Labour relations

Richard Burton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Jobs, has signed several orders on the subject of Joint Labor Committees. Two are abolished and the scope of the others (cleaning...

17 February 2014

United States: Volkswagen’s Tennessee workers reject UAW but plan to set up works council still on

It’s the end of the United Auto Workers’ big plans in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee. At the end of voting on Friday, the employees voted against joining the union in a vote of 712 to...

17 February 2014

United States: executive order encourages minimum wage rise

Alone, Barack Obama doesn’t have the power to decide an increase in federal minimum wage. But he just gave employers in all sectors and the Parliament a strong incentive to adopt measures in this...

14 February 2014

Italy: national employment support fund in the banking industry is ready

The national employment support fund in the credit industry, introduced with the last renewal of the national collective agreement, will start working this year. More than €87 million were...

13 February 2014

Norway: unions get in battle array for 2014 negotiations

Negotiations are going to resume and unions, before the February 18 meeting prepared by LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) are starting to communicate their most important claims. Key...

13 February 2014

Germany: social partners set up “Retail Trade Council” to face demographic ageing via collective agreements

On February 11, the retail trade employers’ organization (HDE) and the Verdi services union announced a new “Retail Trade Council.” It is in line with broader action launched in 2012 to prepare...

13 February 2014

Great Britain: GMB and Unite unions get compensation for poor housing and travel in return for the end of the dispute at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland

A long-running dispute over standards of accommodation and travel to work at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland has finally been resolved. Some 850 workers, members of the GMB and...

12 February 2014

Italy: after Fiom metalworkers’ federation denounces democratic shortfall, CGIL to consult members on the agreement on the “single representation text”

After a week characterized by an unprecedented conflict, in the press, between CGIL leader Susanna Camusso and Fiom leader Maurizio Landini, the former changed her mind and announced that all...

12 February 2014

Great Britain: a few examples of pay negotiations as the year starts

April 1 has always been the reference in terms of pay awards, often used as a starting point for the wage increases negotiated later in the year. Therefore, this date often arrives after...

11 February 2014

Belgium: social partners agree on obligation to justify layoffs

On February 10, the social partners agreed on 4 cases, including the new system for justifying layoffs, harmonizing the pension scheme and the transfer towards a new price index. The deal should...

11 February 2014

Great Britain: new system to help sick employees go back to work

Whereas more than 130 million days a year are ‘lost’ to sickness absence in Great Britain, the Cameron administration is starting a new battle to help sick workers get back to work. Indeed...

11 February 2014

Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign agreement renewing the sector’s collective agreement

On February 9, Co-Indistri for unions and Dansk Industri for employers reached an agreement renewing the manufacturing collective agreement. It is made up of 2 chapters: one for skilled/unskilled...

10 February 2014

Germany: the share of the lowest conventional wages went down last year

The introduction of minimum wage, which the Grand Coalition government wants to take place in 2017 at the latest, has helped bring the share of low wages in sectors covered by a collective...

10 February 2014

Switzerland: by saying “no to massive immigration,” Swiss citizens shake up relations with the EU and open up Pandora’s Box of quotas

Asked to a referendum to vote for or against limits to “massive immigration” on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 50.3 percent of Swiss citizens voted for this restriction and the reinstatement of...

10 February 2014

Italy: leather goods social partners strike deal renewing the sector’s national collective agreement

On February 4, the Fictem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions and the Italian Leather Manufacturers’ Association (AIMPES, affiliated with Confindustria) signed an agreement renewing the...

10 February 2014

Australia: Prime Minister wants to re-establish the Building and Construction Commission to moralize the sector

Union members are allegedly involved in cases of bribery, crime and fraud on Australian construction sites. Because of these accusations, the Prime Minister wants to supervise the sector and...

7 February 2014

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