Labour relations

The management of Österreichische Post AG (OPAG) and the Union of Post and Telecommunications Employees (GPF) reached an agreement, on Monday, June 17 in Vienna, for a 2.7 percent wage increase...

18 June 2013

Italy: 17th Cisl convention on the themes of “responsibility” and change

The Cisl’s 17th convention came to a close on June 15. 1,082 delegates representing over 4.4 million members gathered under the slogan, “Italy and responsibility, a new union for a new country.” ...

18 June 2013

Greece: new collective agreement in the banking industry

On July 1, 2013, the sectoral collective agreements signed after the OTOE (Bank Employees' Union) and Greek banks negotiated for 2.5 months, will be in force until December 2015. Considered as...

18 June 2013

Sweden: new agreement for the 300,000 technological employees

The agreement signed on April 2, 2013 between Teknikarbetsgivarna (technological employers’ organization) and its union counterparts – Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (engineering)...

17 June 2013

Italy: Energia Concorrente, the organization representing ‘private’ energy companies, signs national collective agreement with unions

Founded in 2012 by Axpo Italia, GDF Suez Energia Italia, Repower, Sorgenia and Tirreno Power to represent the interests of ‘private’ energy companies, the Energia Concorrente employers’...

17 June 2013

Germany: GDL train drivers’ union signs first collective agreement with Agilis, the private rail company

On June 11, the GDL train drivers’ union announced that it had signed a collective agreement with Agilis, the private rail company based in Regensburg, Bavaria. It is the first time it signed an...

17 June 2013

United States: Caterpillar and United Steelworkers reach pay deal

The management of Caterpillar and the United Steelworkers’ union ratified a new six-year labor contract in the South Milwaukee plant in Wisconsin. Employees get a $4,000 (nearly €3,000) signing...

14 June 2013

Italy: Eni and unions sign agreement to ‘help’ nearly 1,000 workers retire and hire 300 young people

Eni and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed an agreement to ‘help’ about 1,000 workers through retirement while recruiting 300 young graduates and ‘stabilizing’ temporary...

14 June 2013

United States: AFL-CIO uses participatory democracy to prepare its 2013 Convention

Weaker than ever, the American union movement needs to get young people and minorities to join while defending its position in sectors where it is still present. This difficult task will be the...

13 June 2013

Germany: new setback for the CGB Christian union

Seized by the majority services union, Verdi, the Federal Labor Court of Erfurt issued an appeals judgment, on June 11, stating that the small health union, Medsonet, affiliated with the Christian...

12 June 2013

Germany: one of the biggest low-wage sectors in Europe

In 2010, 22.2 percent of German employees received a low income. Germany has the 7th biggest low-wage sector in the EU. This is the result of a new study released on June 10 by the WSI Institute...

11 June 2013

Great Britain: the use of ‘Section 188’ to impose less advantageous changes upon employees’ working conditions continues

It seems that the use of ‘Section 188’ is growing, even in the private sector. While it used to be more common in the public and non-market sectors, this provision allowing employers to amend...

11 June 2013

EON SE: commentary of the agreement on employee participation in the new European company

On October 16, 2012, EON SE signed the agreement on employee participation. On November 15, 2012, the company officially became a European company and the SE’s EWC met for the first time in...

11 June 2013

Lafarge: group management, EWC and EFBWW European federation sign declaration on wellbeing at work

On May 23, the management of Lafarge Group, its EWC and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) signed a declaration on wellbeing at work. This declaration comes on top of the...

10 June 2013

Spain: textile/clothing collective agreements renewed in spite of disagreements among employers

The CIE employers’ organization and the Fiteqa-CCOO and FITAG-UGT unions signed the new collective agreement for the textile industry on June 5. Employers in the fashioning and weaving industry...

10 June 2013

Germany: 5.4 percent wage increase over 24 months in the insurance industry

Insurance social partners reached, on the night of June 7, a deal for a 5.4 percent wage increase divided in two over 24 months. The agreement covers about 95 percent of the sector’s employees...

10 June 2013

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