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Germany: new banking collective agreement focuses on worsening working conditions since the beginning of crisis
Marginal wage increase. The agreement reached on Wednesday night (June 9), between Verdi’s negotiators (which represents 240,000 members in the sector) and the negotiators of the AGV Banken, the...
10 June 2010
Netherlands: FNV explains why its supports the pension reform to its members
The agreement signed on June 4th in The Hague about the pension reform between employers and unions (see our dispatch No. 100454), five days to the legislative elections, angered the FNV’s...
9 June 2010
Germany: majority unions and employers demand a law to limit the influence of small corporatist unions
Avoid endless strikes. The principle of “tariff unity” (“one company, one collective agreement”) which prevents competition between conflicting collective agreements for a single group of...
8 June 2010
Denmark: unions mobilized against unemployment insurance reform
The government’s parties (Det Konservative Folkeparti and Venstre) and the Danish People’s Party (Dansk Folkeparti) signed, on may 25th, an “agreement for the recovery of the Danish economy” aimed...
8 June 2010
Great Britain: picture of British unionism
Thus, the number of members fell from 6.878 million in 2008 to 6.715 million in 2009, continuing the fall from the previous high of 7.115 million in 2003. The number of members fell continuously...
4 June 2010
Italy: two new unitary agreements for the renewal of CCNs in textile and heat and sound proofing
The textile CCN. On May 21st, the Filctem, Femca Cisl and Uilta-Uil signed, with the Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), a unitary agreement for the renewal of the CCN in textile and clothing, which...
4 June 2010
Italy: Fiom CGIL elects new general secretary
A very moved central committee welcomed the departure of Gianni Rinaldini, who was at the head of the Fiom since 2002, and whose term expired (the status limits this job to two terms, a maximum of...
3 June 2010
Sweden: agreement on temporary work to combat social dumping
Working conditions that respect private life better. The agreement will apply from May 1, 2010 until April 30, 2012. It provides for a monthly wage increase of SEK 425 (€44.5) on August 1, 2010...
3 June 2010
Germany: Schlecker hardware stores get in line with the tariffs contained in retail collective agreements for all employees
Wage dumping decried by Verdi. The collective agreements signed on June 1st between Schlecker and Verdi are a new step in the union’s victories on the hardware store chain. It already got the...
2 June 2010
Greece: new turbulent social week
Severity program. The insurance bill should be introduced in Parliament some time in June, early July at the latest. Indeed, the Prime Minister wants this issue settled before the fall with the...
2 June 2010
Opel: management and unions sign European restructuring plan
Compensatory guarantees for the German sites. According to Klaus Franz, chairman of Opel’s central WC and of the EWC, a majority of Opel’s European trade unions signed, on May 31st, Opel’s...
1 June 2010
Great Britain: forthcoming elections for the general secretaries of the two biggest unions in Britian, Unite and Unison
Both the general secretary positions in Unite, with 1.4 million members, and Unison, with 1.2 million members, are up for re-election. Both unions are affiliated to the Labour Party and will have...
1 June 2010
Netherlands: employers play the waiting game for the renewal of collective agreements
Everything can still change before June 9th, even if the VVD’s liberals are very high in the polls. No clear coalition seems to be taking shape, and it may take weeks, or even months, which is...
31 May 2010
Portugal: CGTP gathers 200,000 participants for a national demonstration in Lisbon against severity and threats to employment
Strong mobilization. The CGTP was hoping that 200,000 people would mobilize and said that 300,000 did after the gathering, although several independent analysts object to this figure. The national...
31 May 2010
Spain: the government will present its own labor market reform since the social partners couldn’t reach an agreement
Failing a last-minute surprise, it seems that employers and unions couldn’t reach an agreement. In the absence of an agreement, the government warned that it would take the initiative and present...
31 May 2010
Carrefour: the brand new international union alliance calls for a joint assessment of the framework agreement
Tense relations. On May 20 and 21, the international alliance of union networks, UNI Carrefour, created in October 2009, met for the first time in Nyon, on the border between France and...
31 May 2010
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025