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Germany: from 2018 Deutsche Bahn rail workers can choose between more money or more time off
Deutsche Bahn (DB) management and the large EVG rail union (Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft) have written a new page in the history books. In Berlin on 12 December and following five rounds of...
13 December 2016
Spain: employees at the Vitoria Mercedes Benz (Basque region) site approve a new collective agreement against a backdrop of significant union division
The agreement intends for a 1.8% annual pay rise and permanent employment contracts for some 1,000 employees currently on temporary employment contracts. The agreement, negotiated solely by the...
13 December 2016
France: first working meeting on independent drivers between Uber and the CFDT union
Representatives from both Uber and the CFDT transport union met on 12 December to discuss the changing nature of the freelance chauffeur driver profession. At the close of the meeting a working...
13 December 2016
Argentina: planned mobilisation in the banking sector following foreign bank grouping’s refusal to sign agreement on salaries
Argentina’s banking sector appears set for a stormy week. The Asociación Bancaria, the union of banking workers, has announced a 24-hour strike which will take place on Thursday 15 December, and...
9 December 2016
Germany: Continental and the IG Metall and IG BCE unions adopt an innovative agreement for students in dual-training
In Germany dual-training at third level education standard is in full-swing, and the Continental group together with the metals unions IG Metall and the chemicals union IG BCE announced they had...
8 December 2016
Great Britain: agreement over pensions to save jobs at Tata Steel
The 'Save our Steel' campaign that UK unions have been running for several months is yielding results in so far as on 07 December the Indian Steel company Tata Steel committed to remaining in the...
8 December 2016
Spain: Basque social partners agree to come to the table in a bid to secure a specific framework for the region’s collective negotiations
Following years of confrontation, Euskadi’s (Basque country) four main union bodies and the region’s employers’ body have come together to jointly draw up a cross-industry agreement that will set...
6 December 2016
Audi looking to replace vehicle production lines at its new sites
More than a hundred years after Henry Ford invented the vehicle production line, Germany’s carmaker Audi is on the brink of revolutionizing its own production processes. Out go the traditional...
5 December 2016
Finland: new decentralised negotiation model hinders push to reach agreements for 2017
Traditionally, the model for negotiations in Finland has been heavily centralised. Trade unions, employers and the government would negotiate a tri-partite central deal to establish minimum wage...
5 December 2016
Spain: government announces 8% minimum wage increase, negotiated with socialist opposition
The agreed rise will bring the country’s minimum wage from €655.20 up to €707.61 per month over a 14-month period, which the government says marks the biggest change for 30 years. The trade unions...
2 December 2016
Germany: collective agreement reached in temporary industry applicable until 2019
On Wednesday 30 November, social partners from the temporary work sector put forward an outline for an agreement that offers wage increases in four phases. The size of the raises varies according...
2 December 2016
Spain : three questions to Gonzalo Pino, UGT Union Policy secretary
Gonzalo Pino, UGT Policy Unit secretary explained to Planet Labor why the organization is taking the lead over salaries, following years of a more moderate position.
30 November 2016
United States: a future pro-working class yet anti-union President ?
It is a well-known fact that Donald Trump the businessman and the trade unions are not the best of friends. However how will their relationship develop as the President-elect has to implement a...
30 November 2016
Germany: Labor Minister gives details on draft reforms aiming to meet the challenges of the digital transformation including boosting lifelong training and more labor flexibility
During a conference held in Berlin on 29 November, a year and a half after sounding the starting gun to ‘national dialogue on the future of work in the digital age, the Minister for Labor and...
29 November 2016
Great Britain: PM Theresa May wants more transparency in executive pay
On Tuesday 29 November, UK PM Theresa May unveiled proposals for the government’s future corporate governance reforms. In particular the PM intends for measures to put an end to excessive pay and...
29 November 2016
Spain: a hotel leader criticizes working conditions in the hospitality sector
Antonio Catalan, president of the Marriott AC Hotels chain has criticized hotels for using temporary employment and precarious working conditions as their basis for growth. His words echo those of...
29 November 2016
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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