Labour relations

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

Italy: Natuzzi innovates with its agreement reorganizing its Italian sites, relocating part of the production done in Romania

It’s the first time production relocated abroad is brought back to Italy. On October 10, Natuzzi Spa, world leader in leather furniture, signed a “historical” restructuring agreement with the...

15 October 2013

Atos SE: new agreement on participation of workers in the SE

At the end of 2012, IT services industry company Atos became a European company. At the time, we commented the agreement on employee participation signed within this framework. We are now...

15 October 2013

Romania: ILO urges government to revise last Labor Code reform

Adopted two years ago to make recruitment more flexible, the Romanian Labor Code was severely criticized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a study released on October 10 in...

15 October 2013

Safran: EWC agreement reviewed

On April 12, the international high-technology equipment manufacturer signed its first amendment to the EWC agreement of 2008, in order to add the novelties of the recast Directive 2009/38. Here...

15 October 2013

Air France-KLM: EWC and management sign Social Rights and Ethics Charter along with a memorandum for its application

The management of Air France KLM and the EWC signed, on July 10, a new social rights and ethics charter, which it just released and which replaces that of 2008. The new text strengthens...

14 October 2013

Spain: VW Navarra strikes deal securing the site’s future

The management of Volkswagen Navarra, the UGT and CCOO unions and the CGC executives’ federation signed an agreement in principle for the drafting of the 8th collective agreement, which will serve...

14 October 2013

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