Labour relations

On February 3, the retail group announced that it had signed a joint statement with UNI Global Union to reassert their cooperation and promote fair working conditions.

6 February 2014

Germany: 3.7 percent wage increase approved in collective agreement in the chemical industry

The first sectoral tariff agreement of 2014 was signed yesterday in the chemical industry. After 9 regional negotiations and a first bargaining round in mid-January, the social partners agreed on...

6 February 2014

Lloyds Group wants to have 40 percent of senior roles filled by women

By 2020, Lloyds Banking Group wants to have 40 percent of senior roles filled by women. It’s the first time such a big company sets out such a big target. The Cameron administration is hoping that...

6 February 2014

Russia: risks of social eruption in one-industry towns

The Russian government is afraid of political and social destabilization in one-industry towns, which are badly hit by the crisis. The heirs of Soviet planned economy, they were built around...

6 February 2014

Great Britain: Labour Party leader Ed Miliband carries plan to reduce union influence in the party through

Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, has won his battle to reduce union influence in the party following the announcement of his intended reforms last summer, in spite of last-minute attempts by the...

5 February 2014

United States: Volkswagen’s Chattanooga workers to vote on the establishment of the United Auto Workers next week, with the setting up of a German-style works council in the background

The 1,600 workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant in the south of the US are going to vote, on February 12-14, on whether they wish to be represented by the union. If they vote yes...

5 February 2014

Safran: European negotiations start on early workforce planning with IndustriAll Europe

After signing a European framework agreement on the integration of young people with the European trade union in March 2013 (see article No. 130210), Safran is striking again with European talks...

5 February 2014

Brazil: ‘slave’ labor in towns is growing

Work in near-slavery conditions, also known as ‘forced’ or ‘compulsory’ labor, is now growing in Brazilian cities when it used to be in rural areas only. This is the result of the biannual update...

4 February 2014

Gorenje: EWC set up in the Slovenian group

Gorenje is one of the biggest manufacturers of domestic appliances (small and large electrical appliances, heating, air conditioning). Established in Slovenia, this company has 10,895 employees...

4 February 2014

Great Britain: real wages in free-fall since 2010

In spite of a vigorous economic recovery in the country, real wages in the UK has decreased by 2.2 percent in average since 2010, according to the Office of National Statistics. This constant...

3 February 2014

Great Britain: Cameron administration goes to war against “needless” regulation

Once again, the British Prime Minister promised to get rid of a lot of health and safety regulations said to burden businesses. This deregulation policy, in force since Cameron was elected in...

31 January 2014

Austria: nearly 3 million employees vote for their representatives in the Chambers of Labor

The election for the general assemblies of the Chambers of Labor, organized every 5 years, started on Monday, January 27 in 3 Austrian Länder. They will continue in the 6 remaining Länder until...

31 January 2014

Italy: after unions reject the conditions laid down by Electrolux to maintain production in Italy, the government is looking at measures to keep the multinational in the country and save jobs

A drastic reduction of labor cost, job cuts with one of the 4 Italian sites closing, and tougher working conditions: this is how unions summarized the conditions Electrolux laid down to maintain...

30 January 2014

Deutsche Post-DHL: the German multinational signs a joint statement on internal social dialogue and labor dispute settlement in its subsidiaries with UNI Global Union and IFT unions and the OECD’s German office

On Thursday, January 30, the OECD’s German office (NKS) published a joint statement signed with Deutsche-Post-DHL (DP-DHL) and two international union federations, UNI Global Union (services) and...

30 January 2014

Argentina: unions demand pay negotiations to make up for the loss in buying power resulting from the monetary crisis and inflation boom

The devaluation of the Argentinean peso and soaring prices have driven Argentinean unions to up their requests in terms of wage increases. Pro-government workers’ organizations are calling for...

30 January 2014

Spain: CCOO traces new lines of action and calls for more union activity on the workplace

Nearly two years after the labor market reform implemented in February 2012, the union is taking stock of the practical impact of the new law and suggests redirecting its strategy towards...

30 January 2014

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On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...

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On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...

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The agreement reached between Asstel, the employers’ association for Italy’s telecommunications sector, and the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom unions centres on strengthening labour relations to...

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