Labour relations

Despite the huge protest by the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labor), which on Saturday 25 October united at least one million participants according to organisers, the government has no...

28 October 2014

Germany: the right to part-time training, early retirement and salary increases mark initial discussions in the metal sector

The two-year collective agreement applying to the German metal sector, which begun at the beginning of 2013, will expire on 31 December. Social partners in the sector are already starting to...

28 October 2014

Air France-KLM: a new European Works Council agreement which increases its influence on strategic issues

The new agreement governing the European Works Council (EWC) within the Air France KLM Group (AFKL), signed on 12 June, increases its involvement in strategic matters. This change takes into...

28 October 2014

Hungary: Nokia to close its Komaron factory in 5 months’ time, a race against the clock to redeploy as many workers as possible

On 17 July, Nokia announced that its factory in Komaron would close definitively, with all activity brought to a close on 30 November. This announcement came as a surprise, given that 2,500...

27 October 2014

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff re-elected, with her task being to maintain the low level of unemployment in a slowing economy

On Sunday 26 October, Dilma Rousseff, from the Brazilian Worker’s Party, was re-elected as President by the country’s population, off the back of a political campaign led with real aggression...

27 October 2014

Alstom: the European Works Council makes its opinion on the sale of Alstom Power and Grid to General Electric subject to social guarantees

Whilst the European Works Council opinion on the sale of Alstom's energy business to the American, General Electric is expected on Tuesday October 28, employee representatives report significant...

24 October 2014

Great Britain: the government wants to get mothers back to work

A charm offensive to win votes? Mothers groups are nonetheless unconvinced by these announcements and numbers. Laura Perrins, from the campaign group Mothers at Home Matter said “If paid work is...

23 October 2014

Mexico: launch of an automotive related training program in partnership with Japan

Starting in 2015, four Mexican educational institutions will offer courses to train technicians and raise awareness of the Japanese work philosophy.

23 October 2014

Germany: after massive strike action by pilots and train drivers, Angela Merkel advocates a “single trade union” bill

Two days of train drivers’ strikes at Deutsche Bahn had barely come to a close at dawn on October 20 when a new 35-hour strike started up at Lufthansa called for by the pilots union Cockpit...

21 October 2014

Denmark: government presented draft law on the establishment of employee investment companies

On October 8, Henrik Sass Larsen, the Minister for Business and Growth presented a draft law on employee investment companies (medarbejderinvesteringsselskab: MS), which allows businesses in need...

21 October 2014

Sweden: employee representation on the Board of Directors is an underutilized prerogative

Unions have this right but they don’t use it. This is how the message from the PTK (Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services grouping 25 unions) and Styrelseakademien (a...

21 October 2014

Corporate Practice: Daimler calls its pensioners back into service for special missions.

In Daimler they are called the ‘Space Cowboys’. Like with the Clint Eastwood film where 4 elderly retired astronauts are called back into service for a crucial mission (to save the earth)...

21 October 2014

Great Britain: the government not budging despite widespread historic unrest over salaries

Tens of thousands of British marchers hit the streets of London on Saturday October 18, answering a call to march by the TUC in a demand for higher wages. This unprecedented workers pressure...

20 October 2014

Germany: 2015/2016 collective bargaining schedules

In 2015 German social partners will renegotiate salaries and collective agreements that will impact approximately 11 million workers. These are much awaited by the metal, automotive and...

17 October 2014

Great Britain: Bruce Carr delivers his report on industrial disputes

The Carr Review, subtitled ‘An independent review of the law governing industrial disputes’, has published its findings. The review was carried out by senior employment lawyer, Bruce Carr, after...

16 October 2014

United States: Silicon Valley, a new territory for the unions

After the Internet giant Google released data on its employment diversity that showed a predominance of white male workers (c.f. article No.8484) the question now is has this launched a new wave...

16 October 2014

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