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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
Italy: Fiom wins first appeal against the application of the 2009 separate agreement on the metal CCN
While the Fiom presented its appeal to the Turin court against Fiat for “antiunion behavior” in the procedure used for the Pomigliano and Mirafiori newcos, the CGIL’s metalworkers’ federation won...
20 April 2011
Germany: two temporary employers’ organizations merge before decisive negotiations on equal pay
Employers’ organizations in a hurry. The BZA and AMP implemented the planned merger mentioned last autumn (see our dispatch No. 100692). The new federation is located in Berlin and called the...
20 April 2011
Portugal: strike notice suspended in chain stores and negotiations starting up
Conciliation. The CESP, union of trade, service and office workers, suspended the strike notice presented for the Easter period, because negotiations with employers reopened. A first...
19 April 2011
Italy: unitary agreement for the renewal of the collective agreement of the Poste Italiane
After “long and difficult negotiations” during which, according to unions, only “unity and homogeneity” helped overcome “unjustified rigidity” from the group’s management, SLP-Cisl, SLC-CGIL...
19 April 2011
Germany: IG-Metall wants to limit appeal to temporary work as in Thuringia
Combining economic subsidies and volume of temporary employment. On Wednesday, April 13th, the IG-Metall Frankfurt and its general secretary, Armin Schild, met with the Minister of Economic...
19 April 2011
Spain: agreement on collective bargaining reform stuck on the fight against absenteeism and the creation of a youth contract
The signature of the social partners’ agreement on the reform of collective bargaining is running a little late. So far, the debate between the social partners focused on the issue of improving...
18 April 2011
Belgium: start of the negotiations for the new collective agreement in electricity and gas
Harmonizing statuses. While energy prices keep increasing, employers plead a wage increase contained in the 2011-2012 cross-industry agreement, i.e. 0.3% maximum (see our dispatch No. 110122). ...
18 April 2011
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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