 2017
Italy: social partners prepare for dialogue after summer break
Negotiations between the Italian government and social partners, which had got under way in July, are set to resume in the coming days. On Wednesday, the country’s labour minister Giuliano Poletti...
29 August 2017
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31 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