Labour relations

In the midst of a controversial privatization procedure and just before entering the stock market, Royal Mail, the British postal service, has offered at £300 bonus to employees who don’t go on...

7 October 2013

Canada: Kronos Canada Inc. lock-out brings international unions on the scene

The 2nd lockout within three months for Kronos Inc in Varennes, Quebec was called on September 20 and continues to linger. It was announced after 93% of the workforce rejected Kronos’ latest offer...

7 October 2013

On October 7, European and international unions mobilize for the World Day for Decent Work and against precarious labor

IndustriAll, the international manufacturing union federation, has made the fight against precarious labor one of its biggest priorities. Since 2009, there is a World Day on October 7, the same...

7 October 2013

China: not enough cyber analysts

Analyzing public opinion on the internet is a new discipline that has already become essential for almost all corporations in China (State institutions and private companies alike). Recently put...

7 October 2013

Great-Britain: major union recognition agreement in the nuclear industry

Prospect, the white collar union for technical and professional staffs like scientists, engineers and managers, has signed what it is calling a 'landmark' union recognition deal with Babcock...

4 October 2013

Italy: union and employers’ organization in the temporary work industry renew their sector’s national collective agreement

On September 27, the Assolavoro and Assosomm employers’ associations signed the agreement renewing the national collective agreement in the temporary work industry, with the Nidil-CGIL, Felsa-Cisl...

3 October 2013

Spain: CCOO’s manufacturing and chemistry federation restart their merger procedure

The FI-CCOO and FITEQA-CCOO federations confirm their will to build, together, a stronger, more effective organization to place the industry at the center of the country’s economic revival. ...

2 October 2013

United States: employers half hearted about healthcare reform

A lot of American employers are still resolutely opposed to the Obamacare, decided in 2010, and anticipate its impact, limiting their health coverage. However, they welcome the measures that...

2 October 2013

Spain: UGT’s metal federation convention affected by the departure of its general secretary

The 26th convention of the wood, construction and associated industries federation, MCA-UGT, will take place in Burgos on October 2-4 and in a difficult context, both for the union and the metal...

1 October 2013

Belgium: ArcelorMittal reaches draft agreement on the industrial chapter

After bargaining for 8 months, unions and the management at ArcelorMittal reached, yesterday, a draft agreement on an industrial plan for the restructuring of its cold-processing line in Liege...

1 October 2013

Germany: schedule of 2014/15 collective bargaining

In 2014, 10.5 million employees will be directly affected by collective pay negotiations. Planet Labor is giving you the detailed schedule of collective bargaining in 2014 and 2015 as well as the...

1 October 2013

Luxembourg: social elections on November 13

On November 13, two elections will take place in Luxembourg affecting employee representation: the Chamber of Employees (Chambre des salariés de Luxembourg, CSL) and the company employee...

30 September 2013

Denmark: North Jutland is the first region to include “chain liability” in public contracts to combat social dumping

After adopting, in May, a new policy for public markets, focusing on social and environmental clauses, North Jutland is now enforcing it in tenders for the construction of the new university...

30 September 2013

Sweden: new agreement for the 16,000 employees in the postal and cargo industry

Mediators helped with the agreement reached on September 17, 2013 between the SEKO (service and communication) union and the Almega service employers’ organization for the postal and cargo...

27 September 2013

Xylem: agreement establishing the European Works Council

In May 2013, Xylem, a company specialized in water transport and treatment, introduced a European Works Council covered by Swedish law. (Ref. 130569)

27 September 2013

Great-Britain: unions win first battle against zero hours contracts

A strike by members of the bakers’ workers union, the BFAWU, has compelled Premier Foods at its Wigan Hovis factory to agree to limit the company’s use of agency workers on zero hour contracts...

25 September 2013

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