Labour relations

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

Brazil: three orange juice majors sentenced to pay €36.7 million for subcontracting fraud

On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...

17 April 2014

Luxembourg: temporary work agreements renewed

On March 28, the social partners in Luxembourg’s temporary work industry renewed two collective agreements: that on agency workers and that on permanent employees in temporary work agencies. The...

17 April 2014

United States: United Auto Workers reach beyond the auto sphere

The United Auto Workers (UAW) managed to increase their membership. They completed 2013 with 391,415 members, i.e. 9,000 more than in 2012 and nearly 15,000 more than in 2010. Why this upsurge? ...

17 April 2014

Austria: tight negotiations around the daily working time reform

In their government agreement negotiated after the national election at the end of 2013, the parties of the coalition in power in Vienna have decided to implement a major working time reform. Its...

16 April 2014

Germany: because of the constant erosion of apprenticeship, all parties question the passion for the university path

According to the 2014 report on vocational training presented last week, the vocational training system is still eroding. In 2013, 33,500 places remained vacant and 83,000 youngsters looking for...

15 April 2014

Germany: ‘partial’ vocational training, a challenge with a brilliant future ahead

In the dual training world, a new trend is taking shape: ‘partial’ training. The idea is to offer ‘lighter’ training (1-3 years) than traditional work-study training, based on funding from the...

14 April 2014

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