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ArcelorMittal: coming conclusion of a transnational agreement on anticipating change
cial negotiating body (SNB) – composed of three representatives from the steel group’s management and of three representatives from the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF)...
2 July 2009
HP: EWC and unions against the social plan
enting EWC members and employees from communicating, union representatives from different countries met, on June 30, under the leadership of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) and...
2 July 2009
Germany: Minister of Employment and Social Affairs creates permanent minimum wage committee
f government representatives and social partners, will study in which sectors it will be possible and necessary to introduce minimum wage. It will work on the basis of the recent “law on...
2 July 2009
Spain: Ford lowers social plan in Valencia
at Ford, where the local government, unions and the management made progress. The administration wants a lower social plan, with 294 job cuts instead of 1,100. The carmaker announced that the...
2 July 2009
Italy: Fiom-CGIL presents platform for the renewal of the economic part of the metal national collective agreement
federation – decided to present its platform for the renewal of the economic part of the sector’s national collective agreement three months early, after the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil...
2 July 2009
Google: search engine follows HR to fight against “brain drain”
or user of highly-skilled workers, brain hunt is a daily sport, sometimes dangerous for the businesses affected. To limit the risks of loosing in creativity and competitiveness in the long run...
2 July 2009
Italy: Fim and Uilm unions present requirements for the renewal of the steel CCN
sl and Uilm-Uil presented their platform for the renewal of the national collective agreement (CCN) in their sector. They demand a 6% wage increase, the extension of the local collective agreement...
1 July 2009
Great Britain: victory for strikers at Total’s refinery
savage strike two weeks ago at the Lindsey refinery were re-employed on June 29, after voting yes to an agreement signed on June 25 between Total, its subcontractors and trade unions. Unions are...
30 June 2009
Sweden: unions and Amnesty denounce violations of union rights worldwide
, LO (Confederation of Swedish Trade Unions) and TCO (Central Organization of White Collars) published together, on June 10, 2009, an alarming report on violated union rights worldwide. The...
30 June 2009
Germany: IG-Metall demands 4.2% increase for Volkswagen employees
steel union (IG-Metall) presented, on June 26, 2009, the wage claims it will defend during the re-negotiation of the “company” wage agreement at Volkswagen, which will start on August...
29 June 2009
Estonia: unions content with the strike against the new law on the labor contract in spite of low mobilization
f the June 3 demonstration indeed took place on June 16, still against the enforcement of the new law on labor contracts, particularly lower unemployment benefits. However, only 1,800 employees...
29 June 2009
Italy: “labor pact” signed in the distribution and service sectors
service confederation, Confcommercio, signed an agreement with the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions to defend employment in the sector, badly affected by the crisis. With this...
29 June 2009
Austria: 2.2 % wage increase for railroaders
Planet Labor, June 26, 2009, No. 090677 – www.planetlabor.com
26 June 2009
Italy: Adecco signs the first agreement on partial unemployment for agency workers
signed with the trade unions an agreement on “derogatory social dampers” provided for in the anticrisis act (see our dispatch No. 090122) to the 77 agency workers of the Trelleborg...
25 June 2009
Austria: unions abandon the dogma of the 35 hour work week
gress (June 30 – July 2, 2009), the Confederation of Austrian Unions (ÖGB) wants to commit in favor of new working time reduction systems which don’t automatically imply wage...
24 June 2009
Italy: Fiat signs innovative agreement with union on better security at work
mproving health and safety at its factory, the Italian carmaker, Fiat, signed, on June 16, 2009, in Turin, with the sector’s unions Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, Uilm-Uil and Fismic an innovative...
23 June 2009
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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