Labour relations

The FO, CFE-CGC and CFTC unions officially announced their intention to sign the agreement on the “new social contract” negotiated with the carmaker’s management. This deal, which the company...

22 October 2013

Sweden: Finansförbundet, the banking and finance union, terminates the sector’s collective agreement

Finansförbundet, the banking and finance workers’ union, had been thinking about it for a while. It made the decision and announced it on September 30, 2013: the union, which represents 29,000...

22 October 2013

Italy: organizers of the “two day” mobilization of independent unions against austerity say it was a “complete success”

Called by the independent unions (USB, Confederazione Cobas, Or.s.a. Scuola Università e Ricerca, Sindacato Siae, Cub, Usi and Unicobas), the general 24-hour strike against austerity policies...

22 October 2013

Germany: economic research institutes warn that introducing universal minimum wage would have subversive effects

While the CDU/CSU conservative party and SPD social-democratic party announced, on October 17 after intense preliminary discussions, their will to officially launch, on October 23, talks on the...

21 October 2013

China: “gray income” threateningly increasing

In China, “gray income” – which by definition can’t be found in national statistics – mostly reflects practices related to bribery and abuse of power. A recent study shows its scope: it allegedly...

18 October 2013

Brazil: 2012 annual report on employment and formal economy published

On Friday, October 11, the Ministry of Labor published its 2012 social information report (Rais), one of the “biggest sources of information on Brazil’s formal labor market.” This article...

18 October 2013

Portugal: renewed social tension with the announcement of the 2014 austerity budget

The CGTP is organizing a big day of action on Saturday, October 19 against the 2014 Finance Bill. The largest union confederation in Portugal will organize a go-slow operation on the “25 abril...

18 October 2013

Great Britain: recruiters worried about training following two damning reports

British training is blamed with two surveys underlining the extremely weak skills level, especially among young people. This is alarming for businesses who are now hiring abroad to make up for...

18 October 2013

Italy: with its 2014 “stability bill,” the government kicks off the income tax cut but the social partners say it’s not enough

On September 15, the Council of Ministers approved two finance bills 2014-16. Lowering the total fiscal burden from 44.3 down to 43.4 percent in 2016, the government claims that its budget act...

17 October 2013

Germany: part-time work is still growing and acts like a link towards the employment market (IAB study)

On October 10, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), which answers to the Federal Employment Agency, published a detailed survey on part-time work in Germany. The study relies on a survey...

17 October 2013

Great Britain: Royal Mail staff to strike in the run-up to Christmas

Members of the CWU communications union voted by 4:1 on a 63% turnout to strike. The privatisation battle was lost but the union wants to keep fighting for pay, terms and conditions. Action will...

17 October 2013

Norway: unions don’t trust the new conservative government’s plans but employers are happy

Following the election held on September 9, won by the Høre conservative party, a coalition was formed with the FrP party (Progress Party, presented as a populist, anti-immigration party). On...

17 October 2013

Germany: Michael Vasiliadis reelected as IG BCE leader announces “initiative for comanagement”

At their 5th national convention on October 13-18 in Hanover, 99.2 percent of the 400 representatives of the IG BCE union (mining, chemistry and energy) reelected Michael Vasiliadis, 49, President...

16 October 2013

Sweden: new sectoral union in cleaning industry, “Städbranschen Sverige”

At the trade’s annual forum, “Elmia Städ,” on September 24-26 in Jönköping, the SRTF (Sveriges rengöringsteknikska förbund, cleaning techniques) and Svenska Golvrådet (maintenance advice) unions...

16 October 2013

Spain: equal pay for border Moroccan workers in Melilla

The supreme court of Andalusia gave satisfaction to the UGT union and ordered employers to pay the border Moroccan workers in the construction industry at the same rate as Melilla residents. This...

16 October 2013

Austria: collective bargaining starts in the trade industry

The biggest collective negotiations of the year, in the trade industry, started on Tuesday, October 15 in Vienna. For the sector’s 500,000 employees, the GPA-djp union wants a wage increase of at...

15 October 2013

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