Labour relations

Autoeuropa/Volkswagen management and the workers’ commission of the German car factory near Lisbon have signed a new company agreement. The workers have won a 2% pay rise, currently something...

4 November 2014

Great Britain: the living wage on the rise and 21% greater than the national minimum wage

More than 1,000 British businesses committed to paying the voluntary living wage threshold, which is much higher than the statutory minimum wage, will have to pay more again this year. The rise...

4 November 2014

Great Britain: CAC annual report on statutory trade union recognition

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the state body that adjudicates upon claims from unions for statutory union recognition, has published its 2013-2014 annual report. It shows that...

3 November 2014

Canada: Ikea Richmond employees getting back to work after 17 months of conflict

On Wednesday 22 October, unionized employees from the Ikea store in Richmond, near Vancouver, signed a new collective agreement with the store's management, marking the end of a battle that has...

31 October 2014

Italy: union agreement on geolocation reached at Ericsson

On 23 October, the company Ericsson Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. reached an agreement on the use of a geolocation system for its field technicians in order to “optimise services”. The unions are glad...

30 October 2014

Norway: salary adjustments at Posten Norge AS amidst worries regarding liberalisation of postal sector

The general negotiations which took place at Posten Norge AS in spring allocated 3 million Norwegian krone (335,015 euros) to local negotiations. The discussions have now been completed, the...

30 October 2014

France: after USA setback, ex-employees of Samsonite continue their fight at the High Court in London

The legal battle continues for French ex-employees of Samsonite. After a setback in the USA, they will now continue by taking the British branch of Bain Capital, an American investment fund, to...

30 October 2014

Alstom/GE: Alstom EWC secures guarantees for the employees concerned by the absorption of Alstom Power into GE

Yesterday, on 28 October, the Alstom European Works Council finally issued its much awaited positive opinion on the absorption of Alstom Power into General Electric. This decision will allow the...

29 October 2014

Suez Environnement: publication of European agreement on fundamental principles for health and safety at work (French version)

The agreement signed on 12 June last year, between the water treatment and waste management group, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the special negotiating body, takes...

29 October 2014

Austria: 2.1% salary increase in metal industry’s largest federation

The PRO-GE (industrial workers) and GPA-djp (private sector employees) trade unions and the FMMI, the main employers’ federation in the Austrian metal industry, came to an agreement on a salary...

29 October 2014

Italy: clash between the CGIL and government worsens after huge protest in Rome

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

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