Labour relations

In Russia, the most memorable episodes in the area of social relations in 2013 were about union rights, according to a survey by the Center for social and labor rights, published on January 16. ...

29 January 2014

Prosegur: EWC established

Nearly one year’s negotiations was necessary to seal an agreement in November 2013 between the company’s management and the special negotiating body made up of employee representatives from Spain...

29 January 2014

Italy: first report on the impact of the 2012 labor reform

The Technical Committee* in charge of monitoring the labor market reform (Act No. 92/2012, see article No. 120471) published its first report on January 23, covering the period between July 2012...

28 January 2014

United States: private-sector union membership increases

For the first time in 5 years, the number of unionized employees in the private sector is higher than in the public sector. Continuously down for several decades, businesses’ union membership...

28 January 2014

Germany: IG-Metall union calls for 30-hour week for families and a new debate on working time

The biggest union in Germany, the IG-Metall, is asking for the introduction of new working time models, better suited for families’ needs. In an interview, Jörg Hofmann, second in command, said...

27 January 2014

Spain: it seems that equality policies are losing ground in businesses

The 2013 report of the Observatory of equality programs and measures in collective negotiations, published by the UGT union, points out that policies in favor of equality have been slowing down in...

27 January 2014

Spain: businesses commit to have more female executives

About 30 large businesses and the Ministry of Equality signed an agreement aiming to achieve, on a voluntary basis, up to 20% of women in their decision-making structures in the next 4 years.

24 January 2014

Austria: for the 1st time, Telekom Austria signs a separate agreement for civil servants and employees

After arm-wrestling for several weeks, and with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim joining the company’s capital in the background, the social partners at Telekom Austria agreed, on January 17, on...

24 January 2014

Germany: 1.2% average increase in conventional wages in 2013

The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler union foundation published, on Thursday, January 23, its report on the evolution of convention wages in 2013. Thus, in...

23 January 2014

Great Britain: government delays adoption of flexible working

The possibility for all British employees to request flexible working time will not come into force in April as anticipated. Corporate managements are delighted with this delay, as they are...

23 January 2014

Germany: employers and unions warn, together, against the risks of the debate on the immigration of Romanians and Bulgarians

Concluding a rather unusual alliance, the new leader of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) – Ingo Kramer – and the leader of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) –...

22 January 2014

Global works councils, a true temptation but with few experiments

While unions observed the need to set up transnational dialogue structures as early as the 50s, businesses only started introducing these committees in the 90s, in the wake of the establishment of...

22 January 2014

Brazil: unions in favor of a joint program for 2014, an election year

The 6 representative unions in Brazil – the Single Workers’ Union (CUT), Força syndical, the General Workers’ Union (UGT), the New Workers’ Union (NSCT), the Brazilian Workers’ Union (CTB) and the...

21 January 2014

Germany: IG-Metall – still growing – wants to launch an initiative “in favor of codetermination”

At the annual press conference on January 21, Detlef Wetzel, the new chairman of the IG-Metall, gave a positive overview of 2013. Not only did the IG-Metall manage to get more members again, but...

21 January 2014

Canada: Unifor launches “Rights at work” nationwide campaign with initiatives aiming to limit union rights at federal level and in Ontario in the background

Unifor, the newly-created union (see article No. 7901) that claims to be the organization that makes a difference, will be holding a series of conferences across the country over the next few...

21 January 2014

Italy: tourism social partners renew collective agreement

On January 18, the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions and the Federalberghi and Faita employers’ organizations (affiliated with Confcommercio) reached an agreement (separate on...

21 January 2014

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