Labour relations

The eighth day of demonstrations on Thursday 26 May calling for the withdrawal of the draft Labor Code reform drew between 153,000 (police data) and 300,000 (union data) participants. Protest at...

27 May 2016

Great Britain: the Government considering ways to change the steel industry’s pensions in a bid to save Tata Steel

No purchaser of Tata’s British interests is willing to take on the financial consequences of the employees’ pensions liabilities. Legally dissociating Tata Steel from the British Steel Pension...

27 May 2016

Hungary: government reinstates Sunday opening

Hungarians will once again be able to go shopping on Sundays. An amendment was adopted via the emergency procedure and undoes the current ban on Sunday shopping; a political measure that had...

26 May 2016

Turkey: coal miners stage a hunger strike deep in their mines in protest at unpaid wages

On 18 May eighty-five coal miners in northwest Turkey went down their mine and started a hunger strike to demand that their wages, which have been outstanding since the start of the year, be paid...

26 May 2016

Belgium: social elections results show the CSC and FGTB maintaining their positions with progress being made by the liberal CGSLB

Today, 25 May, Labor Minister Kris Peeters, delivered the results of elections to 3,000 Works Councils (WCs) and 6,000 Committees for Prevention and Protection at the Workplace (CPPWs) that were...

25 May 2016

Italy: positive start to negotiations over pensions and work

On 24 May, in a move to thaw the ice of two years of tensions, Giuliano Poletti, Italy’s labor Minister, received the unions to open talks over pensions and jobs whilst Prime Minister Matteo Renzi...

25 May 2016

Germany: data protection, working time, and psychological risks are the main topics in company agreements negotiated with the WCs

The trade union backed Hans Böckler Foundation argues that if you want to see the future of the world of work then you need just to look into the content of the most recent company agreements...

25 May 2016

Great Britain: seven out of ten labor disputes are settled without going to court

Two years after the introduction of the mandatory ‘Early Conciliation’ system, under which one of the parties in a dispute must contact Acas (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) before...

25 May 2016

e-learning course on European industrial relations now available

In partnership with Planet Labor the association Dialogues has launched an e-learning course on industrial relations systems in Europe. The course targets EWC members and managers and is now...

24 May 2016

Norway: an agreement marks the hospitality sector’s determination to take on a different dimension

Started on 24 April, strike action in the hospitality sector finally came to a close with an agreement between the employers’ confederation, NHO, and employers in tourism (NHO Reiseliv) on the one...

24 May 2016

Belgium: unions mobilize against social policies and working time reforms

Today on 24 May the ‘united front’ of the FGTB, CSC and CGSLB unions organized both a demonstration in Brussels and strike action impacting the transport system, public services and several...

24 May 2016

Spain: union division at Michelin in Basque city of Vitoria complicates implementation of the group’s new collective agreement

Due to the absence of agreement by the majority unions, Michelin’s new collective agreement will only come into force in a limited way at the group’s factory in Vitoria, at the heart of the Basque...

23 May 2016

Hungary: agreement between auto parts maker Autoliv, an indicator of manpower shortage in auto sector

On 07 April, shortly after Audi (Gyor) struck its agreement (c.f. article No. 9608) Autoliv, Europe’s main seat-belt maker, signed an agreement securing a 10% wage rise for production workers. ...

23 May 2016

Italy: new national collective agreement signed for the banking sector

On 16 April, following a period of difficult negotiations that were punctuated by threats of the talks being called off completely, as well as work stoppages and strike action that had garnered...

23 May 2016

Germany: Volkswagen workers secure a 4.8% wage rise as well as a new agreement on early retirement

In spite of the emissions scandal and massive financial penalties looming over the German automaker, the metals union IG Metall succeeded in securing a new ‘in house Volkswagen agreement’. In...

20 May 2016

Austria: the slowdown in the pace of pay rises continues

The major collective agreements that have been renegotiated since the start of 2016 confirm a trend that started several years ago. Pay rises are getting increasingly smaller. At the start of the...

20 May 2016

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