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Austria: average 3.65 percent increase in computer services
rtners in the Austrian computing industry agreed on an average 3.65 percent wage increase for the sector’s 40,000 employees on January 1, 2012. The lowest wages will get a 4.1 percent...
21 December 2011
Italy: unitary transport strike blocks Italy once again
After a successful strike last spring (see our dispatch No. 110225), Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugltrasporti, Orsa, Faisa-Cisal and Fast did it again on December 15-16. They claim the...
19 December 2011
Morocco: call centers are unionizing
Union membership is gaining ground. Lately, Total Call, a call center working for French contractors, has experienced its first strike. The first social conflict of a call center working with...
17 December 2011
EU: European Commission uploads database on transnational company agreements
This database contains all transnational agreements and texts identified and catalogued by the project’s partners (Aritake Wild, Wilke Maack Partners and Planet Labor, which led the project). ...
17 December 2011
United States: uncertainty over the imminent NLRB freeze
Two weeks after the charges against Boeing, angering the Republicans (see our dispatches No. 110743 and 110655), Barack Obama appointed two members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ...
16 December 2011
Greece: pay cuts in banking
In a letter to the Piraeus Bank staff, Director General Stravros Lekkakos presented his proposal. The proportional pay cuts will be as follows:
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15 December 2011
Randstad: adjusting the anticipation agreement establishing a EWC to the recast directive
Adaptation. Signed in 1996, the agreement creating a European social dialogue structure was revised in 2009, during the transposition of the new EWC directive. Since it is an anticipation...
15 December 2011
Netherlands: limiting union power in the offing
The restructuring, planned for the summer 2012, of the country’s key trade union, the Federation of Netherlands Unions and Allies (FNV), is opening the possibility of limiting unions’ power. ...
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15 December 2011
Corporate practices: Thales helps its employees change trades with the “Passerelles” approach
Employment expertise has been a part of Thales’ social practices for several years now. In 2006, the social partners adopted an agreement on the anticipation of employment changes, professional...
15 December 2011
Italy: Fiat signs separate agreement for its new national collective agreement
The agreement signed yesterday is “a historical turn for our company and its workers” rejoiced Sergio Marchionne, Managing Director of Fiat S.p.A. and CEO of Fiat Industrial. Valid for one year...
14 December 2011
Romania: minimum wage up to RON 700 in 2012
Planned increase. While the measure has yet to be ratified, the announcement is official. Sulfina Barbu, Romanian Minister of Labor, confirmed that minimum wage would go from RON 670 currently...
14 December 2011
Sodexo: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
In this agreement, “Sodexo commits to see to it that all its employees can access the following fundamental rights, while conforming to the local legislation:
13 December 2011
Germany: IG-Metall and Verdi union compete in industrial service provider companies
Outsourcing boom. According to the IG-Metall, more and more businesses outsource a substantial part of their operations to cut costs, and not only non-strategic operations (catering, cleaning…). ...
13 December 2011
Italy: first unitary strike for the Monti administration
After years of union division, the unitary strike against the government’s austerity program (see our dispatch No. 110750) called for by the CGIL, Cisl and Uil yesterday, December 12, was “fully...
13 December 2011
Great Britain: Unite offers membership of 50p per week to appeal to activists involved in social movements
The move is also an attempt to provide an instance of the union movement having its own version of the ‘big society’, the idea promoted by Prime Minister, David Cameron, whereby many of the...
13 December 2011
Corporate practices: secrets behind Scania’s ‘perfect’ age pyramid
Currently, Scania Group is one of the leaders in the manufacture of heavyweights, buses, vans, as well as industrial and marine engines. It also offers and sells a wide range of maintenance...
12 December 2011
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20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025