Labour relations

A metal industry wage agreement was signed this summer after a one-month strike. The agreement will apply for the next 3 years, considered to be a very long period in this sector. The agreement ...

26 September 2014

Italy: the leader of Cisl, the country’s second largest union confederation, resigns early

On September 24, 2014, Raffaele Bonanni head of the Cisl union since 2006 submitted his resignation saying his decision was motivated by the need for internal renewal “necessary in these times of...

26 September 2014

Austria: collective-contract talks in the Metal sector kick off this autumn amid employers fundamental concerns

On September 25, 2014, collective wage negotiations started in the metal industry and will set the standard for Austria’s future wage trends. As has been the case for the past 2 years, each of the...

26 September 2014

Germany: Amazon turns a deaf ear to Verdi union demands despite renewed strike action

After 3 days of strikes (from Monday September 22 to Wednesday September 24) and for the first time hitting 5 separate Amazon facilities, the German services union Verdi sees the action as having...

25 September 2014

Portugal: the minimum wage that has been frozen since 2011 now rises by 20 euros to 505 euros

After intense negotiations, the social partners agreed a rise in the national minimum wage (SMN). As of October 1, 2014 it will go up from 485 euros to 505 euros per month. To ease the financial...

25 September 2014

Belgium: a shock campaign by the FGTB condemning the misuse of daily agency contracts

By announcing, to a fanfare of publicity the launch of a new daily contract recruitment agency, only to disclose that that the agency was in a fact a hoax, the FGTB had decided to organize a shock...

25 September 2014

Corporate Practice: how the German family run company VILSA-Brunnen helps its older staff take up, for the first time, professional vocational training

Can we go back to school after more than 20 years spent in a factory filling bottles. What are the benefits and challenges of such an approach for both the employee and the employer? During the...

24 September 2014

Great Britain: the dearth in qualified staff is a time bomb for companies

Employers in Britain are starting to feel the effects of a lack of skilled workers. For some years now the country has been tackling the problem of skills shortages. A recent government report...

24 September 2014

Denmark: the FTF confederation union launches the debate on the need for a legal minimum wage

While the unions were formerly opposed to even discussing the idea of a legal minimum wage in Denmark, last week the FTF, Denmark’s second largest union confederation, invited the social partners...

23 September 2014

Belgium: the federal government’s upcoming reforms are worrying the unions

On Tuesday September 23, 2014 the three central unions will demonstrate together to voice their concerns over proposed reforms by the new federal coalition government, that itself is in the...

22 September 2014

Ecuador: demonstrations to reject the Government’s Labor code reforms

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

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