Labour relations

The CGIL union has established a committee tasked with collecting signatures in support of a citizen’s initiative draft law that completely rewrites Italy’s Labor Code and that sees itself as an...

9 March 2016

Denmark: a marked reduction in the number of conflicts in the private sector

In 2015 the number of strike days in companies belonging to the DA, Denmark’s main employers’ confederation hit its lowest level in twenty five years. According to researchers the drop is as much...

9 March 2016

Great Britain: the Living Wage is making employers blanch

How does one absorb the costs of a mandatory rise in the minimum wage of almost 7.5% to be paid to all workers over the age of 25? This is the question bothering British businesses that remain...

9 March 2016

Germany: social partners in the chemicals sector set up the ‘SO-WIN’ training cycle as a way of getting senior management and WC employee representatives working together on the theme of sustainable development

In mid-February, the IG BCE union together with the BAVC employers’ federation announced the establishment of the “social partner workshop for innovation and sustainable development” (SO.WIN). The...

8 March 2016

Spain: first collective agreement concluded at Lidl

On 04 March 2016, management at supermarket chain Lidl together with the unions CCOO and UGT signed the first company wide collective agreement. In it is the highest minimum wage level for the...

8 March 2016

India: general strike set for 10 March protesting the Modi government’s labor law reform projects

11 central trade unions of India, including Bharatiya Majdoor Sangh (BMS), an affiliate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have called for a national strike on 10 March protesting the...

7 March 2016

Great Britain: reform to union financing of the Labour Party is halted

With the law reforming unions, called the Trade Union Bill, still under examination by Parliament, a House of Lords committee has called on David Cameron’s government to reexamine the bill in the...

3 March 2016

Estonia: union discrimination at Nordea, an example of cross-border union cooperation

Final episode in the saga. Bank Nordea was found to have entered into union discrimination vis-à-vis one of its employees, Hannes Veskimaë who had set up a union section in January 2015. Hannes...

3 March 2016

Netherlands : agreement in principle in metal sector (Metalektro)

After a period of unsuccessful negotiations followed by a long series of strikes (article n°9247), the trade union and employers delegations reached an accord in principle for a new collective...

3 March 2016

France: draft law on labor law reform sees the youth take to the streets

Faced with union opposition, significant mobilization using the social networks, and an online petition that has, to date, received almost 900,000 signatures, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced...

2 March 2016

Finland: unions accept a sharp increase in employee social contribution charges as well as longer working hours in a bid to boost competitiveness

In a bid to improve growth and battle unemployment, Finland’s social partners have agreed (02.29) a certain number of measures impacting workers conditions. The government still has to accept the...

2 March 2016

Econocom: Belgian information services group has adopted Societas Europaea (SE) status

Econocom is Belgium’s first business group to adopt Societas Europaea (SE) status. In 2006 when the company employed a modest 3,000 it set up a European Works Council (EWC) that has become, with...

2 March 2016

Germany: despite massive refugee inflows, one employers’ body is calling for a managed immigration policy specifically catering for skilled workers from outside the EU

Even though Germany’s four major employers’ bodies, (BDA, BDI, DIHK, and ZDH), have recently lent their support for Angela Merkel’s highly controversial refugee integration policy, the Cologne...

1 March 2016

Great Britain: the small independent workers union (IWGB) is using social networks and flashmobs to secure decent wages for couriers

Two same-day courier companies have succumbed to the pressure from the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union and raised the rates each courier is paid per delivered item. The IWGB is a...

26 February 2016

Germany: IG Metall union contemplating testing a new strike tactic during the upcoming metals collective negotiations

Against a backdrop of preparations being in full swing for the upcoming negotiations on renewing the metals and electro technical collective agreement, the IG Metall union has confirmed that it...

24 February 2016

Norway and Sweden: debate over a 6-hour working day

It's a recurring question: why not generalize a 6-hour working day in order to optimize production and fight unemployment? This is the unions’ message, and businesses from various sectors have...

24 February 2016

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