Labour relations

Victory for the IG-Metall. On February 23, 2009, the family group, heavily indebted after buying its rival, Continental, announced that it signed an agreement with the IG-Metall, entitled...

21 September 2010

Netherlands: TNT to cut “4,500” jobs maximum

TNT Post, the former public post in the Netherlands, partially privatized, announced a “maximum” of 4,500 forced redundancies on September 17th. However, the trade unions are expecting 8,000, in...

20 September 2010

Austria: metalworkers want a 2-3% increase

The schedule for 2010 collective bargaining in the Austrian metal sector is set. Unions will send their official demands to the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) on September 30th. Two bargaining...

20 September 2010

Great Britain: TUC Congress threatens government to strike

The annual congress of the TUC (over 6 million members) was held between September 13th and September 16th in Manchester. First interunion meeting since the Labor Party left the government, the...

20 September 2010

Germany: DGB union federation calls on government to stop retirement at 67

Low activity rate for seniors. The figure battle between those who follow and those who reject retirement at 67, to be enforced in 2029, is already in full swing in Germany. Barely ten days...

20 September 2010

Germany: Transnet and GDBA unions present private rail companies with an ultimatum

Negotiations are erratically complicated. Bargaining for collective agreements in the German rail sector, mostly for passenger transport, is still as complicated as ever. On the one hand, the two...

16 September 2010

Italy: Tuscany and the National Institution for Insurance against Accidents at Work sign a gender-based security agreement

“Security procedures on the workplace have never taken account of the differences between men and women, and that’s what we want to do” said Daniela Scaramuccia, Tuscany’s regional health advisor...

15 September 2010

Estonia: employers present manifesto for the next four years

In its document, the federation proposes several measures to improve competitiveness, including to:

15 September 2010

Russia: focus on the remuneration system and its “complicated” structure

Envelopes and non-payment. In spite of the law that guarantees wage payment, payment arrears are always important (over 3 million rubles according to the last Rosstat report in September, nearly...

15 September 2010

Finland: Akava unions asks the government to bring paternity leave up to six months

Most parental leaves are taken by women. According to the Finnish social security (Kela), mothers take, in average, nineteen months after their first child is born. On the other hand, 90% of men...

15 September 2010

Great Britain: “union busting” is silently growing

Recently, Cranberry Foods, a leading turkey processing factory which is based in Derby, has become the latest company to be exposed as using the services of The Burke Group (TBG), a notorious...

15 September 2010

Italy: Poste Italiane converts mailmen and revolutionizes mail delivery

Poste Italiane didn’t have a choice anymore: faced with two challenges – the liberalization of the European postal market on January 1st and the decline in mail because of the e-boom, further...

15 September 2010

Germany: employees retire later and later

Difference between men and women. Commissioned by the Department for Family Affairs, the “Deutscher Alterssurvey” study analyzes the living conditions of people aged 40-85 and living in Germany. ...

15 September 2010

Italy: Cisl and Uil unions launch joint program for the tax reform and leave the CGIL aside

Yesterday, the Cisl and Uil presented to the press their joint platform for the tax reform, which will be ratified tomorrow in Rome by the two unions’ managements together. To support it, they...

14 September 2010

France: Continental employees agree to the management’s savings plan despite pressure from their European colleagues

Saving. On Monday, September 13th, Continental Automotive workers in Toulouse approved, in a referendum, the 8% savings plan proposed by the management in exchange for a minimum 5-year employment...

14 September 2010

Portugal: workers needed in health, renewable energy and new technologies

Expanding sectors. Health, social and renewable energies have the wind in their sails in Portugal. These sectors are maintaining their recruitment level, or even creating jobs, in a labor market...

14 September 2010

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