Labour relations

Negotiations over this new company agreement had started following significant mobilization in the summer due to the unilateral denunciation of the Swedish company’s previous agreement. According...

2 November 2015

United States: agreement between UAW and General Motors

The UAW trade unionists and representatives of General Motors were quick to reach a four-year salary agreement. No longer will salaries increase at two disparate rates, and there will be more...

29 October 2015

Denmark: 38th Congress of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) elects its first ever female president, and moves towards a merger with the FTF, the second largest confederation in the country

Meeting in Aalborg, from 25 to 27 October, the 400 LO delegates elected Lizette Risgaard as the head of the main Danish trade union confederation (17 trade unions representing almost 1 million...

28 October 2015

Belgium: a time of “trade union bashing”

The month of October was marked by a significant wave of social protests, and the climate seems far from calming. Following the death of two people, who did not receive prompt healthcare due to...

28 October 2015

Finland: hesitation from the government opens the way for possible agreement between social partners

Following strong trade union mobilisation and the Finnish government’s U-turn, the situation remains muddled in Finland. Informal negotiations between social partners are committed to reaching an...

26 October 2015

Sweden: a trade union front creaking on the eve of negotiations

This is something that had not been seen for 20 years. On 21 October the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) announced that it would not be coordinating the demands of its 14 member unions...

26 October 2015

Germany: thousands of temporary workers risk losing their jobs as a result of the Volkswagen emissions scandal

Job losses may soon result from the biggest scandal ever to hit German automaker Volkswagen (VW). On 18 October the German Press Agency DPA indicated that according to VW’s central works council...

23 October 2015

Great Britain: the Government and Tata Steel to provide financial support for redundant steel workers

Criticized by the unions for doing nothing to help the British steel industry in crisis, on Friday 23 October, David Cameron’s Conservative Government and Tata Steel announced a package of...

23 October 2015

United States: UAW members approve the Fiat Chrysler agreement

This time round, 77% of workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) voted to approve an agreement negotiated on their behalf between their union, the United Auto Workers (UAW) and FCA management...

23 October 2015

Canada: union relief at Liberal party’s election win

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s unexpected defeat during Canada’s federal elections on 19 October has calmed Canada’s unions that had been experiencing increasingly difficult relations with the...

23 October 2015

Germany: IG Metall’s new president announces a national campaign for redefining working time

In Frankfurt, between 18 – 24 October, IG Metall, the world’s largest major trade union with almost 2.3 million members, voted in its new management team. On Tuesday 20 October, former number 2...

22 October 2015

Great Britain: steel industry buckling under the crisis

Indian group Tata Steel announced on Tuesday 20 October that almost 1,200 jobs would be lost in yet another brutal blow to the UK’s steel industry. Businesses and unions in the sector warn that...

21 October 2015

Germany: IG Metall warns rapid refugee integration measures should not result in social dumping

Amidst fierce debate over ways to facilitate refugees’ entry into the German labor market, on Monday 19 October the metals union IG Metall during its 23rd congress being held in Frankfurt between...

21 October 2015

NH Hotel Group: establishes an EWC

The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) has announced an agreement was signed last week that puts an EWC in place for the hotel chain NH Hotel Group. A...

20 October 2015

Brazil: economic crisis hinders collective negotiation

Bad news for Brazil’s workers. Economic crisis and rising inflation (+9.8% over a year) have seriously compromised unions’ collective bargaining powers. According to the Inter-Union Department of...

20 October 2015

Japan: banking sector leading the way with gender equality initiatives targeting management level

In Japan, the weight of tradition slows down management innovation. Nonetheless, for the past year or two, the banking sector, one of the country’s most conservative sectors, is trying to innovate...

19 October 2015

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