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United States: OUR Wal-Mart or how the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union is trying to organize Wal-Mart employees on the internet since it cannot do it in the stores
ing a new form of social activism. As it has always managed to keep unions at a distance, one of them has decided to counter attack by creating an online rallying space. This new group...
21 June 2011
Romania: planned merger between two key union confederations
l Union Bloc), two of the key union confederations in Romania, are currently thinking about merging. The idea of uniting to rebuild the union movement is not new but is back after recent reforms...
21 June 2011
Poland: talks on minimum wage increase have begun
Fake negotiations. As provided for in the Act of October 10, 2002 on minimum wage, the social partners have gathered several times within the tripartite Committee (unions, employers, government)...
21 June 2011
Spain: why is the reform of collective bargaining contingent on the social partners at national level?
Though the new enactment is really complex (v. dépêche n°110398), and gives new wording to a large number of articles, the essentials of the reform, all linked to the idea of labor flexibility...
20 June 2011
Italy: Cisl and Uil union confederations organize their first “unitary” national demonstration
“We’re Italy’s hope.” This is how Cisl leader Raffaele Bonnani described the first national demonstration organized by the Cisl and Uil on Saturday, June 18th in Rome on the Piazza del Popolo...
20 June 2011
Germany: Verdi union calls for three-day strike in insurance from Monday, June 20th
The framework collective agreement at the heart of the conflict. Martina Sönnichsen, Verdi spokesperson, told Planet Labor that the strikes would begin today in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg...
20 June 2011
Netherlands: FNV and Allies union mobilizes against pension reform
The FNV and Allies (FNV Bondgenoten), the Netherlands’ key union, present in the industry and armed with 500,000 members, called on its members to send emails against the pension reform by June...
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20 June 2011
Great Britain: public sector employees start mobilizing against austerity program
Strike against pension reform in State services. The strike by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is expected to close schools across England...
17 June 2011
Italy: Fiom-CGIL launches first independent metalworkers’ social network, the FiomNetWork
On June 16th, the Fiom celebrated its 110th birthday. The Federazione Italiana Operai Metallurgici (“Italiana” was replaced by “Impiegati” at the Congress in Turin in 1946) was founded in Livorno...
17 June 2011
Netherlands: historical agreement on the pension reform
The agreement on the pension reform, subject to a formal consensus between the social partners before the legislative election on June 9, 2010, was finally signed. Now the FNV has to endorse it...
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15 June 2011
Italy: Uil union confederation terminates 1993 protocol, the founding act for social relations in the country
As he announced last week, Uil general secretary Luigi Angeletti sent, on June 13th, to the President of the Council of Ministers, to the Ministry of Labor and to all the social partners, his...
14 June 2011
Italy: creation of Confindustria Digitale, the new employers’ federation in the digital industry
Confindustria Digitale is the result of the merger between the four biggest employers’ organizations in the digital sector: Assotelecomunicazioni-Asstel, which represents telecom businesses...
14 June 2011
Poland: ongoing negotiations on the extension of some of the provisions of the “Anticrisis Act” to make the labor market more flexible
The “Anticrisis Act,” included in the “Anticrisis Package” adopted by the social partners in 2009 (see our dispatches No. 090611 and 090555) to lessen the impact of the economic crisis introduced...
14 June 2011
Belgium: new collective agreement in the metal industry
Metal manufacturing. The new collective agreement of CP No. 111 (see our dispatch No. 110336), the social dialogue structure which, in Belgium, gathers sectors as varied as aeronautics, the auto...
14 June 2011
EU: 4th Congress of the European Metalworkers’ Federation paves the way for the final stage of the creation of a new joint Industry Federation
“It is true that we, the Nordic states, have quickened the process” acknowledged Stefan Löfven, leader of the Swedish IF Metall. While the project of creating a large manufacturing union...
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12 June 2011
Germany: quick renegotiation of collective agreements in wholesale trade and hope in retail trade
Ray of hope in retail trade. Two days earlier, in Stuttgart, Verdi’s union negotiators, who, in 11 regions, call for a 6-6.5% wage increase as well as equal pay for temporary workers and a limit...
10 June 2011
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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