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Germany: IG-Metall starts reform home stretch in pain
In January 2011, Kai Burmeister, young IG-Metall federal delegate, notably in chare of the weapon industry, didn’t sound happy: “I’m sorry, I’m not in charge of this case anymore. I am going to...
3 March 2011
GDF SUEZ: start of European negotiations on professional equality between men and women
The agreement on professional equality could be easier to negotiate than the creation of the negotiating body for this new European agreement, after than on working conditions and the anticipation...
2 March 2011
Italy: trade and services social partners renew the sector’s collective agreement via separate agreement
Valid between January 1, 2011 and January 31, 2013, this new separate agreement for the renewal of the CCN in Services and Distribution aims to get local collective agreements going (currently...
2 March 2011
Germany: employers say hundreds of temporary work agencies could go bankrupt
By declaring, on December 14, 2010, that the Union of Christian Trade Unions in the temporary sector was “unfit” for signing collective agreements (see our dispatch No. 100890), the Federal Labor...
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1 March 2011
Alstom: European agreement on the anticipation of change
Safeguarding employment in a period of crisis or structural change. To deal with the current crisis and its foreseeable impact, the agreement contains a commitment to avoid layoffs as much as...
1 March 2011
Spain: the social partners are making progress in the debate for the collective bargaining reform
Internal flexibility. Employers and unions agree on the goal and want to secure internal flexibility as the necessary answer to guarantee the viability of businesses. The whole problem is to...
1 March 2011
Spain: Nissan WC election confirms unions that supported competitiveness pacts negotiated with the management
In Barcelona, employees validated the pay and productivity pact. Employees clearly supported Sigen-USOC (workers’ union of Catalonia) and UGT, the two unions which supported a cost-cutting pact...
28 February 2011
Romania: ArcelorMittal employees to strike soon
Failed negotiations. The leaders of four unions of the plant of the steel giant ArcelorMittal in Galati, south-east Romania, announced the beginning of a general strike on March 10th. On...
28 February 2011
Sweden: Medlingsinstitutet publishes 2010 report and links Sweden’s competitiveness and “realistic” pay bargaining
2010 was particularly intense since nearly 550 collective agreements were negotiated for about 3.3 million workers. Besides, since most of these agreements expire on March 31, 2010, negotiations...
25 February 2011
Germany: unions launch national action day in 1,000 businesses for equal treatment between permanent and temporary employees
National action day for equal pay. True to their new strategy of involving employees more actively in the protection of their interest, and as a clear message to employers, German unions decided...
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24 February 2011
Greece: protest is not getting weaker
Demonstrators massively answered unions’ call on Wednesday, marching in close ranks in the streets of Athens. Police say 30,000 came which organizers say between 60,000 and 100,000 came. For the...
24 February 2011
Finland: social partners commit to continue action organized since 2005 to reduce the gender pay gap
In a joint declaration published on February 10th, the key union confederations in Finland (SAK, STTK and Akava) and the key employers’ organizations in the public sector (churches, communities...
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24 February 2011
Italy: Fiat keeps applying its model in Italian undertakings in spite of the Fiom-CGIL’s opposition
On February 15th, Fiat managing director Sergio Marchionne told the committee on productive activities of the Chamber of Deputies that Fiat’s “head” would remain in Turin provided that the...
24 February 2011
Great Britain: pay disputes spread because of increasing cost of living
The main factors explaining this considerable increase are the rise in the standard rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 17.5% to 20% and the continued increase in the price of crude oil. With this...
23 February 2011
Germany: 130,000 employees in textile get a 3.6% wage increase
Union satisfaction. For the first time ever, the IG-Metall union and the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry (Gesamtverband textil + mode) managed to reach an agreement...
23 February 2011
Austria: Telekom Austria offers “golden early retirement” to its employees
800 requests for “golden early retirement” are currently pending at Telekom Austria’s personnel services. “The program is a total success. I think that, this year, 350 colleagues are going to...
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22 February 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