Labour relations

Whereas the results of referendums on the interconfederal agreement on union representation – one organized by the CGIL (backed by 95.5 percent of voters) and the other by its metalworkers’...

6 May 2014

Sweden: the union created by the far-right party, SD, sets up first sectoral federation in private security

As an answer to the decision made by some union organizations - e.g. Transportarbetareförbund, the transport workers’ union - to not accept members from the far-right party (Sverige Demokraterna...

5 May 2014

China: 30 percent more social disputes

With more than 200 since the year started, strikes and other social movements have increased by more than 30 percent compared with the same period last year, according to China Labor Bulletin, the...

5 May 2014

Argentina: auto industry crisis in Mercosur causes job cuts and short-time working in plants

Lower sales and exports combined with higher taxes are causing trouble for almost all the carmakers present in the country. More than 4,500 workers are affected by work suspensions and pay cuts. ...

5 May 2014

Great Britain: Unite’s dispute fund is quietly growing

Nearly 2 years after its creation, the dispute fund of the Unite union now stands at nearly £30m (€36.5m). It was established in 2012 under the then new general secretary, Len McCluskey with the...

2 May 2014

Great Britain: at least 1.4 million workers with a zero-hours contract

Once again, official statistics on the controversial zero-hours contracts - which guarantee no pay or working hours - have been revised upward. Unions are talking about “abuse” becoming the norm...

30 April 2014

United States: UAW and IndustriALL unions mobilize OECD procedure on guidelines in its dispute against Nissan regarding the freedom to organize

To get out of the deadlock with Nissan and maybe one day organize the group’s plant in Canton, Mississippi, the United Auto Workers have joined forces with IndustriALL, the global union, and...

30 April 2014

Denmark: vocational training turns the characteristics of a certain form of autism into an assets for the IT industry

Autistic youngsters with the Asperger syndrome are increasingly sought after in the information technology sector because of their specific skills. An original training model set up in 2005...

29 April 2014

Portugal: new independent union for call-centers

The primary objective of the newly created national call centers union is to combat precariousness. The new union claims its independence from the CGTP and UGT federations that traditionally...

28 April 2014

Netherlands: wages falling and inequalities rising

Two profound analyses of wages and income in the Netherlands sketch out an alarming picture of the impact of the crisis. Wages decreased by 6% in 2013 compared to 2012 (the IT and financial...

28 April 2014

United States: Boeing to pay $47m in compensation to nearly 500 California workers for refusing them the benefits of the collective agreement signed with the SPEEA union

That's what Boeing is about to give to 500 current and former workers in southern California, at the end of a 13-year procedure.

25 April 2014

Italy: magistrates and labor attorneys denounce the counterproductive effects of the special procedure for layoff related disputes introduced with the 2012 reform

The objectives of the 2012 labor reform – solving layoff related disputes faster – have apparently not been met. On the contrary, concerns regarding the new provision have led to reductions in...

24 April 2014

Germany: IG Metall and IG BCE unions comfort their positions at works councils elections

On April 24, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union and the IG BCE chemistry union presented an interim report of the elections for the works councils’ representatives, which started on March 1...

24 April 2014

United States: UAW gives up fighting at Volkswagen’s Tennessee site

The United Auto Workers’ union has permanently given up the fight at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. The union claims the limitations of American labor law are making it useless to launch a...

22 April 2014

Great Britain: more unrest in the construction industry, this time coming from bogus self-employed workers employed by labour agencies

Some 200,000 construction workers are believed to be employed on bogus self-employment contracts through labour agencies. Following a measure toughening controls over bogus self-employment by the...

18 April 2014

Brazil: CUT signs first national company agreement in the metal industry

The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the...

18 April 2014

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