Labour relations

On Wednesday 15 June in Vienna, Austria’s machinery and metal ware employers’ body the FMMI together with the PRO-GE (Industry) and GPA-dip (Private sector employees) unions presented an...

16 June 2016

Spain: CCOO union confederation wants to ‘rethink the union’

The CCOO union has started looking to its future. 350 people from both the union machine and the militant wings will come together on 21 June to examine the future of unionism as well as its much...

16 June 2016

United States : tourism business and unions mount an offensive against Airbnb

In the State of New York, hospitality unions together with real estate and tourism businesses are joining forces to lobby for an anti-Airbnb law. Two lobbying camps are behind a proposal for a...

16 June 2016

EU: interview with Luc Triangle, newly elected General Secretary of the European industrial union federation industriAll Europe

The second IndustriAll European Trade Union Congress took place in Madrid from 7 – 9 June 2016 (see article n°9721) and saw a new team head up the organization. Luc Triangle is the federation’s...

14 June 2016

EU: IndustriAll Europe union federation holds its second congress

IndustriAll Europe’s second congress took place between 07 and 09 June in Madrid and was held against a backdrop of a decline in Europe’s industry that is currently under pressure from EU...

14 June 2016

Great Britain: businesses divided as Brexit goes down to the line

With under ten days to go to the historic referendum on 23 June, when the British will vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the EU, more and more businesses are getting involved in the campaign. For example the...

14 June 2016

Germany: a law to narrow gender wage gaps is unjustified, affirms the IW employers institute

On 13 June while Germany’s Families Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) continues her battle within the coalition government to get her draft law on equal pay passed, the employer friendly IW (Cologne...

14 June 2016

China: controversy surrounding the announced reform of the law on employment contracts

A new cycle of economic reforms is being undertaken against a backdrop of a slowdown in the country’s economy and emerging criticism over high levels of protection being offered to workers. Eights...

13 June 2016

Austria: new Chancellor to introduce a new ‘machines’ tax in a bid to boost employment and businesses

On 17 May Austria’s newly appointed Chancellor, Christian Kern promised a ‘New Deal’ for the country with an ‘Agenda 2025’ for its employees and social partners. Although too soon to know all the...

10 June 2016

Great Britain: oil workers looking to strike over pay

The Unite, GMB, and RMT unions have called on hundreds of workers with the Wood Group oil services giant to vote over strike action in defense of their pay. The call indicates the extent to which...

10 June 2016

Italy: national collective agreements leading to regional inequalities

National collective agreements governing Italy’s salaries are fostering inequalities in terms of purchasing power and benefiting workers from the South. Thus are the conclusions of a study...

9 June 2016

Finland: government secures an annual increase in working time of 24 hours with no change in pay that will apply to the 300 sector agreements

Following the agreement in March 2016 over the government’s proposed competitiveness pact, which freezes salaries until 2017, raises annual working time by twenty-four hours, lowers the public...

9 June 2016

Turkey: an agreement is signed with a group of businesses in the textile sector

On 03 June, TEKSIF, Turkey’s main textile trade unions signed a three-year agreement with 26 big businesses in the sector that will raise salaries and bonuses for the 9,000 members of the union...

8 June 2016

Denmark: Siemens Wind Power and Arbejdstilsynet (Danish Professional Environmental authority) both tarnished by an epoxide scandal

Since 2012, Siemens Wind Power, along with some 4,000 other Danish businesses has been proudly boasting the Arbejdstilsynet green smiley (Kronesmiley) that recognizes a high quality-working...

8 June 2016

Poland: a union for immigrant Ukrainian workers

On 20 May in Katowice, Poland, Ukrainian workers decided to establish their own union with support from the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions, the OPZZ. This will mark the first ever migrant...

7 June 2016

Spain: AndBank signs Spain’s first ever financial sector professionalism agreement

Signed on 02 June between the CCOO union and AndBank, a private bank headquartered in Andorra that has been operating in Spain since 2012, the landmark agreement is the first to set out the...

7 June 2016

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