Labour relations

This is the 4th method agreement designed to accompany the transformation of an activity signed between the airline and its European Works Council (EWC). Signed on December 9, 2013, this text...

20 January 2014

Pernod Ricard: new European CSR agreement

The French wine and spirits group signed, on January 7, a European CSR agreement with EFFAT, the European trade union federation. Covering of a lot of themes – 24 pages with commitments on the...

17 January 2014

Cambodia: after Bangladesh, Cambodian textile workers are mobilizing

Cambodia is currently experiencing a protest movement in the textile industry to increase minimum wage and improve working conditions. On January 4, the government violently repressed a...

17 January 2014

Great Britain: after toughening sanctions for failing to pay minimum wage, government recommends a steep increase

As the economy is picking up, the British government declared, for the first time, that it was in favor of a minimum wage increase in the coming months. Besides, it has decided to distinctly...

17 January 2014

Italy: gas-water social partners reach agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement

On January 14, after “long, exhausting” negotiations, punctuated by 20 hours of strike, Confindustria-Energia, Anfida, Anigas, Assogas, Federestrattiva and Federutility-Confservizi for employers...

16 January 2014

Spain: CCOO reorganizes itself in the financial sector

The financial and administrative federation, Comfia-CCOO, about to merge with the hotel federation, announced that its banking, savings and stock and credit sections were melting into a single...

16 January 2014

Great Britain: prospects of economic recovery bring pay disputes back

The continued return of growth to the economy is beginning to more fully register with union members and, consequently, is now feeding into their demands for pay rises after a prolonged period of...

16 January 2014

Telefonica: European works Council agreement (previously O2 agreement) renewed

Contrary to appearances, Telefónica’s European works council agreement, renegotiated in November, isn’t the Spanish multinational’s but the one signed by the British subsidiary, Telefonica Europe...

15 January 2014

Great Britain: government suggests Health and Safety Executive diversifies earnings by giving businesses advice

A government report calls on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE, the organization in charge of protecting workers’ health and safety), to diversify its activity to find resources, in these times...

15 January 2014

Italy: Confindustria and the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions reach agreement on “Single Representation Text”

On January 10, CGIL, Cisl, Uil and employers reached an agreement on the “Single Representation Text,” which regulates certification and the forms of union representation, the validation and scope...

14 January 2014

Germany: the meat industry – the symbol of social dumping in Germany – introduces minimum wage

On January 13, nearly one month after the negotiations failed, the food and catering employers’ organization (ANG) and the food and catering union (NGG) announced –surprising everyone – that they...

14 January 2014

Transnational company agreements: interview of Torsten Müller, researcher at the European Trade Union Institute on the role of EWCs in European agreements in the metal industry

Torsten Müller (senior researcher at the European Trade Union Institute) co-authored a study on “Transnational company agreements and the role of European Works Councils in negotiations” together...

14 January 2014

Brazil: several collective agreements approved in the telecom industry

Several new collective agreements have been approved in the Brazilian phone industry, either at federal level or only in the State of São Paulo, in November and December 2013. There is no wage...

14 January 2014

Great Britain: direct access to employees in the workplace, the new challenge for British unions

For unions trying to enter a company, being granted direct access to the workplace is a way to ensure a successful unionisation campaign. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that this right is...

14 January 2014

Germany: Atos, the first company to join the first sectoral framework agreement signed with the IG-Metall in the telecom and computing industry

On January 9, METALL NRW, the federation of metal employers in North Rhine-Westphalia, the IG-Metall’s federation in North Rhine-Westphalia and Atos Deutschland announced that they had adopted...

13 January 2014

Italy: rubber and plastic industry social partners strike deal for their new collective agreement

After 12 months of tense negotiations, punctuated by 20 hours of strike, the Federazione Gomma Plastica and the Associazione Italiana Ricostruttori Pneumatici (AIRP) for employers and the...

13 January 2014

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