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More than 300 employees on zero-hours employment contract at the British sports outlet Sports Direct are ready to go to court against the retail group for non-payment of bonuses received by other...

6 February 2015

Denmark: unions are rolling out the heavy guns against Ryanair

Flights on March 26 from Ryanair’s new Copenhagen route risk being grounded. The Irish airline has refused to sign a collective agreement with the National Union of Service Employees...

6 February 2015

Luxemburg: the social partners and government together fixed an action plan for the upcoming months

On November 28, the Luxemburg government signed an agreement with the OGBL, LGCB and CGFP union organizations. Then on January 14 the government signed a second agreement, this time with the...

5 February 2015

France: a new leadership team for the CGT and its initial steps in getting the organization battle fit

At the close of its executive committee meeting held on February 3 and 4 the CGT now has a new confederation bureau and at its head replacing Thierry Lepaon will be Philippe Martinez, the former...

4 February 2015

France: an interview with Jean-Marie Pernot researcher at the Economic and Social Research Institute (IRES) on the crisis at the heart of the CGT

At the close of its executive committee meeting held on February 3 and 4 the CGT now has a new confederation bureau and at its head, replacing Thierry Lepaon, will be Philippe Martinez, the former...

4 February 2015

Barclays: launches the Barclays Europe Alliance and the Group’s EWC also signed its charter of responsibility

On January 27, Barclays EWC, also known as BGEF (Barclays Group European Forum), together with the banking group’s management signed a revised charter for a responsible bank throughout Europe. The...

4 February 2015

Greece: the government’s initial announcements prompt reaction from both unions and business leaders

This week saw a wave of announcements from radical leftwing Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras’s new government. Neither the unions nor business leaders have held back with their reactions.

3 February 2015

Italy: banking sector unions declare their strike action as an “enormous success”

On January 30 more than 90% of banking sector employees took part in a national banking strike. They were protesting the termination of their national banking collective agreement as of April 1...

2 February 2015

Belgium : unions split over wage rise agreement

With the exception of the FGTB socialist union, on January 30, all the social partners reached agreement over wages. According to the business leaders' bodies, the salary rise margin agreed...

2 February 2015

Telefónica: the global agreement is renewed between UNI Global Union and the Spanish unions CCOO and UGT

The Spanish telecommunications group has renewed and updated its global agreement on its code of conduct that includes UNO guiding principles and was originally signed by the unions in 2000. The...

2 February 2015

United States: American Airlines concludes a “generous” wage agreement setting up the basis for better integration of the two recently merged companies

Management at American Airlines - recently formed after the merger of American Airlines and US Airways signed a 5-year pay agreement with the Allied Pilots Associations (APA), which promotes...

2 February 2015

Great Britain: Unite union announces a significant donation to Labour’s May election campaign

Financing this May’s general election is a challenge for the indebted opposition Labour party. The Unite union has started the donation ball rolling with a promise of £1.5m and perhaps more later...

30 January 2015

Japan: unions are demanding a minimum 2% rise in wages for 2015

Japan’s traditional annual pay negotiations (Shunto) started on January 29. The main union confederation, Rengo has demanded a minimum 2% rise in salaries for 2015. Against a backdrop of 20 years...

30 January 2015

Germany: IG Metall mobilises thousands of employees for initial warning strikes

IG Metall issued the first warning shot in the collective negotiations concerning the metal industry, which comprises 3.7 million employees. Just after midnight, when the social clause prohibiting...

29 January 2015

SCOR: signs a charter on professional equality with the EWC

On January 29, the reinsurance group together with the Common European Companies Committee (SCOR comprises three European Companies – Societas Europeae) signed a charter on professional equality. ...

29 January 2015

Germany: renewed discord within the grand coalition government over the minimum wage

Barely four weeks after Germany’s historic move to introduce a universal national minimum wage of 8.5 euros per hour, the parliamentary Christian-Democrat group, the CDU/CSU, unanimously adopted...

29 January 2015

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