Labour relations

An Italian first, on November 25, the FILT/CGIL union together with DHL, ATV (local public transportation company in Veneto), Athena, Zust Ambrosetti, Hargartner terminal, Auroservice and Lega...

1 December 2014

Austria: almost one million economically active or retired workers have work related health problems

Last week, Statistics Austria, the Austrian Statistics Office, published a report on health at work for 2013. In it is says almost one million economically active and retired workers (out of 6.5...

1 December 2014

Canada: steel and telecommunications trade unions join forces

As of January 2015, the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) will join the North American organization United Steelworkers (USW). In the Canadian section, the two unions will bring together...

28 November 2014

GDF Suez: European agreement signed to improve the quality of working life

On 27 November, the energy company signed a European agreement, with the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and IndustriAll Europe, to improve the quality of working life. The...

28 November 2014

Canada: the changing face of unionism in Quebec

Unions in Quebec are doing quite well. Such was the conclusion of a report analyzing developments in the province’s union coverage from 1997 to 2013, published by the Quebec Statistics Institute...

26 November 2014

Italy: breakdown in talks over renewal of national banking collective agreement

On November 25 employee unions and ABI the Italian Banking Association (employers body) halted negotiations over renewal of the national banking sector collective agreement, which affects over...

25 November 2014

Ireland: the agreement signed by the Bank of Ireland marks a new beginning for banking sector negotiations

On November 17 members of IBOA the Finance Union approved an agreement on salary rises and a new Career and Reward Framework put forward by the Bank of Ireland. The bank, employing 6,000, is the...

25 November 2014

Orange: signs a global Health and Safety agreement

On Friday November 21 the telecommunications company signed a global Health and Safety (H&S) agreement with UNI Global Union, Orange’s Union Alliance, and representatives of the French UNI...

24 November 2014

Great Britain: labor conflicts are witnessing an increase in entrenchment of positions

There are increasing signs that employers are taking a harder line with the terms and conditions of their workforces, leading to a crop of disputes. In many cases, unions are responding in equally...

24 November 2014

Spain: union landscape rocked by new measures in the wake of Podemos party’s call for renewal

The winds of revolutionary change are blowing across Spain’s union landscape. Circulo Podemos Sindicalistas, Somos Sindicalistas and Ganemos CCOO are three new initiatives just launched. They call...

24 November 2014

Germany: the government and social partners create a “Partnership for skilled workers”

Andrea Nahles the Minister for Employment invited the social partners to a meeting on November 20 where both agreed on setting up a “Partnership for skilled workers”, which is a process that will...

21 November 2014

Italy: Uil inaugurates its XVI congress with a call for a general strike

On the eve of its XVI congress that closes today the Uil called for a general strike, in conjunction with the CGIL who had already done the same, for December 12. This strike action marks a shift...

21 November 2014

Great Britain: the campaign for fair wages in the U.S. fast-food industry is crossing the Atlantic

US fast-food workers campaigning to end ‘poverty wages’ have begun to help organise their fellow workers in Britain by giving lessons to help transfer skills, strategies and tactics. Since late...

20 November 2014

Great Britain: Ineos signs an agreement with Unite allowing the union to recruit new members at the Grangemouth site

Following last year’s long and bitter dispute at Grangemouth between the Unite union and the petrochemical company, Ineos, some rapprochement has now taken place. An agreement has been reached...

19 November 2014

Hungary: a bill banning Sunday shopping

Contrary to current trends, closing shops on Sundays is a proposal that has been put forward to parliament by the KDNP (Christian Democrat party), an ally of the governing party Fidesz. Even...

19 November 2014

Spain: the PSA Peugeot Citroën factory at Vigo with support from only one union reaches an agreement in principle that provides for wage reductions

Management and unions have negotiated a competitiveness plan for the PSA Peugeot Citroën factory at Vigo, Galicia. The plan allows for a 5% cut in basic pay and the reduction or even elimination...

18 November 2014

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