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Italy: CGIL research institute says workers’ buying power dropped by nearly EUR 5,500 between 2000 and 2010
“Real” drop. The Ires’ 5th report, presented on September 27th in Rome, is explicitly entitled: “Wages in Italy in 2000-2010: a lost decade.” It points out that, between 2001 and 2010, GDP...
28 September 2010
EADS: new European agreement defining a framework for future transnational negotiations
Clearing by the EWC. “To reinforce its integration and improve personnel representation, the EADS group must be able to define and implement transnational policies” reads the preamble of the...
28 September 2010
Great Britain: Unite and Sun Chemicals sign a company collective agreement going against the increased decentralization trend in bargaining
The company is a manufacturer of organic pigments and dispersions for use as colorants in printing inks, plastics, paints, cosmetics, textiles and specialities. It is an American global company...
27 September 2010
H&M: Swedish clothing line sets up a global financial bonus system to increase employees’ commitment
Special fund for a special financial incentive system. H&M, the Swedish group, markets clothes and cosmetics in about 2,000 stores in 37 countries. It has about 76,000 collaborators and, in...
27 September 2010
Germany: arming industry worried about the impact of the Bundeswehr reform on employment
Many jobs were already cut in this sector. The German arming industry isn’t an economic sector, strictly speaking, but it has quite a few jewels allowing Germany to rank third on the Stockholm...
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24 September 2010
Great Britain: wages chase after inflation
According to the Office of National Statistics, the current rate of inflation continues to remain well above the government’s 2% target rate for a stable and growing economy. Since the end of...
24 September 2010
Italy: Lombardy could cancel subsidies to businesses that relocate
“For those who take their facilities and production abroad, leaving our workers on the street, there will be no exceptions” declared the President of Lombardy’s regional budget committee...
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24 September 2010
Great Britain: Royal Mail staff to receive 10% of shares within the framework of privatization
Unprecedented scheme. “This will be the largest employee shares scheme of any privatization for 25 years in terms of the number of workers who will benefit” David Cable pointed out. The...
23 September 2010
Spain: historical agreement on minimum service for the September 29 general strike
Eight-hour long talks led to an agreement which unions qualified of “complex” which both secures the right to strike and citizens’ mobility. The text sets out that 25% of suburban trains will be...
23 September 2010
Germany: Siemens signs “unlimited” job security pact for its German employees
Job security and increased joint management. Unlike what some German newspapers prematurely announced, the agreement signed on Wednesday, September 22nd on the side of Siemens’ board meeting...
23 September 2010
Argentina: bill to force businesses to share profit with employees
All Argentinean businesses after two years in business will have to share 10% of their earnings with their employees. The bill introducing the “System of Employee Participation in Corporate...
22 September 2010
United States: USW champion American jobs to the WTO
United Steelworkers is diving into the WTO’s universe to defend American jobs against Chinese “supremacy.” Indeed, in early September, Leo Gerard, international USW leader, sent a case to the US...
22 September 2010
Netherlands: unions ask for 1.5-3% wage increases in 2011
The FNV, the Netherlands’ key trade union, is placing the bar quite high for 2011: it will bargain for 2% wage increases in all sectors, a little higher than inflation and the more reasonable...
22 September 2010
Germany: Verdi calls for the introduction of new minimum wage in the postal sector
Positive impact on employees. The introduction, on January 1, 2008, of minimum wage in the postal sector, of €-9.8 an hour, negotiated by Verdi and the AGV Postdienste employers’ organization...
22 September 2010
Brazil: Sao Paulo auto workers get a record 10.81% wage increase
Falling in behind the other categories of metalworkers who secured, two weeks ago, a record 9% wage increase (see our dispatch No. 100633), the 45,000 workers on the auto assembly lines in Sao...
22 September 2010
Denmark: employers and unions united against social dumping
When it started, on June 22nd, no one thought the Brønderslev embargo (12,000 inhabitants, administrative center of the Brønderslev town) would be the emblem of the first struggle against social...
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21 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