Labour relations

In the US, where according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance two thirds of care professionals don’t have a health insurance program, the Care services platform Care.com announced it was...

19 September 2016

Spain: Basque nationalist unions mobilize against a framework agreement signed in July signed by both the CCOO and UGT

The Basque nationalist unions are up in arms. They are protesting a framework agreement on collective negotiations that was signed on 22 July by the regions employers’ confederation Confebask and...

19 September 2016

Bulgaria: the new list of representative from trade unions and employers at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC)

The decision taken by the Bulgarian government in August to recognize as representative at the national level two trade unions and five employers’ associations is under heavy critics from the...

15 September 2016

Greece: labor law negotiations recommence between Greece and its creditors

Once again representatives of Greece’s creditors (ECB, EU, IMF) visited Athens to assess the reforms already underway or intended by the Alexis Tsipras government. At the center of the discussions...

15 September 2016

Portugal: the CGTP union is organizing a week of mobilization in companies

On 26 September the CGTP will be calling for better pay via the launch of a week of mobilization within companies. The Communist leaning central union body wants to start a debate on pay during a...

15 September 2016

Germany: faced with the difficult job of integrating asylum seekers into the jobs market both unions and employers are putting solutions forward

While in Germany the migrant issue is under bitter discussion and is threatening Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political future, two recent studies, one from the trade union linked Hans-Böckler...

14 September 2016

News update as of September 16, 2016

On the menu: a national day of crippling strike action in Brazil on 22 September protesting new president Michel Temer’s labor law reform proposals, British and European trade unions aim to...

12 September 2016

Germany: leading industrial firm Trumpf places German staff on annual working hours

The social partners of industrial equipment supplier Trumpf, and the IG Metall trade union, recently signed a company agreement which sets in stone the decision to scrap weekly working hours...

12 September 2016

News update as of September 9, 2016

On the menu, a strong rise in the number of zero hours contracts in Great Britain, agreements over wages at Renault Samsung and GM in South Korea, in Hungary McDonalds is providing free housing to...

8 September 2016

Sweden: trade union body Unionen developing closer ties with its German counterpart IG Metall to better manage digital platform working

In June 2016, Unionen, Sweden’s private sector union, concluded a ‘strategic’ cooperation agreement with its corresponding German body, IG Metall (metals and electronics), so that Unionen can...

8 September 2016

News update as of September 6, 2016

On the menu, Continental is set to develop flexible working in its subsidiaries worldwide, another chapter unfolds in the VW | UAW dispute over unionizing a plant in the southeastern US city of...

6 September 2016

Great Britain : ‘Gig’ economy workers start challenging their employment conditions

The first strong signs of workers contesting their employment conditions with companies operating as part of the ‘gig’ economy have taken place this summer. They have been spearheaded by a small...

5 September 2016

Italy: social partners submit proposals to government for managing corporate restructuring

The decision by Confindustria, the Italian employers’ federation, and the CGIL, CISL and UIL, the three large trade union bodies, to resume social dialogue has started to bear fruit. On 1...

5 September 2016

Great Britain: a boost for the auto industry

Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is to invest £35 million (€41.4 million) in a bid to boost the auto industry. As a result of this investment almost 3,000 new skilled jobs are expected for...

2 September 2016

31 August 2016 news review

On the menu, around fifty US businesses have signed up to a White House initiative promoting equal pay - an NLRB decision requires the US fast food chain, Chipotle, to review its policy over staff...

29 August 2016

Great Britain: a trade union is challenging Lloyds Blank over the female pensions gap

British banking group Lloyds has to face a legal challenge at the employment tribunal over pensions that are said to discriminate against female staff in terms of the supplementary pension system...

29 August 2016

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On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...

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