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On June 13, the management of the Belgian chemical group and the EWC renewed the anticipation agreement establishing the European representation structure. This agreement includes the novelties...

26 June 2014

Tunisia: 6-percent wage increase in the private sector

On June 23, the social partners agreed to a 6-percent wage increase in the private sector. The negotiations took place at central level but the deal provides for a return to sectoral negotiations...

26 June 2014

Brazil: World Cup reveals occupational health and safety flaws

In 3 years, 9 workers died on the World Cup’s sites, a human tribute that is very telling of working conditions in Brazil. In 2013, there were 700,000 accidents, 15,000 injuries and 2,700 deaths...

26 June 2014

Brazil: the decrease in statutory working time, backed by unions, won’t happen any time soon

Outstanding in Congress for 19 years, the issue of statutory working time has come back into the national agenda with a demonstration in Brasilia on June 4 organized by all those who defend...

25 June 2014

Emerson: agreement establishing European Works Council

The agreement signed on June 18 between the management of the American engineering services group and the SNB is subject to British law. It supervises the information/consultation procedure...

25 June 2014

Italy: negotiations for the renewal of the national collective agreement in the banking industry are looking complicated

Yesterday, June 23, after the second bargaining meeting for the renewal of the banking sector’s national collective agreements, unions pointed to “enormous and unfathomed divisions” between their...

24 June 2014

Gras Savoye: agreement establishing EWC renewed

On April 4, the management of the reinsurance group and the special negotiating body renewed the agreement establishing a European Works Council, initially signed in 2009. The first deal already...

24 June 2014

Germany: a survey by the Hans-Böckler union foundation found that the introduction of minimum wage shouldn’t have a negative impact on the employment market

About 2 weeks to the planned adoption by the Bundestag, on July 4, of the bill on the introduction of statutory universal minimum wage amounting to €8.5/hour, the Hans-Böckler foundation released...

24 June 2014

Austria: 2.2 percent increase for the Austrian Post’s 24,000 employees

On Wednesday, June 18, the Post’s social partners agreed on an average 2.2 percent wage increase for all workers in the company. The agreement, which will start on July 1, 2015 and for a year...

23 June 2014

Denmark: for the first time, unions sign a joint collective agreement for all the employees in a company (CGI Danmark)

On June 18, after bargaining for nearly a year, 5 unions - HK/Privat (private sector), PROSA (IT professionals), IDA (engineers), Djøf (lawyers) and Dansk Magisterforening (Masters’ and PhD...

23 June 2014

Nordic countries: a new employers’ organization, Nordic Arctic Business Council, was created

Since May 19, Nordic employers have had a new professional organization, the Nordic Arctic Business Council, which gathers representatives from the key employers’ organizations in Scandinavia. ...

20 June 2014

Germany: Opel management and IG-Metall agree on social plan for Opel’s Bochum plant, set to close in December 2014

After bargaining for more than a year, the management of Opel and the IG-Metall union have adopted a social plan covering the 3,300 Opel workers affected by the closing of the Bochum plant, to...

18 June 2014

Italy: first mobilizations from the “yes unions” at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)

After bargaining for 8 months to renew the group’s collective agreement, which covers about 86,000 workers (see article No. 130166), the unions that signed the agreement – Fim, Uilm, Fismic, UGL...

17 June 2014

Sweden: the number of women on boards has gone up for the first time in 3 years

According to the annual female index of Andra AP-fondens (2nd national pension fund), published on June 4, the share of women on the boards of listed companies has increased for the first time in...

17 June 2014

United States: interview of Jon Hiatt, Chief of Staff & Executive Assistant to the President at the ALF-CIO American union

Seizing the opportunity of his trip to Europe for the Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), we’ve interviewed Jon Hiatt on the American union’s current priorities. He...

17 June 2014

Germany: businesses aren’t training enough apprentices, thus contributing to the growing shortage in skilled workforce

German businesses are complaining of a growing shortage in skilled workers, the new “2014 Education Report,” presented on June 13 by the Ministry of Education and the Conference of the Länder’s...

16 June 2014

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On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...

3 December 2025

Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle

In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...

2 December 2025

Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining

On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...

2 December 2025

EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI

On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...

18 December 2025

Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement

Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...

12 December 2025

Italy: telecommunications sector introduces new measures to navigate major transformation

The agreement reached between Asstel, the employers’ association for Italy’s telecommunications sector, and the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom unions centres on strengthening labour relations to...

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