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On Wednesday September 17, 2014, several sectors of Ecuador’s society spilled onto the streets to voice their opposition to the numerous reforms being driven by Rafael Correa’s leftwing...

19 September 2014

United States: the CWA and Teamsters unions are booking themselves an XXL seat with American Airlines

A union coalition of the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and the Teamsters has established its presence in the American Airlines company that employs 14,000 staff in passenger services...

19 September 2014

Germany: chemical union going to push for a 3 day week for the over 60s

Peter Hoffmann, member of the federal office of the IG BCE chemical union explained on Wednesday September 17, 2014 that during the next round of negotiations at the beginning of 2015 his union...

18 September 2014

Great Britain: the NUM union comes to the rescue just in time for the final working coal mine (Hatfield Colliery)

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has stepped in to save the last viable deep pit coal mine by investing £4m in the employee-owned Hatfield Colliery, near Doncaster. The colliery faced...

18 September 2014

BNP Paribas: European agreement on professional equality signed

Yesterday, September 16, 2014, BNP Paribas signed an agreement with the European Federation Union UNI Europa Finance and the European Federation of Finance Company Executives (FECEC), and its...

16 September 2014

Italy: the CGIL, Cisl and Uil central unions front a united platform on the taxation and benefits system

The three central unions, CGIL, Cisl, and Uil will this month complete consultations on their united platform concerning taxation and benefits. They hope it will serve to defend their common...

12 September 2014

Germany: social partners in the chemical sector have launched an initiative promoting “health management”

On Wednesday September 10, 2014 the social partners in the chemical sector presented an initiative called “healthy work under good conditions in the chemical sector”. The initiative forms part of...

12 September 2014

Chile: unions put pressure on the government to remove the Labor Code, left-over from the Pinochet era

On September 4, 2014, 44 years to the day after the victory of Salvador Allende during the presidential elections, the main confederation of Chilean unions the CUT called for a demonstration...

12 September 2014

Brazil: the government recognizes five central organizations as representative trade unions

At the end of the annual meeting in July 2014, the Minister for Labor and Employment recognized five representative central trade unions. The five in order of importance are: the Unified Workers...

12 September 2014

Denmark: the two main union confederations -LO and FTF – are studying a possible merger

In an historic meeting on September 9, 2014, the LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and the FTF (the Confederation of Professionals in Denmark) agreed on unprecedented cooperation so as...

11 September 2014

Germany: the slow decline in apprenticeships continues (DGB report)

Each year the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) presents an annual report on the state of apprenticeships in the country. Whilst 71.4% of those questioned are satisfied with their...

11 September 2014

Portugal: social negotiations resume with demands for a rise in the minimum wage

The Portuguese social partners are starting negotiations on raising the national minimum wage with the government is looking to raise the level as of January 1, 2015. However unions are looking...

11 September 2014

United States: difficult negotiations in Schneider Electric over the move to a pension plan that does not guarantee final pension amounts

The tendency to move from defined benefit pensions plans towards defined contribution plans which do not guarantee final pension amounts is being driven by the onerous costs of such plans to...

10 September 2014

Sweden: Volvo Cars implements a new agreement on working time flexibility

Volvo Personvagnar (Volvo Cars) is Sweden’s primary automobile constructor. Since 2010 the company has been owned by the Chinese group Geely (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group). During production of...

9 September 2014

Great Britain: union campaigns for pay rises continue

Union campaigns for higher pay rises are continuing well beyond the summer as traditional pay settlement date have not been met and the fruits of renewed economic growth is not filtering through...

8 September 2014

Indosat: a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) is signed with UNI Global Union

At the end of August 2014, UNI Global, the global union federation for skills and services signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with the Indonesian company Indosat. This marks its 53rd GFA...

8 September 2014

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