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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

Italy: Ikea and the unions conclude a new company agreement ending the conflict following termination of the previous agreement

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

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