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Finland : Trade unions protest against Finnish employers’ behavior in Baltic countries
Finland’s major trade union in the private sector, TU (Toimihenkilöunioni), which has 126 000 members, has asked the Finnish management not to use the Baltic model for collective bargaining...
22 February 2006
Great-Britain : CBI is against compulsory employer’s contribution to staff pension schemes
The CBI rejected the Turner commission’s recommandation, made last November 30, to compel employers to contribute to staff pension schemes. The employers' organisation argues that auto-enrolment...
21 February 2006
Spain : an agreement to reform vocational training
On February 7, 2006, social partners (CEOE and CEP for employers, and UGT and CC.OO for trade unions) and the Minister of Labour reached an agreement on vocational training for employment (AFPE)...
21 February 2006
Germany: strike in public services continues but negotiations are suspended
The strikes which are affecting public services in several German Länders since February 6, continued, Tuesday February 21, after the failure of a first top-level negotiation held the day before...
21 February 2006
Lithuania : real estate development and emigration lead to a shortage of contruction workers
The real estate industry will lack 8000 qualified construction workers next year. Some mesaures have been taken, in order to attract foreign workers from non EU countries. (Ref. 06162)
20 February 2006
Estonia: it is still illegal to strike in the public sector
Trade unions keep trying to change the law. But government and Parliament do not want to give civil servants the right to strike. (Ref. 06160)
20 February 2006
Bulgaria: trade unions act against labour law violations by an Italian company
The death of two sisters, both workers for the Euroshoes factory in Doupnitsa (small city in the south-west of Bulgaria), lead to a wave of inspections throughout the country and launched a debate...
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20 February 2006
Germany: press review -February 11 to 17, 2006
The strike in the public sector extends and makes Germans angry. (Ref. 06153)
17 February 2006
Portugal Telecom : code of conduct on social responsibility signed with Uni
While France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Telia/Sonera are still negociating global framework agreements, the Portugsese group of telecom signed a code of conduct about fundamental rights and...
16 February 2006
Poland: annual negotiations on salaries coming to an end
After March 10, if there is no agreement between trade unions and the employer, the latter can fix himself the rate of increase of the average salary. (Ref. 06157)
16 February 2006
Poland: State, employers and trade unions will negotiate a new social pact
The trade unions and the employers' organisations argue in favour of a new social contract which would tackle labour and employment issues. (Ref. 06148)
15 February 2006
Air France-KLM : a new European works council set up
Last February 13, the Airlines company management agreed, with the 22 members of the special negociation body, a Protocole about the new ECW, necessary after the merger of Air France and KLM...
15 February 2006
Slovenia : trade unions fiercely opposed to a uniform tax rate
The Trade Union Confederation (ZSSS) says a "flat tax" would be disastrous for the country's population and would deeply harm the economy. (Ref. 06147)
15 February 2006
Germany: wage negotiations postponed in Bade-Wurtemberg’s metal industry
Started on February 14, 2006 in Böblingen, wage negotiations in Bade-Wurtemberg’s metal industry, which employs nearly 800 000 people, were postponed to March 17 after only three hours of...
14 February 2006
Lithuania: gender-based discrimination in labour market has increased
Almost two thirds of the population claims that gender equality in Lithuania's labour market doesn't exist and that women's discrimination has recently increased. (Ref. 06132)
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13 February 2006
Slovakia: government breaks up, causing early elections in June
A disagreement on a law involving religion and work caused the centre-right coalition to break up. The Prime Minister has decided to organize early elections, which are likely to be won by the...
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13 February 2006
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026