Labour relations

During the CISL national conference currently underway, the confederation union presented its study on the unions’ image in Italy. Undertaken with a representative sample of Italian workers from...

18 November 2015

United States: more than 10 years of history between management and the autoworkers union, UAW over unionizing at Nissan (Canton, Mississippi)

Between 02-07 November, workers at the Nissan Canton plant (Mississippi) have visited France for the second time seeking support for their struggle to unionize the Canton plant.

18 November 2015

Spain: social partners conclude the Catalonia Interbranch 2015-2017 Agreement

The Catalonian federations of the UGT and CCOO unions together with the employers’ bodies Foment del treball and Fepime have concluded a principle agreement on a Catalonia Interbranch Agreement...

17 November 2015

Germany: the central WC of Porsche obtains the right to review employment decisions for tasks being outsourced

On Monday 16 November in an interview with the Stuttgarter Zeitung publication, Uwe Hück, president of Porsche’s central WC indicated that in discussions with Porsche management he had obtained...

17 November 2015

Great Britain: New left-leaning general secretary of GMB general union elected

After ten years leading the GMB union, Paul Kenny is to be succeeded by Tim Roache. Roache is expected to take the union slightly further to the left while pursuing a more aggressive stance of...

13 November 2015

Greece: public and private sector unions’ call for a 24-hour general strike for Thursday 12 November

On 12 November, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras will have to contend with his first general strike since he came to power. Public and private sector unions are complaining about new...

11 November 2015

Denmark: During its congress, HK/Privat launches a new strategy to strengthen members’ professional competencies

The HK/Privat congress was held between 01 – 03 November and focused on boosting development of its members professional competencies to make then better able to face the challenges of the...

10 November 2015

United States: Ford comes to agreement with the UAW union

Negotiators for the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have signed a four-year wage agreement with the final of the big 3 remaining US automakers: Ford. Workers are set to receive a signing bonus of...

10 November 2015

Belgium: Bpost comes to an agreement over an ‘agile’ working organization

On 29 October, following a week of industrial action, the social partners including management and the unions: 4 FGTB, 3 CSC, and 2 CGSLB came to a Joint Committee agreement with 15 votes ‘for’...

9 November 2015

Italy: widespread support expected for Saturday’s general strike in the retail sector

Under the banner ‘All out’, the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl, and Uiltucs-Uil unions have called on workers in those companies belonging to the employers’ associations; Federdistribuzione...

6 November 2015

Italy: following the closure of the 6 month Universal Exhibition, Italy’s workers are in the process of being redeployed, whilst the ‘Expo model’ concept continues to makes waves

The 2015 Universal Exhibition held in Milan from 01 May 2015 until 31 October 2015 was a great success attracting over 21 million visitors. It was also a platform for experimenting with an...

4 November 2015

H&M: signs a global framework agreement on fundamental rights along its supply chain

On 03 November the Swedish clothing company together with the international union federation IndustriAll as well as the Swedish industry union IF Metall signed a global framework agreement (GFA)...

4 November 2015

Austria: 1.5% wage rise and a two-part three-tier working time model for the metals industry

The Austrian Machine Tool Industry Federation (FMMI) together with the Austrian metals employers organization and the PRO-GE (industry) and GPA-dip (private employers) unions came to agreement on...

3 November 2015

Great Britain: rising living wage is increasingly attracting companies

The living wage, generally considered to be the minimum amount needed to live decently in the UK is a voluntary pay benchmark and one that more and more companies are adopting even though it is...

3 November 2015

Umicore: renews its Global Framework Agreement on Sustainable Development

On 20 October the Belgian materials technology and recycling group together with the international union federation IndustriAll Global Union renewed for the third time their global framework...

2 November 2015

Spain: retail and food industries join forces in a ‘Pact for Youth Employment’

22 companies from amongst the major retail names and food industry labels have got together to launch a program of grants and ‘dual’ training aimed at students and young university graduates.

2 November 2015

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