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Austria: trade employers want “individual” labor at the center of collective bargaining
October 24 will be the start of the renegotiation process for the collective agreements in the trade industry, which employs 570,000 people - the biggest collective negotiations in Austria...
5 October 2012
Mexico: labor law reform adds labor market flexibility crystallizes discontent
Union democratization cut from the reform. There were massive demonstrations in Mexico City and other large cities on Tuesday, October 2, answering the call by the trade unions and student...
5 October 2012
International: CIETT temporary employers’ federation responds to IndustriAll’s report putting temporary work in question
Confusion. As a response to the report published on October 2 (see our dispatch No. 120579), CIETT says that the share of temporary agency work (TAW) among the working population is much lower...
5 October 2012
Portugal: CGTP calls for general strike
The Portuguese government is suspending the reform of the social contributions system. The plan to cut employers' contributions is maintained but the government wants "extensive dialogue with the...
4 October 2012
EU: European Action Day for Industry on October 8-12 under the aegis of IndustriAll Europe
"Bring Decency Back to Work! - European industrial workers are mobilizing for a change of direction." This is the banner under which the European industry federation, IndustriAll, is organizing...
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4 October 2012
Great Britain: Unite develops ‘fair share agreements’ in spite of the legal uncertainty surrounding them
The most obvious benefit the free riders receive without pay unions subscriptions are pay rises resulting from collective bargaining because employers under law are not permitted to discriminate...
4 October 2012
International: IndustriAll global union publishes report/manifesto against agency labor in preparation for the World Day for Decent Work on October 7
Jenny Holdcroft. Agency work has exploded way beyond what it was originally conceived to do, namely replacing workers on a temporary basis according to temporary needs. Instead what we are seeing...
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3 October 2012
EU: extractive industry social partners sign joint statement on health and safety at work
At the meeting of the sectoral social dialogue committee of the extractive industry, the sector's social partners, namely IndustriAll Europe for unions and Euromines, Eurocoal, IMA Europe...
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3 October 2012
Netherlands: unions accept liberal/labor coalition agreement
The Dutch Labor Federation (FNV) threatened with a general strike to lobby the Mark Rutte's outgoing liberal administration, which now has to work with the labor party. However, it seems that the...
3 October 2012
Spain: Inditex enforces voluntary leave transfer program in its last Spanish plants
Stopping production. The program comes as Inditex released first 2012 quarter results with increasing sales in Asia, but the Spanish market, badly hit by the crisis, is loosing in importance and...
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3 October 2012
United States: Boeing and SPEEA union back around the bargaining table
Boeing's management and the representatives of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) are back around the bargaining table after the crushing defeat of the first...
3 October 2012
Sweden: Handels launches new union strategy for chain stores
Ineffective practice. Traditionally, in chain stores, negotiations and union activities take place at local level, separately in each store, and not at central level like big groups (Ikea...
2 October 2012
Netherlands: FNV calls for 2.5 percent wage increase
The largest union in the Netherlands is calling for a 2.5 percent wage increase in 2013. This is the same level as in 2012, in spite of the crisis and as the negotiations in 2012 only led to an...
1 October 2012
Great Britain: Unite organizes conflict at the largest construction project in Europe
At the largest construction project in Europe, the Unite union is in dispute with the one of the main contractors. It has accused the contractor of victimisation of union members and suggested...
1 October 2012
Portugal: CGTP wants to continue in the same vein after successful anti-austerity demonstration
The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (CGTP) organized a major demonstration on September 29 and received the support of civil society. Nearly 200,000 people chanted anti-austerity...
1 October 2012
Canada: Chrysler reaches agreement with auto union
Representatives at Chrysler, the last carmaker still negotiating with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) finally reached an agreement with their interlocutors. Chrysler’s 8,000 Canadian employees in...
28 September 2012
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026