Labour relations

Although during the summer British unions had argued for the implementation of a united opposition to the controversial issue of shale gas activities, the country’s largest union Unite, together...

28 January 2015

Turkey: an all out metal workers strike is set to begin on January 29

Birleşik Metal-İş the Turkish metals union federation and affiliated with IndustriALL Global Union has announced strike action for the metals sector for January 29. Strikers will protest the...

28 January 2015

Italy: a majority of Telecom Italia workers have rejected a restructuring agreement for its Caring Services division that was seen as a potential means of remote monitoring

More than half of Telecom Italia’s workers who voted, have rejected an agreement between the company and the trade unions; SLC-CGIL, Fistel-Cisl, UIlcom-UIl, to restructure the Caring Services...

28 January 2015

China: dramatic rise in social movement in 2014

According to data from the Hong Kong based NGO, China Labour bulletin, there were 569 incidents of social protest in the fourth quarter of 2014; more than three times as many as the same period in...

26 January 2015

Ikea: union recognition for KOOP-IS within the Ikea franchise in Turkey thanks to international trade union action

Turkish Ministry of Labour has recognised the trade union KOOP-IS within Mapa, the Ikea franchise in Turkey, allowing it to negotiate and sign collective agreements. The union recognition is the...

23 January 2015

Total: Global CSR agreement signed with IndustriALL Global Union

With already three European agreements under its belt, the oil giant Total signed its first global agreement with the global union federation on 22 January in Davos (Switzerland). This is a...

22 January 2015

Famar: establishment of a European Works Council

On the 2nd of October 2014, the Greek company Famar established a European Works Council (EWC) subject to Luxembourg legislation. The company has more than 3000 employees in 5 European countries...

22 January 2015

Great Britain : boosting skills in the automobile industry

At a time where the British automobile industry in booming, mainly supported by international investments, the government and the manufacturers have announced they will spend 30 million Pounds on...

22 January 2015

Great Britain: are salaries really too low?

Whilst strike action demanding higher wages has become more frequent over the past few months all political bodies including the Prime Minister David Cameron are now calling for businesses to...

20 January 2015

Italy: experts examine the new ‘indefinite employment contracts with rising levels of social protection’

The first decree from the Jobs Act that was approved in December 2014 (c.f. article No. 8763) will replace most cases of employee re-instatement due to unfair dismissal (Article 18 of the Workers...

20 January 2015

Poland: the government and unions sign an agreement ending a wave of miners’ protests in Silesia

The agreement signed on Saturday January 18 ended significant social protest by miners in Silesia that has been ongoing since January 7 when a recovery plan for the largest mining company in...

20 January 2015

Germany: IG Metall puts co-determination and vocational training in preparation for the increasing digitalization of the industry at the center of its 2015 priorities

A few days after the metal industry regional negotiations on renewing collective agreements got off to a start on January 14, 2015 the president of IG Metall, Detlef Wetzel has given positive...

20 January 2015

Great Britain: Cadbury achieves historic voluntary redundancies at its Bournville plant and the remaining employees are willing to take on more flexibility in their jobs

A voluntary redundancy deal at chocolate bar maker Cadbury’s Bourneville plant in Birmingham will see more than 200 workers receive an average pay off of £100,000 each. The size of the pay offs is...

19 January 2015

Great Britain: McDonald’s backs an employers’ campaign to promote employee soft skills

British employers are campaigning for soft skills to be taken seriously as business success factors. They estimate soft skills to be worth 88 million GBP (113.5 million euros) to the British...

15 January 2015

Holcim/Lafarge: an international union campaign so that the cement makers merger will result in both social as well as economic benefits

Two world leaders in the cement and buildings industry: Holcim and Lafarge will join forces to create a new group that will employ 130,000 with revenues of 35 billion euros. Faced with what will...

15 January 2015

Denmark: the agri-food and metalworkers unions both under the LO banner prepare to merge

Whilst the merger between the two main Danish confederations, LO and FTF will be at the top of their respective agendas during their Autumn congress meetings, two unions under the LO umbrella: NNF...

15 January 2015

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