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Brazil: Sao Paulo metalworkers win wage campaign
The Sao Paulo metalworkers’ union, member of the Central Workers’ Union (Central Unica dos Trabalhadores, CUT) said that the so-called “wage campaign” was a “victory.” In this State of Brazil...
14 November 2011
International: auto union representatives build network
The aim of this trip was to build direct contacts between the representatives of Indian trade unions in auto multinationals and their colleagues in the parent companies to help the latter support...
10 November 2011
Great Britain: RMT union to intensify campaign for the fair treatment of cleaners and catering staff across the transport industry
The RMT argues that the victory was secured as a result of the ‘strength, solidarity and sheer courage’ of its members and that this shows to 'low paid workers everywhere that if you organise in a...
10 November 2011
Austria: 110,000 heating engineers and fitters get a 3.85% wage increase
Metallgewerbe” sector, which includes thousands of SMEs, 110,000 employees and covers the trades of heating engineer, fitter (air conditioning, security electronics…) or mechanics...
10 November 2011
Estonia: two surveys to help understand the current state of labor relations in the country
of Social Affairs revealed the results of two surveys dedicated to the current state of labor relations in Estonia. Both surveys are about the same five themes (employee involvement, collective...
9 November 2011
Russia: towards a review of Russian-style social partnership?
Torpedoing traditional unionism. Employees and their employer or superior (e.g. a blue-collar worker and his foreman or an executive) would no be allowed to join the same unions. This practice...
9 November 2011
Germany: record shortage of apprenticeship candidates
Soaring number of places offered. The Ministers, representatives of employers’ organizations and other organizations associated with the Apprenticeship pact, an initiative created in 2004...
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9 November 2011
Areva: EWC calls for stoppages in France, Belgium and Germany
Overcapacity. Gathered on October 26, the EWC members called for compliance with the information/consultation procedure and the possibility of presenting a backup plan. The day before, in...
9 November 2011
Sweden: PTK private employees’ federation and Svenskt Näringsliv employers’ organization to bargain for retraining agreements and the criteria for layoff order
cartel for industry and service employees) and Svenskt Näringsliv (key union confederation) announced that they would open talks regarding retraining agreements (omställningsavtal) in...
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9 November 2011
Morocco: construction boom and workforce shortage
Construction boom. The construction industry, notably building and civil engineering, has been experiencing unrestrained growth for the past decade. The result of a policy of infrastructure...
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9 November 2011
United States: union victory in the fight for collective bargaining
king away the collective bargaining rights of Ohio public employees became a national issue six months after a series of austerity measures raised the question of the future of union rights, which...
9 November 2011
Netherlands: campaign to recruit women in the metal industry
For the moment, only 18,800 women work in the metal industry in the Netherlands, i.e. 13% of the sector’s staff, according to the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV). The “Annual Metal...
8 November 2011
Belgium: wage indexation could be a part of the negotiations on the new government
rt of the Central Economic Council, wage levels increased faster in Belgium than in neighboring European countries. The document, which revives controversy as regards the possible reform of the...
8 November 2011
Romania: end of negotiations on the closing of the Nokia plant
Finnish mobile giant, Nokia, announced the closing of the Jucu plant in Romania, opened three and a half years ago. After over one month bargaining, the announced that it stroke a deal with unions...
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8 November 2011
Denmark: 37th LO union conference calls for the “defense of the Danish system”
bor market in a country that needs to remain productive with work for all: these were the words that gathered the 400 delegates taking part in the 37th conference of the LO union, the...
7 November 2011
Spain: Catalonian unions and employers strike deal to increase flexible pay and organization
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7 November 2011
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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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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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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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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