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BNP-Paribas: amendment to the EWC agreement
The management of the French bank BNP-Paribas (169.000 employees throughout the world, 130.000 of them in Europe) and the members of its European Works Council bargained for an amendment to the...
2 September 2008
Hungary: unions feel that the government gives insufficient representation for workers’ interests in the new bipartite forum on economic matters
Union concerns. The Governmental Decree [1054/2008. (VIII. 4.)] setting out the competences of GEF explicitly states that the establishment of the forum does not concern the activities of the...
2 September 2008
Areva: action program to apply the European agreement on equal opportunities
After adopting a European agreement on equal opportunities in November 2006, the management of the Areva group and its EWC, together with the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF), wished to...
29 August 2008
Czech Republic: satisfaction for the employees of Siemens’ rail vehicles subsidiary
Siemens AG SKV's management and the trade unions signed an agreement on August 25 which settles the social consequences of the restructuring of the German group's Czech subsidiary. A two-hour...
28 August 2008
Germany: the Council of Ministers adopted a bill on the financial participation of employees
During the Council of Ministers held on August 27, 2008, the government adopted a bill on tax incentives in favor of the participation of employees to their company's capital. This bill is based...
28 August 2008
Germany: wage agreement for Lufthansa’s ground staff
The management of the Lufthansa airline and the Ver.di union reached a wage agreement on August 1, 2008. The text, which concerns the 34.000 ground staff, was validated by Verdi's employed members...
28 August 2008
Great Britain: one more step towards wage transparency
British employees can now compare their wages anonymously on Glassdoor.com. The usual secrecy which tends to come with employment contracts is definitely dying out, which should also make it...
27 August 2008
Netherlands: court blocks airline pilots’ strike
A Haarlem court prohibited the strike planned for the following day by the airline pilots of the Transavia low-cost airline, because it judged that the consequences would be disproportionate. The...
27 August 2008
Thomson: the EWC wants to be consulted on a transnational restructuring
The European Works Council of the French group Thomson, world leader in video solutions (22.000 employees at the end of 2007), asked the management to organize an extraordinary council meeting to...
25 August 2008
Corporate Practices : Boehringer Ingelheim Italia’s project to support return to work after a parental leave
The pilot-project carried out by Boehringer Ingelheim Italia to support the return to work, by means of a welcoming course for employees coming back from a parental leave and of the support of...
22 August 2008
Ireland: presentation of the 2007 annual report of the Labor Relations Commission
On July 30, 2008, the Irish Minister of Labor Affairs, Billy Kelleher, presented the 2007 annual report of the LCR - Labour Relations Commission - which evaluates the services it provides to...
22 August 2008
Argentina: 27 percent increase in minimum wage to compensate the loss in purchasing power
By the end of the year, Argentinean workers' minimum wage will amount to almost €270, the highest in Latin America. This increase was negotiated between unions, industry leaders and the government...
21 August 2008
Uruguay: general strike for a wage increase and tax cut
The Uruguyan union, pressured by its communist wing, called for a full paralysis of the country on Wednesday, August 20. This is the first general strike Tabaré Vazquez's government, in power...
21 August 2008
Siemens: the IG Metall pointedly supports Czech employees’ strike at Siemens Rail Vehicles
The German metalworkers' union IG Metall openly supports the strike which took place on August 20 in the Praguish factory of the subsidiary which produces rail vehicles for Siemens, SKV (see our...
20 August 2008
Spain: the government and the social partners agreed on a joint work program to come out of the economic crisis
On July 29, the head of the Spanish government, José Luis Zapatero, the general secretaries of the trade union federations UGT and CCOO and of the employers' organizations CEOE and CEPYME signed a...
20 August 2008
United States: Barack Obama supports the UFWC against Tesco
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) asked the US Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to urge the British company Tesco to recognize the union in the US. This stance and...
19 August 2008
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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