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Statkraft: European leader in renewable energy establishes a EWC
Owned by the Norwegian State, Statkraft is the biggest renewable energy company in Europe, especially for the production of water power. Based in Oslo, the company employs 3,400 people in 20...
25 June 2010
Austria: GPA-djp union undertakes offensive against the “avoidance of collective agreements and laws” in call centers
According to the GPA-djp, the approximately 250 call centers in Austria employ around 25,000 people and 5,000-6,000 free agents considered as self-employed workers. The number of free agents is...
24 June 2010
France Telecom: global works council for the French telco
Employing 181,000 people throughout the world, 43% of them outside of France and 12% outside European, according to the communiqué released by the group, France Telecom-Orange wanted to create “a...
24 June 2010
United States: UAW concerned with Toyota’s American employees
The auto crisis severely affected unions last year. Today, the powerful UAW only has 355,000 members left, like in the 1940s. At its glory time, in 1979, the UAW had 1.5 million members.
24 June 2010
Germany: Federal Labor Court cancels the principle of “tariff unity” in businesses
Several rival agreements can now co-exist. Reviewing its case law, the Federal Labor Court rejected, in its decree (Ref. 10 AS 2/10 and 10 AS 3/10) the principle of “tariff unity,” which used to...
23 June 2010
Great Britain: the conflict between British Airways and Unite keeps dragging on
With no further meetings planned, the Unite union – which represents the cabin crew – is planning to organise a further ballot for strike action which – if producing a ‘yes’ vote - would allow...
23 June 2010
Spain: commentary on the decree-law reforming the labor market
During the last two years, unions and employers have been trying to reach an agreement on the labor market reform. After a decade of impressive economic growth and decline of unemployment levels...
23 June 2010
Romania: union leader quits after failed mobilization against severity plan
Take on responsibility. The leader of the BNS (National Union Bloc), Dumitru Costin, handed in his resignation last week, following unions’ failure to prevent the introduction of severity...
22 June 2010
United States: businesses where work is good do better on Wall Street
Every year, Great Place to Work looks at 350-450 businesses. Thus, last year, they surveyed 81,000 employees to better understand businesses’ culture and the trust employees have in their company...
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21 June 2010
Belgium: merger between the CSC’s construction and energy-chemistry federations
The largest federation within the CSC. The 234,000 members of CSC Bâtiment-Industrie, which gathers workers in construction, cement, glass, wood, graphics and paper, and the 50,000 members of CSC...
21 June 2010
United States: Bob King elected UAW President
Bob King, 63, was elected President of the United Auto Workers, the powerful American union, by an overwhelming majority. He reaped 2,115 votes – 98%. His last-minute opponent, Gary Walkowicz...
18 June 2010
Lithuania: Parliament adopts amendments to the Labor Code facilitating overtime and striking
On April 14th, the Prime Minister announced, after months of tripartite negotiations, an agreement allowing layoff without notice (in exchange of double compensation for the employee), fixed-term...
18 June 2010
Italy: metal SMEs renew their national collective agreement with a separate agreement as well
The renewal of the CCN for small and medium-sized metal businesses was concluded between the Fim and Uilm with the Unionmeccanica-Confapi employers’ organization on the night of June 3rd. the two...
17 June 2010
International: global unions adopt a series of principles on temporary work
The principles, presented on June 14th, were adopted by the Council of Global Unions (which coordinates member organizations within Global Unions, which in turn includes the International Trade...
17 June 2010
Deutsche Telekom: new work-life balance measures
In 2001, Deutsche Telekom signed a company agreement on the establishment of an equal opportunity policy. In 2005, it was followed by the establishment of management structures and diversity...
17 June 2010
Great Britain: unions in the public sector are dreaming of coordinated action against the government’s planned budget cuts
This is all the more so now that public expenditure and public services in Britain will experience what are roundly acknowledged to be the biggest cuts in many generations. The cuts result from...
17 June 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