Labour relations

Putting an end to a conflict punctuated with major warning strikes, the powerful Bavarian federation of the IG-Metall union and the Gesamtmetall employers’ organization reached, early this...

15 May 2013

Spain: Holcim, one of the first large businesses in Spain to provide a true outplacement program to its outgoing employees

In Spain, the building sector has been particularly hard hit by the current economic crisis and certainly the Spanish subsidiary of the multinational Holcim, whose core business includes...

14 May 2013

Italy: Vodafone Italia signs agreement “redefining wage costs” and dealing with 700 ‘surplus’ workers

Launched in March, the negotiations between Vodafone Italia, the SLC-CGIl, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions and the national RSU coordination led to an agreement on May 4. It contains...

14 May 2013

Germany: strike takes trial of strength between Verdi union and Amazon on collective agreement to the next level

The Verdi services union called on the employees of the American internet giant, Amazon, to take part in a one-day strike today, May 14, in two logistics centers: Leipzig (Saxony) and Bad Hersfeld...

14 May 2013

Great Britain: more and more businesses provide their employees with vocational qualifications

The major high street retailer, the John Lewis Partnership, has announced plans to establish a ‘University of John Lewis’ as part of its expanding range of internal vocational qualifications for...

14 May 2013

Spain: cleaning unions and employers sign the sector’s first national collective agreement

Representatives from the UGT and CCOO’s service federations and from the ASPEL and AFELIN employers’ organizations signed the agreement on May 9. It is the result of long negotiations aimed at...

13 May 2013

Denmark: social partners and labor inspectorate issue 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings have on the mental working environment

Last week, employers, unions and the labor inspectorate issued 22 recommendations to limit the negative impact restructurings and other changes have on workers’ mental health. The goal is to...

12 May 2013

Great Britain: after failing to create a big rail and road transport union with the RMT, TSSA is thinking about creating a big transport union with Unite

After the failure of talks to agree on a merger between the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) and the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in 2012, the TSSA has announced that it...

7 May 2013

Austria: 3.2% wage increase for chemical workers

After three unavailing meetings, the social partners in the Austrian chemical industry finally agreed, on Friday, May 3, 2013, on a 3.2-3.3% wage increase for the sector’s 50,000 employees. ...

6 May 2013

Belgium: more and more social conflicts

In 2012, the number of restructurings, bankruptcies and job losses in Belgium boomed, and so has the number of strikes. Unions are multiplying actions and yet having a hard time getting heard. ...

6 May 2013

Ireland: government threatens to force the public sector reform through

As expected, the negotiations launched in January to try and save 1 billion in the three years to come were hindered by rejection from government workers. in the coming days, a mediator should...

6 May 2013

Germany: 60,000 temporary jobs in jeopardy in the auto industry

Profits are going down for Daimler, Volkswagen and BMW. The German carmakers, who until recently were doing quite well, are now being hit by the European crisis. They want to maintain their...

3 May 2013

Italy: unity is back for the three largest union confederations

With the “crisis getting worse,” the Cgil, Cisl and Uil unions decided to stand united again. Their first commitment in this direction, validated the day before May Day, was to decide on unitary...

3 May 2013

Luxembourg: towards a strike in construction

After the social partners met again on April 27, the biggest union in the country and the sector, OGBL, announced that it would request a certification that the conciliation procedure failed. The...

3 May 2013

Germany: mini-increase in return for job security at Lufthansa

The Verdi union and the Air Traffic Employers’ Association (AGVL) reached, on May 1, a complicated agreement on a wage increase and job security for 33,000 ground staff working for the German...

2 May 2013

Italy: new government sets labor as its official priority

Enrico Letta, Italy’s new Prime Minister, received the Senate’s trust on April 30, after gaining the House of Lords’ trust the day before, for the program “For Italy and Europe.” One of the top...

2 May 2013

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