Labour relations

Members of the Unite union (1.4m members) voted by 87% on a 19% turnout to renew the union’s political fund. By law, a ballot must be held every ten years to decide upon whether a union can...

28 May 2013

Hannover Re: agreement on employee involvement in the European Company

On May 3, 2012, the general assembly of Hannover Re (Hannover Rückversicherung), the German reinsurance company, one of the major reinsurance companies in the world, agreed to adopt the legal...

27 May 2013

Greece: from January 1, 2017, minimum wage will be based on inflation and unemployment

The Council of Ministers is about to present a new system for calculating minimum wage which will apply in 2017 on. It will no longer be determined by the social partners but annually by a bill...

27 May 2013

Italy: towards a merger between the Cisl’s transportation, energy and communication unions into a single “network federation”

The recent conferences of the Fit (transport), Fistel (entertainment, information and communication) and Flaei (electricity) unions unanimously approved the prospect of their future merger into a...

27 May 2013

United States: with First Energy, the AFL-CIO tests its ability to involve other shareholders in its fight against unfair compensation for CEOs

The AFL-CIO, which federates 57 American unions, is getting more and more weight as an investor in large American companies. Thus, on May 21, AFL-CIO activists went to the annual meeting of First...

27 May 2013

Great Britain: PCS public services union keeps mobilizing against austerity while laying down the groundwork for a merger with Unite

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has decided at is annual conference to continue its fight against the austerity policy, which is particularly hard on its members. The meeting took...

24 May 2013

Lafarge: new global framework agreement on CSR and international industrial relations

On May 21, Lafarge Group, the international manufacturing union, IndustriAll, and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) signed, in presence of the ILO Director General Guy Ryder...

21 May 2013

Italy: at its 8th Congress, the Cisl’s banking and insurance federation (Fiba) focused on participation and supervising top management’s pay

The 500 Fiba representatives gathered in Carovigno (Brindisi) on May 13-16 for the 8th Congress of the Cisl’s Credit and Insurance Federation, appointed a new general secretary, Giulio Romani. ...

21 May 2013

Germany: 3% wage increase for Postbank employees

After tense negotiations, the Verdi services union and Postbank, a Deutsche Bank subsidiary, announced that they signed a pay deal, on the night of May 15, in Hanover. From July 1, 2013, the...

17 May 2013

Italy: “gender bargaining” guidelines defined by female representatives at Filctem, the CGIL’s energy and chemistry federation

On May 7, the national representatives meeting of the Filctem-CGIL (oil, chemistry, pharmacy, rubber, plastic and gas-water union) focused on ways to promote “gender bargaining,” considered as the...

17 May 2013

Sweden: 2013 agreement for the construction of roads and railways banks on working environment

The SEKO service and communication union and Sveriges Byggindustrier construction employers’ organization signed a new agreement on April 12 for the construction of roads and railways. The wage...

17 May 2013

Great Britain: pay freezes are down but that doesn’t mean that real wages are up

Data from the independent pay monitoring body, Incomes Data Services (IDS), shows that pay freezes are now in decline. Figures for the first quarter of 2013 reveal that pay deals where no salary...

16 May 2013

Sweden: agreement in the energy industry supervises gradual retirement

On April 25, 2013, the EFA (Energiföretagens Arbetsgivareförening) energy employers’ organization and the SEKO communication and service workers’ union signed a new agreement. It provides for a...

16 May 2013

France: second Social Conference will focus on the pension reform

Retirement, vocational training, future sectors, working conditions and public services will be the five themes on the agenda of the next Social Conference bringing together the government and the...

16 May 2013

Corporate practices: Mapfre’s talent management program uses international benchmarking to develop innovation

Since 1984, MAPFRE, the leading insurance company in Spain, has been steadily expanding its business at the worldwide scale. In response to this internationalization process, the company agreed to...

16 May 2013

Italy: Enel signs two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers

On May 9, Enel group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers. The first is on the group implementing Article...

16 May 2013

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