Labour relations

Latvijas Finanšu nozares arodbiedrību (Latvian financial union, FNA) and Eesti Finantssektori Töötajate Liit (Estonian financial union, EFL) announced, on March 31, a new cooperation agreement...

7 April 2014

Sweden: creation of a wage guarantee fund for subcontracting workers in construction

The agreement reached on March 31 between Byggnads (construction workers’ union) and Sveriges Byggindustrier (Swedish construction firms) helped avoid a strike announced as the biggest in the...

7 April 2014

Italy: ILO suggests that government brings provision excluding unions that haven’t signed collective agreements from representation in line with international standards on union freedom

The conflict between Fiat and the CGIL’s metalworkers’ union (Fiom) had an impact at several levels. Trying to jostle social relations practices, the carmaker also started a legal battle, which...

7 April 2014

Great Britain: after a 5-year battle, Ford agrees to compensate ex-workers transferred to Visteon for their pension entitlement drop

After a 5-year campaign organized by the Unite union, punctuated by demonstrations, marches and lobbies and political pressure as well as legal action, Visteon workers secured a settlement from...

7 April 2014

Volkswagen: global works council and Scania unions reach deal giving the latter codetermination rights in case the takeover is successful

On April 2, Volkswagen’s global committee announced the signing of an agreement with the 4 unions at its Scania subsidiary in order to “save jobs in the company” within the framework of the German...

7 April 2014

Denmark: government forced to review regulations to combat social dumping in road transport following the European Commission’s notice.

The standards adopted in September by the Danish Ministry of Transportation to stopillegal navigation were short-lived. In January, the European Commission gave notice to Denmark, causing the...

4 April 2014

Brazil: in 2013, most wage increases were above inflation

The collective negotiations carried out in 2013 mostly led to wage increases above inflation, revealed the Inter Trade Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies (Dieese) in its...

4 April 2014

Great Britain: the government is ready to step back on employment tribunal fees

A Minister said that the Cameron team is allegedly thinking about trimming the fees recently introduced to relieve employment tribunals, as unions say they have actually emptied them.

3 April 2014

Austria: banking industry negotiates 2.15 percent wage increase with the crisis in Eastern Europe in the background

Only 4 meetings (1 in 2013) were necessary for the social partners in the Austrian banking industry to reach, on the early morning of Tuesday, April 1, an agreement providing for an average 2.15...

3 April 2014

Tunisia: on the path to flexicurity?

On January 29, the IMF allowed the payout of the 2nd part of the standby arrangement signed in June 2013 for 329.1 billion SDRs (Special Drawing Rights). The total amount reaches 1.146 billion...

3 April 2014

Argentina: in spite of the wage agreement in the metal industry, several unions are calling for a general strike on April 10

Joint bargaining is very tense, with the announcement of a general strike and the threat of numerous mobilization actions. Whereas the official union praises the agreement reached in the metal...

3 April 2014

Belgium: sectoral agreements in the metal industry for 2013-14

Since the beginning of 2014, sectoral agreements have been signed in several joint committees in the metal industry. Here are the key agreements for blue-collar and white-collar workers in the...

2 April 2014

Italy: banking unions agree to defend a new banking model while renewing the sector’s national collective agreement

The unitary platform renewing the banking CCN, signed on March 24 by the Dircredito, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub and UGLcredito unions, puts the defense of employment and the adoption of a...

1 April 2014

Great Britain: PCS union to try first knowledge transfer “strike”

At Hewlett Packard, about 1,500 information technology staff, affiliated with the PCS, are being balloted over industrial action short of a strike to save the jobs of 400 of their colleagues whose...

1 April 2014

Michelin: European framework agreement on CSR signed with the EWC

This agreement, negotiated with the extended EWC bureau and validated by the plenary body, was signed on March 26. This CSR agreement contains commitments to comply with international standards...

31 March 2014

Belgium: agreement for 2013-14 in the insurance industry

The collective agreement for the insurance sector was signed in February 2014. It is characterized by pay austerity and further flexibility, as well as a greater effort in terms of training and...

28 March 2014

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