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France: CSR criteria in the new 2012-2014 profit-sharing agreement at La Poste
Quality of life. Like the previous agreement, this agreement will apply to all Post workers regardless of their function, “thus giving full meaning to the concept of fair distribution and...
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27 June 2012
Germany: Siemens gives up to EUR 500 a month to come back to work after childbirth
A typically German issue.
For several months, a political/cultural trial of strength has been dividing
the German government and the two parties to the conservative union – Merkel’s...
27 June 2012
Great Britain: Unite creates GBP25m strike fund
While this is a significant development for the future, it was also disclosed that Unite under new general secretary, Len McCluskey, had spent between £3m-£5m on industrial disputes in the last...
27 June 2012
Netherlands: the DNV (former FNV) announces social turmoil in September
The former FNV, renamed De Nieuwe Vakbeweging (DNV, new federation) on June 23, is getting ready for social unrest in September. With the legislative elections approaching (September 12), it has...
27 June 2012
United States: new contract between machinists’ union and Lockheed Martin
After over two months on strikes, the association of machinists at Lockheed Martin accepted a two-tier pension system in Forth Worth, Texas. The management of Lockheed Martin and the...
27 June 2012
Germany: Verdi union gets better working and pay conditions for the employees of Deutsche Bank’s subsidiaries
More time off, more money and a shorter workweek. Verdi claims that about 2,000 employees from 5 Deutsche Bahn service companies – PBC Services GmbH (account management), Kredit Service GmbH...
26 June 2012
United States: Supreme Court defends employees’ rights to not pay for unions’ political activities
In the United States, in businesses covered by a collective agreement, employers and unions may decide to impose a union (closed or union shop) or, without forcing them to join, having them take...
26 June 2012
Walmart: new union alliance on the African continent
On June 19-20, in Johannesburg, South Africa, UNI Global Union launched the UNI Africa Walmart Union Alliance. Unions are denouncing an expansion strategy that is detrimental to local employment...
25 June 2012
Italy: Rome Court sentences Fiat to reinstate 145 Fiom-CGIL members in Pomigliano plant
Since none of its members were reinstated, the Fiom sued Fabbrica Italia Pomigliano (Fip), Fiat's newco managing the plant in Campania, for discrimination. The Court gave the union satisfaction...
25 June 2012
Italy: General signs groundbreaking agreement on employment protection
The text is made up of four chapters. The first lays down the ground principle: Italian jobs will be maintained and the group commits not to appeal to compulsory redundancies if jobs need to be...
25 June 2012
Spain: FITEQA-CCOO general secretary talks about the company agreement at Adolfo Dominguez cutting pay to save jobs
Joaquim González Muntadas. I wanted to show the extremely difficult situation businesses, unions and employees are in. It is true that it isn’t common for unions to point to the value of...
25 June 2012
Great Britain: success for London bus drivers
After a number of last minute developments, the one-day strike by bus drivers across London did go ahead on Friday 22 June. These developments included money being made available to meet the bus...
25 June 2012
Corporate practices: ThyssenKrupp steel cuts working time to hire 1,000 apprentices and have younger manpower
Chain restructurings. “Up to 2006, we were mostly concerned with one thing: how can we cut jobs?” explains Veit Echterhoff, in charge of training policy at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG. And for...
25 June 2012
Netherlands: coming negotiations on the “quality” of employees relations at Ikea
Ikea’s Dutch employees will get a 2 percent wage increase. Ikea was founded in Sweden but the headquarters are in Delft, Netherlands. The increase will come into force on October 1, 2012, at the...
25 June 2012
International: new global manufacturing union federation
Over 800 delegates representing metalworkers, textile workers and chemical workers from 140 countries took part in this event, prepared by the managing structures of the three founding unions for...
21 June 2012
Austria: Women’s Ministry launches program to promote women in businesses
Small-steps policy in a labor world where women are underrepresented. Like most European countries, Austria is no exception to the growing debates and claims about women’s role in businesses. In...
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21 June 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