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The BECTU broadcasting and entertainment union has begun taking its first concrete steps to organising workers in the growing VFX (visual effects) sector. Tougher working conditions in the sector...

10 February 2016

Great Britain: unions try to win over wider public opinion while the House of Lords deliberates the Trade Union Bill

While the Trade Union Bill, a bill on the right to strike, is currently being examined in the House of Lords, on Monday 08 February, Britain’s trade unions launched their ‘Heart Unions Week’ in a...

8 February 2016

Great Britain: Bank Santander and the CWU union agree a 3 year pay deal that guarantees more transparency and fairness in salary progression

Following what the CWU communications union called ‘marathon set of lock-down talks’ a three year agreement has been signed with banking and finance group Santander that institutes transparent pay...

5 February 2016

Belgium: banking sector signs 2015-2016 collective agreement

On 28 January 2016, following months of bitter negotiations, employers and unions in the banking sector have officially signed a collective labor agreement marking the closure of a raft of...

5 February 2016

Poland: positive outlook for the labor market in 2016

According to economists’ forecasts, 2016 will be a good year for workers. Large-scale emigration has left businesses struggling to hire staff. As a result salaries have gone up and businesses are...

4 February 2016

Denmark: integrating refugees into the labor market is a high priority for the tripartite negotiations

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called the social partners together for tripartite talks on 11 February. Top of the agenda is how to integrate refugees into the labor market. The social...

4 February 2016

Great Britain: GMB union and Humberside Engineering Training Association launch a joint initiative to promote apprenticeships with the region’s employers and younger workers

The GMB union together with Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) have launched an initiative to encourage Humberside’s employers and younger workers into apprenticeships. Unions have...

4 February 2016

Italy: a new agreement for the recently formed Finmeccania One Company model

Since 01 January 2016, former 100% Finmeccania subsidiaries Agusta Westland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, Oto Melara and Wass, have merged into one single company operating with seven divisions...

4 February 2016

Greece: unions call for a new general strike on Thursday to protest against pension reforms

On the anniversary of the radical left’s accession to power in January 2015, anger is growing across all segments of Greece’s society. The draft law on pensions that the government put to the...

3 February 2016

Germany: IG Metall recommends a wage raise of between 4.5% and 5%

Following consultations with its seven regional federations, IG Metall, Germany’s largest trade union in terms of membership numbers, announced on the 02 February that it would enter into the...

2 February 2016

Great Britain: leading unions call for protectionist measures to safeguard jobs

In response to huge jobs losses and the prospect of more to come, a number of leading unions in steel and manufacturing have made calls to protect jobs by urging the government to act upon...

28 January 2016

Unilever: joint declaration in conjunction with the international trade unions UITA and IndustriALL to prevent sexual harassment

Signed on 26 January by the agro-industry union federations, UITA and the industrial federation IndustriALL Global this declaration included commitments to tackle sexual harassment together via...

28 January 2016

Italy: retail store chain Essenlunga concludes an agreement to try out Sunday working

On 22 January, following thirteen months of negotiations, management at Esselunga (22,500 employees and 155 stores) concluded an agreement that intends to trial working on Sundays. The...

27 January 2016

Germany: IG Metall tightens links with Hungary metals union VASAS

Germany’s electronics and metals union IG Metall together with its Hungarian counterpart VASAS announced they were strengthening their already long-term collaboration by opening a common training...

27 January 2016

Italy: Confindustria and the unions transpose the European framework agreement on work related harassment and violence

On 25 January, Italy’s employers’ body Confindustria signed an agreement with the CGIL, Cisl, and the Uil unions that puts in place a framework agreement addressing workplace harassment and...

26 January 2016

Germany: the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) calls for more flexibility in working time to benefit workers

During the annual press conference on 25 January, and following a more or less positive assessment for 2015, Reiner Hoffmann, DGB president, presented the main thrusts for union action in 2016...

26 January 2016

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