Labour relations

“The union needs project managers and executives, and project managers and executives need the union.” It is with this slogan that the CGIL and Agenquadri, the general association of project...

23 November 2010

Great Britain: Tesco chain stores introduce overtime booking system

With some 340,000 staff in employed in its 2,500 stores, Tesco is the biggest private sector in Britain and has in effect created its own form of an internal labour market. Thus, its frontline...

23 November 2010

Great Britain: Len McCluskey becomes the new general secretary of the biggest union in Britain, Unite

This represents a decisive victory for the left, albeit a divided left, for the total left vote was 153,000 votes (McCluskey plus Hicks) while the combined rightwing and centre-left vote was...

22 November 2010

Italy: pharmaceutical-chemistry social partners reach national agreement on CSR guidelines

Federchimica and Farmindustria for employers and Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil for unions (which signed the CCN in pharmaceutical-chemistry) signed, on November 18th in Milan, within the...

22 November 2010

International: auto unions adopt a resolution on collective bargaining

Soaring precariousness. Delegates from 13 countries met earlier this month to discuss the situation of auto workers. In a resolution, they point to the worsening working conditions in the sector...

22 November 2010

Germany: renowned economists and research institutes belie the theory of a striking lack of skilled workers

A censored study? Are German businesses facing a penalizing shortage in skilled workers or not? Since this summer, businesses, employers’ organizations and some economists (see our dispatch No...

19 November 2010

Netherlands: Dutch people are the European champions for time spent in transportation to go to work

Traffic jams have become a national issue, and an electoral argument for the last general election. Twice a day (at 8 am and 5 pm), the country is paralyzed, notably the west, in Randstad, a...

18 November 2010

United States: interview of Lowell Turner, professor of Comparative Labor Relations at Cornell University on the French union movement

Lowell Turner. It was pretty exciting to see millions of people in the street. There is a push toward austerity budgeting across Europe and America. But, when governments try to take away...

18 November 2010

GDF Suez: interview of Bernard Parmantier, industrial relations director of the group, on the global agreement on fundamental rights, social dialogue and sustainable development

n framework agreements, one on health and safety at work and one on GPEC (Jobs and Skills Management Planning), GDF Suez is going ahead with international bargaining. The group announced, on...

17 November 2010

GDF Suez: signature of a global agreement on fundamental rights, social dialogue and sustainable development

Since GDF Suez is present in several sectors, the agreement was negotiated with one or two representatives from the ICEM, BWI and PSI and coordinated by Global Unions (an organization which makes...

17 November 2010

Great Britain: new strategy for training and apprenticeship shows the start of the State financially disengaging

The David Cameron administration presented, on November 16th, its action plan for training and apprenticeship. The strategy is entitled “Skills for Sustainable Growth.” The document starts with...

17 November 2010

Netherlands: threat of continuing strike at TNT Post

Harry Koostra, CEO of TNT Post, the former public post, mentioned on TV yesterday the possibility of renegotiating the collective agreement and finding “creative solutions” to limit the number of...

17 November 2010

International: 3rd UNI Global Union Congress shows the will to “break through” on transnational bargaining and unionization

Different funding. With the G20 summit in the background in Korea, the global union’s congress mostly worked on the global financial and economic crisis. UNI, which, alone, covers thirteen...

17 November 2010

Italy: unitary start for the developments of the platform for the renewal of the banking CCN

The key unions in the banking sector (Fabi, Fiba Cisl, Fisac CGIL, Silcea, Sinfub, UGL and Uilca) announced, on November 16th, the start of a unitary journey for the preparation of the claim...

17 November 2010

Sweden: to increase its size, the Unionen union launched a free membership campaign

Unionen, the first union to take this type of initiative. The objective of Unionen’s board is to get 600,000 members – i.e. an increase of about 100,000 members. That’s why the idea came, during...

16 November 2010

Italy: to reach the young, the CGIL is using the “social guerrilla”

The CGIL is innovating while preparing for the national demonstration in Rome on November 27th and trying to revitalize the confederation’s image, with initiatives that are more on the same wave...

16 November 2010

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