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News update as of 19 January 2017
On the menu : Coca Cola Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain), legal outcome but no dispute, Wales against the Trade Union Act, Deustche Bank employees no longer allowed sending text messages , MasterCard...
18 January 2017
Italy: mixed report on the Jobs Act’s first two years
The Jobs Act (c.f. article No. 8763), Renzi’s government’s key measure, when implemented, was applauded by Europe’s institutions as one of Italy’s most anticipated reforms. Its aim was to...
18 January 2017
Spain: the Basque region’s social partners sign an agreement prioritizing regional social agreements over national collective negotiations
On 17 January, employers’ body Confebask together with the four main Basque region’s trade union bodies (ELA, LAB, CCOO, and UGT) secured a cross-industry agreement that dedicates a specific forum...
18 January 2017
China: strike action multiplies because of foreign companies’ workers’ fears over their potential transfer to Chinese companies
2016 was a year marked by a series of significant strike action in multinational companies because of workers being transferred to Chinese national companies. The mobilization efforts are an...
18 January 2017
Great Britain: Theresa May worries unions and employers by saying goodbye to the European single market
Theresa May’s shock announcement that the UK would be leaving the EU single market has raised significant worries and doubts for both unions and employers in spite of the fact that the PM’s much...
17 January 2017
Germany: the DGB wants social justice at the heart of the electoral campaign
At the start of what is to be an electoral year in Germany, punctuated initially by regional elections in Saarland, Schleswig Holstein, and North Rhine-Westphalia, and later in September by the...
16 January 2017
Sweden: differing views on the country’s economic situation are influencing the 2017 negotiations
Unions and employers bodies agree that Sweden needs more flexibility in order to attract investors. Yet is this common declaration enough to come to a real agreement? On 21 December 2016...
16 January 2017
Greece: companies increasingly relying on food coupons
Greece is struggling to emerge from the financial crisis and many companies are looking for ways to cut costs. Thus an increasing number of workers are being remunerated with a selection of...
16 January 2017
Brazil: more than 3 million labor claims in 2016
President Temer telegraphed his labor reform intentions via the goal of tackling the ‘claims industry’; a reference to the weight of legislation surrounding labor relationships that he holds to be...
13 January 2017
United States: 19 States raise the Minimum Wage in 2017
While the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25/hour since 2009 and the President elect’s administration’s intentions have still be made clear, minimum wage levels have been changing on the...
13 January 2017
Belgium: social partners secure a draft cross-industry agreement for the period 2017-2018
On the evening of 11/12 January Belgium’s social partners secured agreement over a draft cross-industry agreement (AIP) that sets a 1.1% wage margin for the next two years. Further negotiations...
12 January 2017
Italy: Constitutional Court rejects the referendum proposal over dismissals reform
On 11 January, Italy's Constitutional Court admitted two out of the three referenda that the central union body the Cgil had put forward, which aim to revise a number of the key measures in the...
12 January 2017
Italy: strike set for Friday 13 January in the textiles, fashion and footwear sectors
500,000 employees in the textiles-fashion, and leather-shoes sectors will on Friday 13 January stop work in a bid to renew their respective collective agreements that came to term on 31 March...
11 January 2017
Great Britain: mental health at work – a new priority for Theresa May
On 09 January, Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, launched a major plan to both dispel the stigma surrounding mental health and to improve ‘mental health’, particularly within businesses. To this...
11 January 2017
France: new Renault three-year jobs agreement
Following in the steps of the CFE-CGC and the FO unions, on 09 January it was the turn of the CFDT to approve Renault’s three-year employment agreement which guarantees a certain level of business...
9 January 2017
BNP Paribas: European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress is signed
In a press release on 10 January, French banking group, BNP Paribas announced that a European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress had been signed with two European federations, the...
9 January 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