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Schaeffler Group: the German equipment manufacturer gets an EWC
In October 2007, Schaeffler Group – 66.000 employees throughout the world – finally reached an agreement with its EU staff representatives to create a European works council. The new body will...
7 April 2008
Mexico: striking miners require more safety
Three large strikes have been disturbing Mexican mines for eight months. In addition to wage claims, miners are pleading for an enhancement of safety conditions, two years after the accident which...
7 April 2008
Germany: the IG Metall questions the Confederation of German Unions (DGB)
During an internal speech, Bertold Huber, IG Metall chair, launched an unprecedented attack against the stasis of the DGB which, "if it doesn't develop a concept for the future", will be...
4 April 2008
Thomas Cook: agreement for the establishment of a EWC
The management of the Thomas Cook Company (33.000 employees) and the special negotiating body created to negotiate for a European works council came to an agreement on March 6. The negotiation...
2 April 2008
Bouygues: creation of a new EWC
After the dispute which led to canceling the anticipation agreement of the European dialogue body of the French group Bouygues, the management and the special negotiating body adopted, on February...
2 April 2008
Italy: the Cgil analyzes characteristics and trends of second-level collective bargaining
During the national congress dedicated to the "evaluation and prospects of second-level bargaining", which took place on March 18 at the Cgil's headquarters in Rome, the Cgil's Observatory for...
2 April 2008
Slovakia: law for the extension of collective agreements adopted
The draft amendment for the law concerning collective bargaining was adopted by the Slovakian National Assembly. It meets the needs to extend collective agreements according to fairer criteria...
1 April 2008
Germany: negotiations failed at the Deutsche Post, Verdi launches the first warning strikes
The mailboxes of 14 large German cities will remain empty today. The services' union Ver.di threatens to carry on with the movement if the Deutsche Post does not accept, among other things, a new...
1 April 2008
Czech Republic: Constitutional Court repeals several Labour Code provisions
Vagueness, unclearness and uncertainty. The Constitutional Court struck out
part of Section 2 on which provisions of the Labour Code are mandatory and
which may be derogated from. The...
31 March 2008
Italy: Emma Marcegaglia at the head of Confindustria; innovation and continuation
The appointment of Emma Marcegaglia at the head of Confindustria for the 2008-2012 period should mark the beginning of a new era for the employers' confederation. It already shows progress for...
28 March 2008
Germany: industries ignore the call on minimum wage
Always arguing about minimum wage, the parties of the coalition in power and the Ministry for Employment and Social Affairs (BMAS), asked the sectors interested in the establishment of an...
27 March 2008
Corporate pratices : gender equality in the Finnish Neste Oil Company
Neste Oil, an oil company listed on the stock market which made more than €12 billion in sales in 2007, is the first Finnish private company to win the equality prize, awarded every year to a...
26 March 2008
Romania: general unlimited strike in Renault-Dacia’s factory
After wage negotiations failed at Renault-Dacia's Pitesti site, unions declared, on March 24, an unlimited general strike to demand wage increases. As for the management, it disputed the...
25 March 2008
Nalco: agreement for the establishment of a European Works Council
The American multinational company Nalco (11.000 employees), specialized in water treatment, signed, on February 13, 2008, an agreement for the establishment of a EWC for its European employees...
22 March 2008
Corporate practices: Alboy’s plan for seniors
The Finnish company Alboy is a subsidiary of the group ASSA Alboy, the world leader in the locksmith's trade. The main factory employs 840 people and makes mechanical locks. It is on this plant...
21 March 2008
Slovenia: union mobilization to increase wages used for a euro-demonstration
On March 12, six national union organizations launched a general 18-hour strike in the private sector, which was apparently followed by 145.000 employees, to lobby employers to get a wage increase...
21 March 2008
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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
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