Labour relations

Heavyweights in the British economy just created the 5% Club. This corporate group has laid down a challenge: employing 5% of young people within 5 years, in a country where unemployment affects...

14 October 2013

Great Britain: businesses that blacklisted “annoying” workers to set up a fund for the victims

Some of the biggest firms in the construction industry (Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinc) are to compensate workers who were...

11 October 2013

Spain: Bridgestone signs new collective agreement with difficulty

The management signed with the UGT and CCOO unions the 24th company agreement for 2013/15, which provides for a pay freeze and more flexibility. The minority unions (ELA-STV, SITB-USO and BUB)...

11 October 2013

Italy: Bridgestone and unions sign agreement saving Modugno site (Bari)

Retraining instead of closing. The agreement signed on September 30 between Bridgestone Italia Spa, the Femca Cisl, Filctem CGIL, Uiltec Uil and Failc-Confail unions, the unitary trade union...

11 October 2013

Romania: several multinationals show they are doing well by launching major recruitment programs

While restructurings announcements are still shaking western European social news, several multinationals set up in Romania in the auto and ICT industries announced vast recruitment campaigns at...

10 October 2013

Germany: real wages stagnate in the 2nd 2013 quarter after a slight step back in the 1st quarter

On Tuesday, October 8, the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis) published the figures of the evolutions of actual wages in Germany in the 2nd 2013 quarter. Over the period, nominal wage increased...

10 October 2013

France: unions and employers denounce the legislative imbroglio on work on Sunday but with different ideas of how to get out of it

Employers, unions, politicians, Ministers… everyone agrees that the French rule of Sunday rest with a lot of exceptions is no longer viable. Since two major home improvement stores (Castorama and...

10 October 2013

Germany: Daimler management imposes “social principles” to businesses with a service provision contract

The management of the German carmaker published, on Monday, October 7, the list of social and pay principles businesses willing to sign a service provision contract with the company will have to...

9 October 2013

United States: UAW besieges Nissan in Mississippi

The leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are enhancing their unionization campaign at Nissan’s Canton plant in Mississippi. They are trying to take their campaign to the global level, asking...

9 October 2013

Germany: conflict between Verdi and Amazon goes downhill with the announcement of three sorting centers opening in Poland

Whereas Verdi and the 9,000 German employees of the world leader in e-commerce, Amazon, have been fighting since the beginning of the year over the improvements of pay and adoption of the sector’s...

8 October 2013

Great Britain: Royal Mail tries to “buy” staff out of striking

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

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