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Estonia: trade unions publish their own manifesto as an answer to employers’ work program
Pensions, unemployment benefits and education. Unions and employers did a sparring match through texts two weeks after the ETTK employers’ organization presented its work program (see our...
5 October 2010
Germany: 2011/2012 collective bargaining schedule
2010 negotiations end with a controversy on equal pay. Will the agreement signed in the steel industry – introducing equal pay between permanent and temporary workers, as well as a 3.6% increase...
5 October 2010
Spain: peers drive head of employers’ confederation to quit
Disputed management. Mr. Diaz Ferrán hoped to stay in position until the end of his term in 2013. But it had become impossible to defend. He was increasingly openly questioned within the...
5 October 2010
EU: Uni wants to promote ‘whistleblowing’ in businesses
Whistleblowing is more widespread in the UK and the US than it is in continental Europe. This practice consists in employees knowing about offenses, statutory violations or any hazard to health or...
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4 October 2010
Italy: Lombardy launches apprenticeship replacing mandatory school training
A “reform with a very high cultural value,” is how the President of Lombardy, Roberto Formigoni, presented the apprenticeship agreement he signed on Monday, September 27th with the Minister of...
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4 October 2010
Germany: two of the three temporary employers’ organizations announce their merger
Merger in 2011. “It’s time temporary businesses joined forces. Consequently, the managements of our two federations unanimously decided to quickly launch the procedure for the AMP and BZA to...
4 October 2010
Denmark: LO publishes “green paper” on nanotechnologies
Without trying to “prevent the development of nanotechnologies,” but making sure it won’t “damage the health and safety of present and future generations,” LO presented, last week, its “green...
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1 October 2010
Sweden: different unions unite to write and publish school textbooks for high schoolers
Textbooks reflecting today’s reality. The idea came from a study published by the Göteborg University that showed that labor-related issues were barely treated in school textbooks. Meanwhile...
1 October 2010
Germany: new steel collective agreement provides for a 3.6% increase and equal pay for agency workers
3.6% increase. Obtained after warning strikes that mobilized over 15,000 employees, the agreement is a real pay improvement for the 85,000 workers of steel businesses in North Rhine-Westphalia...
30 September 2010
EU: European Trade Union Confederation happy with European mobilization
On September 29th, tens of thousands of people answered the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)’s call. From about thirty countries, they all marched in Brussels to protest against the...
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30 September 2010
Italy: Fim and Uilm unions sign agreement allowing businesses to derogate from the metal national collective agreement
After less than two weeks of negotiations (see our dispatch No. 100608), the Fim and Uilm for unions and Federmeccanica and Assistal for employers signed, yesterday in Rome, at the Confindustria’s...
30 September 2010
Spain: uneven turnout at the general strike
Complying with minimum service. Labor Minister Celestino Corbacho pointed out, in all its press interventions, that the day went by without any significant incidents and that the right to strikes...
30 September 2010
Telekom Indonesia: the group signs a global framework agreement with Uni Global
Example. With 105 million subscribers, Telekom Indonesia is currently the largest operator in Indonesia. The semi-public company employs about 25,000 people, 22,000 of whom are union members. ...
29 September 2010
Portugal: government stays on course with the EUR 500 minimum wage increases in 2011
Complying with the agreement. After a meeting dedicated to the pending “Employment Pact,” Labor Minister Helena André confirmed that the Portuguese government intends to apply the increase of the...
29 September 2010
Netherlands: new general secretary of the Federation of Christian Unions wants younger members
“If we don’t do anything, the CNV will be dead and gone within ten years.” This is the rather unusual warning issued by Jaap Smit, who took the head of the CNV on June 1st after René Paas. His...
29 September 2010
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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