Labour relations

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

Russia: progress but increased pressure for unions in 2013 (survey by the Center for social and labor rights)

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

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