Labour relations

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

Metro signs a joint statement on fundamental social rights with UNI Global Union

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

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