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Romania: Social Code to regulate collective industrial relations passed and declared constitutional
Approval of the Code. The Constitutional Court removed the last obstacle to the promulgation of the Social Code when declaring, on the evening of Wednesday, May 4th, that the five laws it is...
5 May 2011
Germany: sharp decline in the number of industrial conflicts in 2010
Quick agreement with the crisis in the background. In April 2008, the WSI institute presented a very different report, pointing to a substantial increase in the number of strikes in Germany (see...
4 May 2011
Italy: 87.63% of employees of the former Carrozzerie Bertone accept the conditions set out by Fiat to save their job
"We won’t allow a divide between those who want to work and those who want to defend their rights, because we all started this fight together, and we will continue fighting together. We won’t let...
4 May 2011
Portugal: union mobilization against worsening social atmosphere
Demonstration. After a May Day parade full of slogans against the intervention of the International Monetary Fund and of the European Central Bank, the CGTP (General Confederation of Portuguese...
3 May 2011
Belgium: agreement on draft new collective agreement in clothing industry
Purchasing power. The future agreement, valid between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012, provides for a €0.50 increase in meal tickets on April 1, 2012. The 2011-2012 cross-industry...
3 May 2011
Italy: unitary strike on May Day in the commerce sector
While the CGIL, Cisl and Uil celebrated May Day with a national unitary demonstration in Marsala, Sicily (where Garibaldi’s expedition of the Thousand landed in 1861 when conquering Italy)...
2 May 2011
Portugal: struggle between businesses and unions about opening some stores on May Day
Trial of strength. The CESP, union of trade and services, accused the stores’ managements of blackmailing workers with loosing their jobs. To try and foil the plan to open on May Day, the union...
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2 May 2011
Spain: higher unemployment and cooperation between unions and courts help lower the number of industrial accidents
The decline in economic activity led to a mechanic decrease in the number of accidents. Occupational safety representatives from the CCOO and UGT unions, Pedro J Linares and Marisa Rufino, and...
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2 May 2011
Spain: unions present claims for the negotiation of the 12th banking collective agreement
Here are the proposals made by CCOO and UGT:
29 April 2011
Denmark: 3F union strengthens action against social dumping
With an ad published in the Fakt polish magazine (over 2 million readers), with the picture of a man on a hospital bed, the 3F union launched, on April 19th, its first advertising campaign against...
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28 April 2011
Italy: after a 9th legal victory over the application of the metal CCN born from the separate 2009 agreement, the Fiom puts appeals on hold in favor of bargaining
“This verdict, combined with that of Turin, shows that separate agreements add problems rather than solving them.” This is how the Fiom-CGIL presented the verdict by the court of Modena on April...
28 April 2011
Great Britain: battle of figures on deaths caused by industrial accidents just before the “Workers’ Memorial Day”
Workers’ Memorial Day. The day is to commemorate those that have died, been injured or made ill through their work, with the headline slogan ‘Remember the dead – fight for the...
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27 April 2011
Netherlands: agreement in principle in heavy metal
The metal employers’ organization, FME-CWM (3,000 members), affiliated with the Federation of Netherlands Industries and Employers (VNO-NCW), signed an agreement in principle with the trade unions...
27 April 2011
Spain: Iberdrola to sign agreement with unions to link wage increases with productivity
This new reference should replace the clause on the systematic review of wages in relation to inflation and the price index. It will be added to the new collective agreement, currently in the...
26 April 2011
Germany: the length of sick leaves for psychological reasons was multiplied by 9 since 2004
From 8.1 to 72.3 days of sick leave. The scientific institute (Wido) of the AOK – the largest health insurance fund in Germany with nearly 19 million members – assessed the sick leaves of 10.1...
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26 April 2011
United States: Boeing could not be able to open its new plant in South Carolina because of antiunion behavior
The NLRB, which arbitrates conflicts between unions and businesses, is blaming Boeing. Legal expert Lafe Solomon filed a complaint against the aircraft manufacturer, accusing the company of...
22 April 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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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
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025