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Cegelec: EWC and management agree on a meeting agenda
The management of the French group Cegelec (25.000 employees), integrating solutions and technological services, and members from the European works council adopted, on June 17, 2008, at the...
18 June 2008
Spain: first union report of the equality plans negotiated in firms
The Equality Act, in force since March 23, 2007, has hardly paid off. Yet, one of the main strengths of the text was the obligation for companies with 250 or more employees to bargain for a plan...
17 June 2008
BBVA: the Latin American union coordination denounces offenses to union right in the Colombian and Paraguayan units
Union representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay met in Madrid in the name of the Latin American union coordination of BBVA (BBVA CSLA), which has gathered...
16 June 2008
Italy: renewal of agency workers’ national collective convention
The employers' association of temporary work (Assolavoro) and the organizations representing precarious workers (Alai-Cisl, Nidil-Cgil, Uil-Cpo), have just concluded an agreement renewing the...
16 June 2008
International: the ILO takes up the arms against unionists’ murders in Colombia
The annual conference of the International Labor Organization led to an indictment of violence against union movements in Colombia, where 26 staff representatives were killed since the beginning...
12 June 2008
Germany: Ver.di calls for an 8% wage increase and job security in the banking sector
On the eve of the opening of the wage negotiations in the banking sector, on June 19, the commission for collective agreements of the German services union revealed its requirements. Ver.di wants...
12 June 2008
Germany: Lufthansa faced with an imbroglio of claims from different trades
Lufthansa is facing two major wage conflicts. Ver.di, the services' union, claims for a 9.8% wage increase for the approximately 60.000 ground and cabin staff and threatened to start a strike if...
11 June 2008
Corporate practices : the Finnish firm Itela Oy and the employment of immigrant workers
Itela Oy records sales of 1.688 billion €, mainly in postal services (51% of sales), logistics (36%) and the information sector, particularly the electronic processing of documents and invoices...
11 June 2008
Italy: national cross-industry agreement on stress at work
With this national cross-industry agreement, the Italian social partners implement the voluntary agreement signed in 2004 by the European social partners to combat stress at work. (Ref. 080494)
11 June 2008
France Telecom: the EWC holds a plenary meeting in Cairo
For the first time - to our knowledge - the EWC members of a European multinational company, in this case the French telecommunications' group France Telecom, met for a plenary session in a city...
11 June 2008
Club Med: the EWC secretary’s reaction to the transfers of two units
The management of the French tourism group Club Méditerranée announced, on June 9, 2008, the transfer of its tour operator subsidiary, Jet Tour, to Thomas Cook Group, and the takeover by an...
11 June 2008
Portugal: trade unions want to charge agency fees to non-members
As part of the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Labor Code, one of the major Portuguese trade unions - UGT - wants to charge fees to non-members who take advantage of the provisions of an...
11 June 2008
Spain: the Competition Commission threatens to sanction unions and employers
The Spanish National Competition Commission has decided to institute sanctioning proceedings against the trade unions and employers' associations that made the national collective agreement for...
11 June 2008
Sweden: union confederation LO’s attacks against the government remain moderate
The 26th annual congress of the LO confederation (LandsOrganisationen in Sverige), in Stockholm from May 31 to June 4, was the opportunity to close ranks to face the tough situation of the Swedish...
10 June 2008
ISS: global framework agreement on the exercise of union rights
The Danish services group ISS (440.000 employees), mostly present in industrial cleaning, catering and safety services, signed, on June 3, with the global union UNI Global Union, a global...
9 June 2008
Groupama: amendment to the EWC agreement to take in new members
The French insurance group Groupama (33.000 employees) amended the agreement establishing its EWC to take in the representatives of the new countries where the group is settling. The 30-member...
9 June 2008
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Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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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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
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025