Labour relations

In Japan, even if the official workweek is 40 hours, unpaid overtime remains an old tradition. In spite of some changes to labor law and the effort made by some businesses to avoid abuses...

14 November 2013

Italy: after leaving Eni, Snam is defining its own industrial relations model

Snam Group, the biggest company in Italy for transportation, regasification, supply and storage of natural gas, signed an agreement on October 17 for a new industrial relations system with the...

13 November 2013

Estonia: first finance union created

So far, Estonia didn’t have a trade union in the finance industry. Since September 11, 2013, the sector’s workers can join a sectoral union. Officially called the “Estonian Association of...

13 November 2013

Austria: collective bargaining in the metal industry end with a 2.8 percent unitary increase

After bargaining for 7 weeks, the social partners in the metal industry signed, on Thursday, November 8, the 6th and last collective agreement for the 7,000 foundry workers. For the six sub metal...

13 November 2013

Germany: employees blame Microsoft for trying to close 3 sites to part with critical personnel representatives

Is the “trust-based working time” system a good thing for employees, allowing for greater work-life balance, or is it a bad thing, leading to unchecked work overload, or both at the same time? An...

12 November 2013

Switzerland: vivid debate over the referendum to reduce the gap between the highest and lowest wages in companies

On November 24, Swiss citizens will have to vote for or against the popular initiative launched by the Young Socialists. They want to impose, via a constitutional amendment, a maximum 1-12...

12 November 2013

United States: United Auto Workers to get a new leader soon

The future President of the United Auto Workers (UAW) will be Dennis Williams. The man who used to be secretary-treasurer was elected by his peers during a recent meeting in Dearborn, Michigan...

12 November 2013

Greece: trade industry agitated by the opening of stores on Sunday and the end of the collective agreement

On November 3, private sector workers did a general strike and demonstrated in Athens’ main shopping street to reassert their rights and protect Sundays off, questioned by a law adopted this...

12 November 2013

Germany: in Brandenburg (former GDR), regional administration, unions and employers work hand in hand to try and restore the collective bargaining system and meet the demographic challenge

The Land of Brandenburg is facing a tremendous challenge: by 2030, the population in this region, located in former eastern Germany, should drop by 300,000 people, down to 2.2 million citizens. ...

12 November 2013

Spain: tense renegotiation of the temporary sector’s collective agreement

While the 5th collective agreement covering the sector’s 10,000 employees officially expired at the end of 2010, its renewal still has not been negotiated. Unions and employers’ organizations...

8 November 2013

Crown Holdings: the USW north-American union, in a dispute at the plant in Toronto (Canada), wants to give its campaign a global dimension

Members of USW from Toronto have been on strike since September 6 as Crown Holdings demands major concessions from employees, including two-tier wage rates and pension freezes. The north-American...

8 November 2013

Netherlands: two collective agreements signed in the metal industry (heavy and light metal)

In October, the “metal and technical” branch, also known as light metal, and the “metal and electronics” branch (Metalektro) signed their collective agreements after several months of complicated...

7 November 2013

Great Britain: women still paid much less than women, a situation denounced by the TUC, which demands obligation of transparency from firms

On November 7, British women are no longer paid – or they wouldn’t, if they were paid as much as men every month. This is the shocking revelation the Equal Pay Day wants to put across. This day...

7 November 2013

Mexico: employers say the fiscal reform adopted jeopardizes the social partners’ efforts to introduce supplementary social benefits

Employers are worried about the negative impact the new fiscal reform will have on labor cost, workers’ income, employment and growth. The lawmakers considerably restricted the possibility for...

7 November 2013

Germany: DZ Bank, the cooperative bank, theater of operation for the Verdi services union’s strategy to win the sector back

A major conflict is currently taking place in the cooperative banking industry in Germany. Several hundreds of DZ Bank employees took part, on November 5, in warning strikes in Frankfurt...

7 November 2013

Brazil: oilmen get an 8 percent increase after one week of striking

Workers in the Brazilian oil industry are getting an 8.56 percent wage increase via the new collective labor agreement 2013/15, signed on Monday, October 28, 2013 by the FUP union (Gas Workers...

6 November 2013

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