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BASF EC: election of a special negotiations’ body to negotiate staff representation in the future European Company
Last June 12, staff representatives from the BASF group elected a special negotiations' body composed of 31 people coming from the group's different national companies. By the end of the year, it...
28 June 2007
Alcan-Alcoa: the European Metalworkers Federation gathered unionists from both groups
Whereas the hostile offer launched by the American aluminum maker Alcoa to its Canadian competitor Alcan ends on July 10, the European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) gathered on June 21 in...
28 June 2007
Porsche: the car manufacturer adopted the status of European Company
During an extraordinary general assembly on June 26, 2007 in Stuttgart, the luxury German car manufacturer Porsche AG's shareholders gave the green light to the transformation of the company into...
27 June 2007
Great Britain: productivity is still lagging behind
British productivity remains well below that of other European countries, according to a study by the center of economic performance, bound to the prestigious London School of Economics. (Ref...
27 June 2007
Netherlands: KLM’s flying personnel is threatening to go on strike
The flying personnel of the airline company KLM-Air France (that is about 8.500 people in the Netherlands) voted on June 22, with a 93% majority, against the plan for the new collective agreement...
27 June 2007
Slovakia: the most important changes proposed to the Labour Code
e-europnews, June 28th, 2007, n° 070570 - www.eeuropnews.com
26 June 2007
Spain: the decrease in wages’ weight in the GDP is causing much gnashing of unions’ teeth
In 10 years, it went from 49 to 46.6% (as opposed to 64% in average in the Euro zone). Despite the official continuation of the wage moderation policy, unions are getting ready to enter a new...
26 June 2007
Austria: companies’ good results and the fall of unemployment made labour costs and wage levels rise again.
According to the Austrian statistics office (Statistik Austria), labour cost in Austria increased faster than expected in the first trimester of 2007, in a context of important unemployment...
25 June 2007
Italy: strong railroaders’ mobilization for the renewal of the collective contract and against a privatization “the Italian way” of railroads
8 railroaders out of 10 took part in the national strike on June 22 in favour of a collective contract enforceable to all of the sector's companies, in order to fight against social dumping, and...
25 June 2007
Spain: banking managers and unions signed a new sectorial agreement.
The Spanish banking association (AEB), the sector's employers' representation body, negotiated with majority unions Comfia-CCOO (49.52%) FES-UGT (31.06%) and FESBIAC-CGT (12.23%), the 21st...
25 June 2007
Great Britain: towards the first strike in eleven years at Royal Mail
After several weeks' negotiations, postal workers announced that they intended to go on a 24-hour strike this week, which is a first at Royal Mail for eleven years. The conflict is about wage...
25 June 2007
Germany: the federal Labour Court confirmed that “solidarity strikes” are legal
In a ruling published on June 19, 2007, the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht - BAG) confirmed that solidarity strikes led in a sector indirectly concerned by collective conventions...
22 June 2007
Thomson: free share handing out to the group’s employees
The French group Thomson decided, on June 21, 2007, to carry out a free distribution of shares in favour of all of Thomson's employees on June 1, 2007, as well as employees from its involved...
22 June 2007
Germany: train drivers from the Deutsche Bahn could launch a strike at the beginning of July
The beginning of the summer period is about to be stormy in Germany. Indeed, the German train drivers' trade union (GDL) announced on June 19, that it would launch a strike at the beginning of...
20 June 2007
Germany: the large coalition adopted a compromise on the creation of branch minimum wages
After a new summit meeting in the night between June 18 and June 19 in Berlin, the two large parties in power - the social-democrats (SPD) and the Christian Unions (CDU/CSU) - could not agree on...
20 June 2007
Germany: open-end strike started in the building sector in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein
Agreement too high. Arguing the difficulties of the small and medium-size firms in their regions, the two regional associations (members of the ZDB federation) esteem that the federal wage rate...
18 June 2007
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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