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Poland: unions from the site producing the new Fiat 500 threaten to go on strike
The day after the new version of the mythical Fiat 500 was officially presented, unions from the Tychy factory - the only one to make the new model - asked for a general wage increase. If their...
9 July 2007
Germany: the Deutsche Bahn and the two majority unions agreed on a 4.5% wage increase
The Deutsche Bahn (DB's) negotiators and those from majority unions - Transnet and DGBA - agreed on July 9, 2007, on a 4.5% wage increase. On the other hand, the locomotive drivers' union (GDL)...
9 July 2007
Mensch und Maschine Software SE: a German small business wants to protect itself against laws on joint management
An important small business specialized in software, the Mensch und Maschine Software AG (MuM) company adopted the status of European Company (EC) in December 2006. The main goal is to clarify...
9 July 2007
Axa: the EWC wants to follow closely the social content of SNS Real’s resumption of activity in the Netherlands
During the plenary meeting of the Axa group's European works council, organized on June 13 in Berlin, staff representatives adopted a motion asking guarantees for the 1.000 employees concerned by...
9 July 2007
Suez : a European agreement on “Employment and Expertise Plan”
The management of the French group Suez signed, on July 3, 2007, three transnational collective agreements (see our dispatch 070580) one of them is about "Employment and Expertise Plan" (GPEC)...
9 July 2007
Germany: a regional compromise ended a conflict in the building sector
Building social partners agreed, on the night of July 4, on regional changes to the collective agreement passed in May between the sectorial union IG BAU and the sector's two employers'...
6 July 2007
France: negotiations on the modernization of the labour market started
Social partners started, on July 4, 2007, a negotiation on the securing of professional course, the employment contract and the unemployment insurance before starting, at the end of the year, the...
4 July 2007
Bulgaria: demonstration of Lukoil Nephtohim Bourgas SA’s workers
Workers of the largest refinery of the Balkan peninsula demonstrated on June 18 to ask for the benefits of the enforcement of the "regulation for reduced working time" which governs activities...
4 July 2007
Brunel: an international framework agreement on fundamental labour standards was signed
The Dutch company Brunel's management signed, on April 13, 2007, an international framework agreement with the international Metalworkers' federation (IMF) and the Australian trade union AMWU. One...
3 July 2007
Austria: agreement on the introduction of a 1.000-euro minimum wage for employees
Going over a point proposed by the coalition ruling, Austrian social partners announced that they found an agreement on the introduction of a 1.000-euro gross minimum wage for all employees, at...
2 July 2007
Germany: minimum wage comes into effect in the industrial cleaning sector
Eleven years after the building sector, the industrial cleaning sector is getting a minimum wage, which came into effect on July 1, 2007. Negotiated by social partners, this minimum wage now...
2 July 2007
Cytec : the American chemistry group established an EWC
The American chemistry group Cytec (6.700 employees) established a European works council under the aegis of Belgian legislation to ensure the representation of European employees (almost 1.900...
2 July 2007
Rheinmetall: unions denounced the management’s refusal to take responsibility for an international union representatives’ meeting
The International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) denounced the refusal by the management of the German group Rheinmetall (23.000 employees) to financially support a meeting of trade union...
2 July 2007
Great Britain: Canadians to help English employees acquire technical skills in the nuclear sector
The Canadian company Atomic Energy of Canada passed a "pioneer" agreement with the largest British trade union, Unite, promising to employ 70 to 80 % of local workforce if it wins the contract for...
29 June 2007
Germany: German unions converted to “organizing”
Organizing pressure groups beyond the labour sphere and creating a "social movement" around a claim, the "organizing" concept developed at the end of the 1980s by American unions seduced German...
28 June 2007
Suez: three transnational agreements to be signed
The French group Suez and the trade union organizations represented within the European dialogue body are going to sign, on July 3, 2007, three transnational agreements on a financial profit...
28 June 2007
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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...
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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