Labour relations

The German subsidiary of the American internet giant, Amazon, is about to witness its first strike in Germany. On Thursday, April 4, 97% of union members at Amazon’s logistics center in Leipzig...

9 April 2013

Spain: Opel Figueruelas signs new competitiveness agreement

On April 8, Opel staff in Figueruelas, near Saragossa, validated the new collective agreement negotiated by the works council’s representatives and the site’s management. 65% followed the 3...

9 April 2013

France: Michelin signs framework agreement introducing negative time savings account

The framework agreement signed on March 11 by Michelin management and the CFE-CGC and CFDT unions sets up a negative time-savings account in order to postpone the implementation of short-time...

8 April 2013

Italy: Telecom Italia and unions sign agreement on 2013-2014 restructuring program

On March 27, Telecom Italian and the trade unions agreed on the key elements of the 2013-2014 business plan. The agreement provides that solidarity contracts will be used to managed 2,500 out of...

8 April 2013

Germany: construction industry wants to erase west/east difference within 9 years after granting a 3.2% increase in the former and 4% in the latter

After a marathon 24-hour negotiation, on Friday, April 5, the construction social partners – the IG BAU union, the ZDB confederation of German construction SMEs (Zentralverband des Deutsches...

8 April 2013

Portugal: trial of strength between employers and unions on labor law in the commerce sector

The Commerce and Services Union is fighting the Association of Retailing Companies (APED) which wants to implement the Labor Code amendments introduced in 2012. Both parties are currently...

5 April 2013

Great Britain: record number of “zero-hours contracts”

23% of Britain's major employers now recruit staff on zero-hours contracts, which unions highly criticize, up from 11% in 2004. (Ref. 130226)

5 April 2013

Austria: 2.8-3% wage increase for insurance staff

After the banking industry, the insurance sector signed a collective pay deal on April 3. With a slight decrease in contributions in 2012, the sector’s 22,000 employees will get a 3% increase...

5 April 2013

Germany: controversy over the increase in activity rate for workers age 60+

According to the Federal Employment Agency,1.48 million people aged 60+ worked and paid social contributions in September 2012, 12.3% up from 2011. in the metal industry, the Gesamtmetall...

4 April 2013

Italy: SKF Group signs agreement replacing conventional wage increases with two bonuses linked with productivity and profitability

First agreement of this kind in italy, the separate agreement signed between the Swedish multinational and the Fim-Cisl and Fali-Fismic unions (the Fiom-CGIL and Uilm-Uil rejected it) introduces...

4 April 2013

Austria: 2.55% increase in the banking industry

The 80,000 banking employees in Austria got a 2.55% increase on April 1, i.e. barely more than the inflation level in 2012 (2.4%). This rather lean agreement was reached after particularly tense...

2 April 2013

Norway: ongoing mediation for 2013 bargaining stuck over extremely divergent positions

The NHO Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and the LO union met to talk about pay deals for 2013. While they agree that employees' buying power should be maintained, their notions are slightly...

2 April 2013

Austria: agenda of spring collective negotiations in the industry

Most Austrian sectors traditionally negotiate their collective agreements in the spring, except the metal industry which bargains in the fall. 130,000 employees are concerned. Debates already...

2 April 2013

Safran: interview of Jean-Luc Bérard, Corporate Senior Vice President, HR, on the European agreement for professional integration of young people

On March 28, Safran and IndustriAll Europe signed a European framework agreement for professional integration of young people. Jean-Luc Bérard, Corporate Senior Vice President, HR, is telling...

31 March 2013

Germany: company agreement on demography for 15,000 employees at Continental’s Rubber Group

On March 18, Continental Group and the IG BCE chemistry union signed a company agreement for the 15,000 German employees of its tire division, Rubber Group. This agreement is the first of this...

28 March 2013

Finland: negotiations for a general pay agreement failed

The negotiations, which lasted for about 3 weeks between the representatives of the three major union federations (SAK, STTK and AKAVA) and employers (EK), in view of reaching a general agreement...

28 March 2013

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