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Inditex: Spanish group signs “trail-blazing” framework agreement with the ITGLWF
On October 4, the Spanish textile company Inditex, which owns Zara, signed an agreement with the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation (ITGLWF), in order to guarantee the...
8 October 2007
Total: first European seminar on industrial security
The French oil group Total organized, on October 10 and 11, 2006, a European seminar on the theme of industrial security within the group, to which about twenty members of the EWC from eight...
5 October 2007
Italy: negotiations on the renewal of metalworkers’ collective agreement in a deadlock
Disagreements between the negotiators of the new collective agreement for metalworkers are increasing: they mainly concern wages and working time. Judging that the state of negotiations with the...
4 October 2007
Alcan: between disappointment and revolt, the EWC is getting ready for Rio Tinto’s takeover
It is with much disappointment that Alcan's European staff representation welcomed the European Commission's decision, rendered on October 2, which authorizes Rio Tinto's takeover of the Franco...
4 October 2007
Germany: Frank Bsirske is elected president of the services union Ver.di again
Six years after the services union Ver.di was born, from the merger of five different unions, its president, Frank Bsirske, was reelected to his post on October 2, by the approximately 1.000...
2 October 2007
EVN: the Austrian group set up a EWC
The management of EVN, an Austrian company in the energy and water supply sector, set up a European works council on September 12, 2007. The company accounts for about 10.000 employees working...
2 October 2007
Umicore: an international framework agreement on sustainable development signed
The Belgian steel and chemistry group Umicore signed an international framework agreement on September 28, 2007, with the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the International...
2 October 2007
Great Britain: postmen are sticking to their claims and announced a new strike
The conflict between Royal Mail and the sector's union CWU which burst last June, worsened last week with the announcement of a strike in October. They denounced wage increases which are too low...
1 October 2007
Germany: the locomotive drivers’ union (GDL) will launch a national strike
After one week of "missed" appointments between the management and the Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the GDL, and whereas the official "social truce" ended Sunday night, the drivers' unions decided to...
1 October 2007
AXA: European funds for training of the EWC’s members
The European Works Council of the French insurance group AXA will organize a training session, in May 2008 in Warsaw, to ease the integration of the council's new members, following AXA's...
28 September 2007
Germany: the federal labour court confirmed that all employees are equal before the Christmas bonus
In a ruling rendered on September 26, 2007, the federal labour court gave satisfaction to 50 employees to whom the employer had refused to pay the Christmas bonus, pretending that they had not –...
27 September 2007
Belgium: social partners agreed on a profit-sharing system
Belgian social partners signed, on September 27, 2007, a joint declaration which sets the principles for a new system for employees' financial involvement in the company's results. The system...
27 September 2007
Crédit Agricole: negotiation on the establishment of a European works council
With a constantly growing workforce in Europe, the Credit Agricole group launched a negotiation to establish a European works council. After reaching an agreement on the establishment of a special...
27 September 2007
Unilever: European trade unions mobilized against the Dutch group’s restructuring
A coordination meeting between the Unilever group's European trade unions took place, on September 25, 2007, in Amsterdam, on the initiative of the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and...
27 September 2007
Austria: collective bargaining for 180.000 employees in the metal sector started
The first meeting between the sector's social partners will take place on Friday September 28 in Vienna. Even though they have not explicitly given figures, trade unions' claims are pointing...
27 September 2007
Denmark : one third of employees not covered by a collective agreement
According to a recent study, in spite of the important level of unionization in Denmark, one employee out of three is not covered by a collective agreement and four employees out of ten do not...
26 September 2007
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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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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
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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