Labour relations

Wages in Great Britain have increased at their weakest rate in three years for the negotiations period surrounding New Year's day, according to a study conducted by the specialized cabinet...

28 March 2006

Germany: IG Metall launches warning strikes as of Wednesday

The trade-union federation IG Metall and Gesamtmetall, the employers' federation, have been negotiating for several weeks the renewal of the collective agreements for the automobile, metallurgy...

28 March 2006

Germany: Bayer’s take over of Schering could cost 6000 jobs

On the strategic level, the merger is completely judicious. But it will not be done without job cuts. This morning, Werner Wending, chairman of Bayer, said "the potential savings are estimated" at...

24 March 2006

Italy: Berlusconi is furious with employers’ organization

Campaigning for the legislative elections of April, the president of the Italian Council, Silvio Berlusconi, tackled employers' organizations, accusing them of not supporting him and not...

23 March 2006

Netherlands: Labor party wants to penalize graduate housewives

The Labor Party (PVDA, opposition) proposed, last 22 March, to introduce penalties for qualified women who do not work. This re-opened the debate on mothers' activity. (Ref. 06284)

23 March 2006

Germany: public sector employers accused of willingly dividing trade unions

The same employers' representation which blocks wage increases for civil servants is ready to grant an important wage increase to doctors. The trade union Verdi says employers' negotiators want to...

23 March 2006

Great Britain: TUC inquires into temporary workers’ working conditions

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has launched an inquiry on the working conditions of temporary workers. The TUC considers that they are among the most badly treated in Europe. (Réf. 06279)

22 March 2006

Norwegian airline companies want to hire in Eastern Europe and Asia

The new Norwegian airline company wants to recruit part of its flight crew in Eastern Europe. In another airline company, SAS Braathens, the same project caused a social conflict which is lasting...

22 March 2006

Great Britain: a significant minimum wage increase

The minimum wage for employees 22 years old and over will increase by almost 6% as from October, announced Monday the ministry for Trade and Industry, which decided to follow the recommendations...

22 March 2006

Arcelor: Mittal Steel’s management wants to charm European trade-union federations

Whereas the European work's council of Arcelor said, on 16 March 2006, that it was "against the hostile bid of Mittal Steel", the management of the iron and steel group Mittal must meet, Thursday...

21 March 2006

Schneider Electric opens a transnational negotiation on the management of restructurings

During the conference organized by the foundation Europe and Company, on March 14th and 15th in Paris, Danièle Guyen, director of social relations for Schneider Electric, announced the opening of...

21 March 2006

Poland: Mittal Steel Poland guarantees employment until 2009

The management of Mittal Steel Poland and trade unions signed, March 16, 2006, an agreement guaranteeing employment for workers of IPS Groupe Service, one of its subsidiary companies, until 2009...

17 March 2006

Belgium: brewery workers protest against InBev relocation plan

Brewery workers are furious because InBev, one of the biggest beer companies in the world, announced at the end of February that some administrative units will be reorganized, some of them will be...

17 March 2006

Slovene unions are no longer against work on Sundays

Trade unions and employers' organizations will start negotiations on the new collective agreement that will notably establish rules on Sunday and Holiday working hours in stores. (Ref. 06259)

16 March 2006

Hungary: negotiations begin at Suzuki Ltd

Negotiation have begun between the management of Hungarian Suzuki Ltd. and the employees, represented by the LIGA trade union, in order to solve the labor disputes and prevent them in the future...

16 March 2006

Great Britain: a study on the cost of employee fraud for their companies

The cost of fraud for companies increased by 30% over a year to reach almost 1 billion Pounds (nearly 1,5 billion euros) in Great Britain in 2005, according to an investigation of the accounting...

16 March 2006

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