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Germany: a new collective agreement for 225,000 employees in the insurance sector
Almost three months later than planned the social partners in the insurance sector reached agreement on the renewal of a collective agreement covering 225,000 employees. It had expired on August...
26 November 2007
BASF: agreement on workers’ involvement in the future European Company
After several months of negotiation (see our article No. 070584), the German group's management and the special negotiations’ body (SNB), which gathers the company'’s staff representatives...
23 November 2007
Italy: Pirelli Tyre signed a framework agreement with unions in preparation for the creation of its innovative pole in the Turin region
Unions are very satisfied with the signature of the framework agreement with Pirelli Tyre about employment management and the improvement of working conditions, in preparation for the creation of...
23 November 2007
Romania: minimum wage increase for January 1, 2008
On November 13, after several months of negotiations with social partners, the government announced the amount of the single minimum wage which will come into effect on January 1, 2008. The latter...
22 November 2007
Siemens: staff representatives want a “global advisory committee” and a global framework agreement
On October 25 and 26, 2007, Siemens' staff representatives from 17 countries gathered in Frankfurt for the third time since 2005. Their goal is to create a global advisory committee for staff...
21 November 2007
EADS: information and consultation procedure for relocations outside the EU
EADS' management and European works council completed the committee's constitutive agreement through a specific information-consultation procedure when there are relocations outside the European...
21 November 2007
EADS: EWC gets code of conduct in terms of confidentiality
Members from EADS' European works council agreed to adopt a code of conduct regarding the respect of the confidentiality of information the management gives the committee. The text was adopted by...
21 November 2007
Italy: Vodafone social partners agreed on activity transfer’s conditions
The management of the telephone company Vodafone Italy signed, with the three main telecom unions, an agreement concerning the transfer of one of the company's activity branches to the Comdata...
20 November 2007
RR Donnelley: UNI Global asks for a global framework agreement
In a letter sent to the executive officer of the international printing group RR Donnelley, signed by 14 union organisations around the world, the trade union federation UNI Global asks for the...
19 November 2007
Italy: increased metalworkers’ mobilisation for the second national strike for the renewal of their national collective agreement
Over 200.000 participants to the 14 regional demonstrations and a support rate of almost 90% to the 8-hour national strike. These are union results for the Friday November 16 mobilisation for the...
19 November 2007
Areva: implementation of agreement on equal opportunities, interview with Maureen Kearney
After the European Commission's approval to pay for the implementation plan for the agreement on equal opportunities within the group (see our story No. 070947), Maureen Kearney, secretary of...
16 November 2007
France: lasting conflict on special pension schemes
The strike against the reform on special pension schemes has been going on since November 13 among railway workers and in the urban transports around Paris. Union confederations' leaders, on the...
16 November 2007
Denmark: social partners’ first reactions to legislative elections
After the early legislative elections of Tuesday November 13, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, leader of the liberal party Venstre and leader of the liberal-conservative coalition which has been governing...
16 November 2007
EU: EWC creations and negotiations in the building sector
Whereas two German groups in the building sector signed agreements to create or renew EWCs, the French group Bouygues, also present in this sector launched the negotiation of a new agreement after...
15 November 2007
Areva: implementation of the agreement on equal opportunities, interview with Laure Klock
After the European Commission's approval to finance the implementation plan of the agreement on equal opportunities within the group (see our article No. 070947), Laure Klock, in charge of Areva's...
14 November 2007
Areva: the European Commission to fund a plan to “implement” the European agreement on equal opportunities
The European Commission accepted to pay for the plan to implement the European agreement on equal opportunities adopted on November 16 (see our article No. 061207). This plan was jointly proposed...
14 November 2007
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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
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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