Labour relations

How can Sweden’s social model cater for e-commerce and the effects of globalization and yet still maintain its integrity? This was the central question that the agreement signed on June 15 2015...

23 June 2015

Germany: Supermarket chain Real’s decision to no longer apply the sector’s collective agreements marks a new stage in their decline

Whilst collective agreements for some 3 million workers in the retail sector are in the throes of being negotiated, the German supermarket chain Real SB-Warenhaus GmbH that belongs to the Metro...

22 June 2015

Spain: new collective agreement for the chemicals industry

On June 18, business leaders and unions have announced an agreement in principle on the sector’s 18th collective agreement. The sector’s majority union federations signed the document including...

22 June 2015

Belgium: a new chemicals sector agreement puts a ‘demographic fund’ in place

As usual, the chemicals sector (CP 207) has opened Belgium’s sectoral collective agreement signing season. On June 08 the social partners agreed on a protocol and on June 16 the union bodies all...

22 June 2015

Germany: conflict escalating at Deutsche Post as DPVKom joins strike action

10 days after services union Verdi went on indefinite strike at Deutsche Post DHL, DPVKom, the Post and Telecoms union, has announced it will join the action. The union started consultations on...

18 June 2015

Italy: FS and Trenitalia sign an agreement with unions over common lines of action to combat assaults on personnel

On June 15, the transport unions concluded an agreement with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa (FS) and Trenitalia Spa* on common action to be taken to combat attacks on their personnel. Assaults...

18 June 2015

Great Britain: Wages rising at fastest rate since the economic crisis

UK wages rose by a near 8-year record high of 2.7% between February and April compared with a year earlier.

18 June 2015

Sweden: negotiations set to restart over industry worker job security agreement (omställningsavtal)

Interrupted in December 2013 negotiations over the “omställningsavtal” agreement, between the PTK (federation of private sector administration employees) and the employers confederation Svenskt...

17 June 2015

Great Britain: Unite members set up specific strike fund to gear up against looming job losses at Rolls Royce

The 12,000 Unite members at Rolls Royce have voted to set up their industrial action fund by paying £1 per month to their Unite union (in addition to their union subs). The ‘war chest’ is expected...

16 June 2015

Germany: faced with labor shortages, businesses are increasingly looking to refugees to fill the gap

Just a few days ahead of the summit meeting between the representatives of the Federal State and the Länders on June 18, Germany’s large employers federations and trade unions have come together...

16 June 2015

Great Britain: About turn for non-European skilled workers as cap on migrants is reached for first time

For the first time the UK had to close its doors to non-European skilled workers earning under 155,000 GBP a year (214,000 €) because the maximum allowed number of working permits per month was...

16 June 2015

Germany: future reforms to interim work starting to make waves

The Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Andrea Nahles has kept up momentum with multiple announcements on the content of her reform to temporary work and services contracts due to be...

15 June 2015

Italy: tax break for productivity-linked pay unlikely to continue in 2015 due to lack of funds

Introduced back in 2008 with the dual goal of reducing fiscal pressure on workers salaries as well as promoting the conclusion of local collective agreements, the productivity-linked pay tax...

11 June 2015

UNI Europa the European federation for skills and service sets out its four-year action plan for the commerce sector

Delegates from 31 unions and 23 countries came together at the UNI Europa Commerce conference from June 01 – 03 to approve its four-year action plan. The main theme was the issue of how unions can...

11 June 2015

Austria: Postal workers to receive a 1.9% pay rise

The social partners at the Österreichische Post have awarded a 1.9% wage rise to all of its 24,000 workers. The minimum salary of recent hires (after 2009) and working in the network of agencies...

11 June 2015

Great Britain: employers and the GMB union sign a Charter on safety and skills in the shale gas sector in an aim to develop this source of energy

The GMB general union and the employers’ federation, UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) have signed what the union calls a ‘landmark agreement on shale gas’. The agreement takes the form of a joint...

11 June 2015

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