Labour relations

CGIL and UIL, the two union confederations that organized the December 12 general strike protesting the Jobs Act and the Stability Law, declared an average participation rate in excess of 60% with...

15 December 2014

Germany: the Verdi union urges Deutsche Post to end its policy of hiring on fixed-term contracts

During national employee assemblies held on December 5 at Deutsche Post premises, Verdi, the services union, strongly criticized the German post office’s employment policy. According to Verdi...

10 December 2014

Denmark: a majority of LO unions are halting direct support for leftwing political parties

The Danish tradition of the Social Democratic party supporting the union and vice versa is close to coming to an end. 13 out of 17 LO unions (the LO is the country’s main union confederation) have...

10 December 2014

Great Britain: all the trade unions have renewed their 10 year political funds

The 1984 Union law requires unions to ballot their members if they want to continue maintaining their political funds (that can be used to provide financial support for political parties) for a...

9 December 2014

Holcim-Lafarge: union bodies set up a global committee to monitor the social consequences of the merger and to push for better standards in the new entity

On April 7 2014, management from the French Lafarge (with 64,000 employees) and the Swiss Holcim (with 90,000) companies announced their intention to merge. This merger would create the world’s...

8 December 2014

Italy: CGIL and UIL unions set general strike for December 12

Friday December 12 is the day when both the CGIL and UIL go out on strike together marking a first after a long period when they pursued separate aims. Their motto “this won’t do” refers to the...

8 December 2014

Belgium: third in a series of rotating strikes against the government in front of a nationwide strike

Joint trade union strike action was organized for December 8 as the third in a series of actions protesting the center-right government’s austerity measures. Strike action in Brussels and in the...

8 December 2014

Great Britain: a shift in gear towards workers at Jaguar Land Rover plant over pay related strike action

Workers at Jaguar Land Rover have won a better pay and pensions deal from their employer after rejecting the initial offer and threatening to ballot for strike action. In early November, 96% of...

8 December 2014

Netherlands: final hurdle cleared as vote for FNV union merger is approved

The largest private sector union FNV Bondgenoten, affiliated to the trade union confederation FNV, voted in favor (with 91% of the votes) of the planned merger into one unified trade union...

8 December 2014

Italy: an agreement by the Ministry of Economic Development on the future for the Thyssenkrupp factory at Terni ends one of the longest strikes in Italy’s union history

After 44 consecutive days of strike action, one of the longest in the history of Italian unionism, and after five months of talks marked by breakdowns and subsequent take-ups (c.f. article No...

5 December 2014

Orange: interview with Bruno Mettling, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Human Resources on the Global Group Agreement on Health and Safety

On November 21 the telecommunications company together with the union federation UNI global Union, and the French trade union members of UNI Global (CGT, CFDT, FO), the UNI Orange Global Trade...

5 December 2014

AXA: EWC and management agree on a process of social dialogue as the insurer embarks on its digital transformation

On November 26 during the EWC meeting, members and management clarified the process of social dialogue that will accompany the Group’s digital transformation. The restricted committee prepared...

5 December 2014

Nordic region: moving towards de-unionization?

This is the somewhat provocative undertone to two studies carried out by Fafo (Norwegian research institution specialized in labor and trade unions etc. research) in 2014, and authored by Kristine...

4 December 2014

Portugal: employees at energy company EDP call centers go on a 48-hour strike

Employees at EDP’s call centers are observing a 48-hour strike in a claim for their full integration into electricity supplier. EDP’s call service is subcontracted to two companies in Lisbon...

4 December 2014

Hungary: growing social discontent

Enough is enough! Union and worker reaction to the 2015 draft budget bill is outrage at plans to raise taxes on social benefits. However this issue of discontent is just one amongst many at a time...

2 December 2014

The European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) sets out its five-year work plan

The EFFAT Congress was held from November 20-21 in Vienna. Its member organizations adopted policy resolutions and a plan of work that will guide the organization’s strategy and policies for the...

2 December 2014

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