Labour relations

This is the biggest consequence of the major conflict between Unite the union and the seven main fuel distribution companies in 2011 and 2012. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition...

5 December 2013

Germany: IG-Metall enters windmill maker Enercon, a previously unapproachable stronghold

At the end of November, workers at the 9 undertakings of the biggest wind turbine maker in Germany, Enercon, elected, for the first time ever, a works council. The election – launched in...

5 December 2013

Italy: after its historical breakthrough at the union election of Ilva in Taranto, the USB independent union is looking more and more like the union alternative

The Unione Syndicale di Base (USB), which ran for the first time for the RSU election in Ilva in Taranto – the largest factory in Italy – on November 27-29, is becoming the second largest union...

4 December 2013

Amazon: the Verdi union in Germany, Solidarnosc in Poland and OSPO in the Czech Republic join forces against online sales company

While the German employees of the biggest online store on the planet, Amazon, are dreading the opening of 2 new sorting sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, which could cause some sites to...

4 December 2013

Great Britain: Labour Party leader reviews reform of the union-party relationship

The leadership of the Labour Party is taking steps to avert a showdown with affiliated unions over reforming the union-party relationship, which aims to limit unions’ influence within the party...

3 December 2013

Spain: Mercadona retail chain’s new agreement provides for wage increases that aren’t linked with inflation

Disconnecting wage increases from CPI is one of the major injunctions made by Brussels in the name of internal devaluation, judged as inevitable for the country to renew with competitiveness. And...

3 December 2013

Italy: wave of strikes in local public transport

After the meeting at the Ministry of Labor failed on November 28, local public transport (LPT) unions confirmed the national 4-hour strike of December 16 to support the renewal of the national...

3 December 2013

Portugal: difficult social dialogue over the extension of pension contributions

The social partners started discussing retirement with unions in total rejection. The CGTP and UGT refuse the draft bill planning to increase retirement age to 66 in 2014. The government intends...

3 December 2013

Germany: Verdi services union signs collective agreement with two Deutsche Post subsidiaries

After a major conflict punctuated by several days of warning strikes at national level, the Verdi services union announced, on December 2, that it had signed a collective agreement with two...

3 December 2013

Spain: new professional categories in the hotel industry make functional mobility easier

On November 26, union and employers’ organizations in the hotel industry signed the new chapter of the national sectoral agreement that supervises the working conditions of 1 million employees in...

2 December 2013

Germany: temporary recruitments are Daimler’s answer to regulatory pressure on service provision contracts

The “Grand Coalition” made up of conservatives and social-democrats isn’t in power yet but is surely getting there. Its program, revealed on November 27, contains the introduction of statutory...

2 December 2013

Belgium: federal recovery program provides for contribution cuts of €1.3bn

On Friday, November 29, the federal agreement agreed on measures to support competitiveness and employment on financial (labor, energy or capital cost) and non-financial aspects (innovation...

2 December 2013

Great Britain: private sector wins employees’ trust

Private sector workers feel safer about their job than in the public sector, according to the latest Workplace employment relations study. In spite of the crisis, the private sector played its...

2 December 2013

Spain: Cemex workers agree to cut pay by 25 percent

Workers at Cemex’s Alicante plant have accepted the company’s offer to cut pay by 25 percent. The 5 other Spanish plants of the Mexican cement group already gave in to the management’s demands...

29 November 2013

Prosegur: Spanish private security giant accused of violating workers rights in 4 Latin American countries

UNI Global Union filed a complaint for violation of the OECD’s guidelines with the Spanish national contact point, as this is where Prosegur’s headquarters are located. The private security...

29 November 2013

Great Britain: parental leave and working mothers at the center of the political debate

British employers are carefully watching the papers to know what the government is going to decide in terms of parental leave. Indeed, this issue has become the bone of contention within the...

28 November 2013

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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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