Labour relations

From September, Lidl Bulgaria will offer places on a dual professional educational program. This is a pilot apprenticeship program for students in the commercial sector and forms part of a wider...

8 May 2015

Spain: CCOO and UGT sign agreement with Telefónica’s installation and maintenance companies, but minority trade unions want to keep fighting

On 5 May, the CCOO (Workers’ Commissions) and UGT (General Union of Workers) announced that they had signed an agreement with the main companies dealing with the installation and maintenance of...

6 May 2015

OHB SE: agreement over worker participation in the newly formed SE online

On March 26, 2015, OHB, the German space technology company converted its legal structure into a Societas Europaea (SE). The change is in response to the growing Europeanization of its activities...

6 May 2015

New Zealand: zero hours contracts scrapped in fast-food industry

McDonald’s, KFC. Burger King… New Zealand’s fast food giants have one by one been scrapping their zero hours employment contracts in response to a campaign by the union Unite. Controversy over...

5 May 2015

Germany: GDL the train drivers’ union has launched the longest strike in rail history in defense of its right to conclude collective agreements for its own members

In the face of widespread annoyance for both passengers and businesses alike the niche corporatist train drivers’ union, GDL, has just launched its 8th strike since the start of its long running...

4 May 2015

Italy: commercial sector unions commit to combatting discrimination against homosexuals at work

In Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige in northern Italy, the commercial sector unions have made an official commitment to combat discrimination against homosexuals at work. Together with an association...

4 May 2015

Spain: trade unions at Repsol introduce a coordination platform which also involves workers from around 20 other auxiliary companies working for them on petrochemical sites

The Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) in Spain have introduced a new coordination platform on all of Repsol’s petrochemical complexes, in order to join union forces and to defend both employees of the...

29 April 2015

Chile: labour law reform bill criticised by trade unions and companies

This bill, which is currently being looked at by Chilean MPs, is being attacked on all fronts. Workers have rallied to demand more substantial changes as regards collective bargaining and the...

29 April 2015

Great Britain : Sports Direct’s employment practices come under increasing media and union scrutiny

The large and high profile sports retailer, Sports Direct, has come under increasing media and union scrutiny as a result of the broadcast of a documentary on its work and employment practices...

28 April 2015

Italy: first company-level agreement for the 3,500 workers employed by Zara

After more than two years of wrangling, Italian trade unions have managed to force the Spanish clothing giant Inditex to yield, by obtaining the first company-level agreement for employees of its...

27 April 2015

Lafarge/Holcim merger: April 28 set as world action day defending workers rights during merger situations

The international and European industry, wood and construction union organizations (IndustriALL Global and IndustriALL Europe IBB and FETBB) are organizing a world day of action on April 28...

27 April 2015

Barclays: Bank’s CEO commits to discussions with UNI Global over the introduction of a global living wage

During the bank’s AGM, CEO Antony Jenkins confirmed his readiness to open discussions with UNI Global over the introduction of a global living wage. His announcement comes after the bank’s unions...

24 April 2015

Great Britain: supermarket managers paying the price of restructuring

Hot on the heels of supermarket leaders Asda, Tesco, and Morrisons, British household name Sainsbury’s, which employs more than 160,000, has just well as across management teams. The plan is the...

24 April 2015

Belgium: votes in a ‘2%’ freeze over wage indexation and moderate salary rises for the next two years

On April 22 the Belgian Chamber of Representatives approved a draft law to boost employment. It includes freezing wage indexation until the reference index reaches 2% and will include only very...

23 April 2015

Great Britain: despite near zero inflation, collective disputes over salary rises are proliferating

Currently, disputes over annual pay rises are in much evidence. This is not surprising given that this time of year is the traditional time for the settlement of annual pay rises, with the 1 April...

23 April 2015

Germany: Andrea Nahles, Labor Minister, kicks off a “national dialogue” over working in the digital age

How do we want to work in the future? Are jobs destined to disappear in the digital age? How will DIGITAL affect social regimes, labor law, co-management? In short how will the arrival of the...

23 April 2015

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