Labour relations

According to Lando Maria Sileoni, Secretary General of FABI (autonomous federation of Italian bank workers) “UniCredit should share the guidelines on work for Italy with the Italian trade...

19 November 2020

France: insurance sector social partners sign sector jobs and training agreement

The insurance sector that employs some 150,000 intends to address the transformation environment that is altering its business and its occupational professions by strengthening anticipatory...

18 November 2020

France: an agreement to indefinitely maintain teleworking at Suez Group

French companies have frequently negotiated on the subject of telework. The Covid-19 crisis has given fresh impetus to these negotiations as a way to more firmly anchor this type of working...

17 November 2020

Argentina: creation of a trade union institute dedicated to gender issues

In a first for Argentina, an ESiGen (escuela sindical de género), a trade union educational establishment dedicated to gender issues, has been inaugurated in the country’s most populous province...

17 November 2020

United Kingdom: High Court rules that European directives on safety protections at work should apply to gig economy “workers”

On 13 November, the UK’s High Court ruled that the country’s government had failed to properly transpose European directives by not extending rules on health and safety protections to “workers...

16 November 2020

Germany: 2021 collective bargaining calendar

As it does every year, the Hans Böckler Trade Union Foundation has published Germany’s annual collective bargaining calendar, for the year ahead. In total, 2021 will see the...

12 November 2020

Germany: IG Metall presents its demands for a 4% increase over 12 months to boost salaries, safeguard jobs and upgrade the production apparatus

On 09 November IG Metall President Jörg Hofmann presented his organisation’s set of demands ahead of the collective bargaining negotiations that are due to start in mid-December. IG Metall’s...

10 November 2020

United States: trade unions holding high expectations of their candidate Joe Biden

America’s trade unions backed President-elect Joe Biden and in return they are now hoping for, better protection amid the coronavirus pandemic, an increase in the federal minimum wage, and more...

10 November 2020

France: an agreement to make teleworking the norm and to transform the organization of work at InVivo

On 04 November the InVivo group (a structure comprising 201 cooperatives representing nearly 300,000 farmers) together with the CFE/CGC, CFDT, CFTC and FO trade unions, representing the majority...

5 November 2020

Italy: Vodafone signs a smart working agreement to transform its organization and strengthen its work-life balance and inclusion policy

The agreement, reached with the telecommunications sector unions and the central staff representation RSU body on 29 October, will apply after the end of the health emergency period. The agreement...

5 November 2020

Sweden: conflict between social partners over revisions to employee protection legislation is putting pressure on the coalition government

After a very close election result in 2018 and a political crisis that lasted several months, the Social Democrat-Green coalition had to reach an agreement with the Liberals and the Centre Party...

4 November 2020

Germany: new hostilty emerges in conflicts between works councils and company management (study)

Keen to protect rules on co-determination in Germany, trade unions in the country have produced a qualitative study – carried out through the Hans-Böckler trade union foundation – that analyses...

2 November 2020

EU: European trade union federations update their joint recommendations for holding meetings with transnational bodies (EWCs, SNBs, and SE-WCs)

Recommendations by the European Industry Federations to members of European Works Councils (EWCs), Works Councils in companies with a Societas Europaea status (SE-WCs), and Special Negotiating...

29 October 2020

Poland: 28 October sees the nation’s women out on strike

On 22 October, Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled that abortion in cases of serious and irreversible disability or incurable disease of the foetus, even if the mother’s life is in...

28 October 2020

Spain: Inditex and unions reach agreement on conditions for the digital transition of group stores (update from 23 October incl. final agreement)

On 26 October, Spanish textile group Inditex (48,000 staff in Spain) together with the CCOO and UGT trade unions signed an agreement on the conditions for the shifting the group’s business towards...

27 October 2020

UniCredit and the EWC sign a joint statement on remote work

A joint declaration signed on 21 October by the management and EWC of Italy’s second largest bank, UniCredit, sets out the guidelines, principles and future minimum quality standards for remote...

22 October 2020

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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

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

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

UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027

The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...

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