Labour relations

Echoing the position it adopted in 2007 the business leaders body for industry, EK, announced at the end of November that it was refusing to negotiate a new cross-industry framework agreement on...

4 December 2015

Spain: political parties present their proposals in front of the general election on 20 December

As campaigning starts for the general election on 20 December, the main political parties are putting forward their proposals to reform labor legislation and free up the jobs market.

3 December 2015

Portugal: the new socialist led government looks to consumption to relaunch the economy

António Costa’s socialist government has announced a series of measures that should relaunch the economic activity in 2016. Measures abolishing certain austerity led taxes and levies imposed...

3 December 2015

Germany: during its ‘Job Summit’, Lufthansa and the unions agreed to deepen their cooperation

Plagued by continuous strike action over the past two years, on Wednesday 02 December, Lufthansa invited the three unions that are established within the company; Verdi (ground staff), Ufo (flight...

2 December 2015

Italy: Enel signs a development and innovation protocol promoting generational replacement

On 27 November, Italy’s energy company, Enel together with the unions signed a protocol on development and innovation that includes a framework agreement on “intergenerational solidarity and...

2 December 2015

Switzerland: the private postal service sign their first ever collective agreement

On Monday 30 November, social partners from the private post sector, the employers’ federation KEP & Mail and two postal sector trade unions Syndicom and Transfair, announced that they have...

1 December 2015

Great-Britain: JCB and GMB union agree reduced working week to save jobs cuts

GMB union members at four JCB companies (construction machinery) have voted to begin a temporary period of short-time working to stave off compulsory redundancies amongst a number of their...

1 December 2015

Argentina: the social consequences of Mauricio Macri’s presidential election win

On 22 December Argentina voted in a reforming liberal as the country’s president. Difficult social negotiations are expected as a result of tough economic measures that will have to be taken and...

26 November 2015

Germany: steel industry wages to rise by 2.3%

75,000 workers in the steel industry, employed by the large steel companies in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, and Bremen that produce most of Germany’s steel, are set to receive a 2.3% rise...

26 November 2015

Italy: social partners in the cement, lime, and plaster industry concluded an agreement to renew their National Collective Agreement

On 24 November, both the unions (Feneal-Uil, Filca-Cisl, Fillea-CGIL) and employers (Federmaco) concluded an agreement to renew the cement, lime, and plaster industry National Collective Agreement...

26 November 2015

Germany: the number of out of work scientists and engineers has risen sharply (DIW study)

Since the start of the century and really right up until now the primary message received from the business community was the lack of highly skilled labor in the science and technical related...

24 November 2015

South Korea: extensive raid of KCTU establishments in Seoul

The relations between the government and the second largest trade union confederation in South Korea become all the more turbulent. This past weekend, almost 700 South Korean police officers...

24 November 2015

Belgium: 2015-2016 HORECA sector agreement concluded against a backdrop of ‘flexi-jobs’ in the sector

On 23 October an agreement was reached for the Horeca sector (Hotels/Restaurants/Cafés) against the backdrop of a tense social climate in Belgium (c.f. article No. 9341). The day before, on 22...

23 November 2015

Italy: the Fiom-CGIL organizes a national demonstration protesting the government’s policies

CGIL steelworkers will gather in Rome on 21 November to take part in a national demonstration protesting Matteo Renzi’s government’s policies and putting forward a new different social and...

20 November 2015

United States: IG Metall is establishing a presence in Tennessee, in support of UAW led unionization in German owned automakers and suppliers

The UAW already enjoys IG Metall’s full support in its efforts to unionize at German-owned auto manufacturers and suppliers. The UAW still has to establish its first European-like works council in...

20 November 2015

Great Britain: London’s 18 bus companies agree to negotiate its first collective agreement for the 27,000 drivers since privatization over 20 years ago.

Following strike action at the beginning of 2015 undertaken by Unite bus drivers, the union has secured negotiations, facilitated by the state conciliation service ACAS, with London's 18 bus...

19 November 2015

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