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Clothing brands and retailers including Adidas, C&A, H&M Group, International Apparel Federation, Inditex, M&S, Primark, PVH Corporation, Ralph Lauren, Tchibo, VF Corporation, Under...

24 April 2020

Belgium: social partners agree on recommendations for exiting lockdown conditions

On 22 April, the social partners that met as part of the Group of Ten (one of Belgium’s social consultation forums) agreed on the framework that will govern the relaunch of business in...

23 April 2020

United States: Amazon facing a civil society coalition movement

The opposition being mounted against Amazon, the online retail giant, has taken the name of the ancient Greek goddess Athena (wisdom & warfare). Comprising a very active and engaged coalition...

23 April 2020

Poland: the anti-crisis emergency law is overlooking temporary workers

According to Polskie Forum HR, the professional umbrella organization for temporary employment companies, more than 75,000 temporary workers risk losing their jobs. The emergency ‘Crisis...

23 April 2020

Mexico: employers’ confederation calls on the State to cover part of salary outlays in a bid to avoid redundancies

Mexico’s employers confederation body, Coparmex, is seeking the establishment of a ‘solidarity salary’ for Mexican workers that are being hard hit by the Covid-19 related...

23 April 2020

Denmark: financial sector agreement giving more flexibility to companies and employees to resume activity

On 17 April, the Financial Sector Employers’ Association (FA) and the Finansforbundet trade union reached an agreement that sets a framework for the gradual reopening of workplaces in the...

22 April 2020

France: banking sector social partners issue a joint declaration on employee and customer safety

Not an agreement, and nor a protocol at branch level, but instead a joint declaration signed on 20 April by the French Banking Federation (FFB) and the main banking sector unions namely, the...

22 April 2020

Italy: social partners in Brescia, one of the Covid-19 epicenters, sign an agreement to ensure industry worker safety

In Lombardy’s industrial heartland lies the city of Brescia, which along with its surroundings and Bergamo, became one of Italy’s hardest hit Covid-19 areas. Formulated under the auspices of the...

22 April 2020

Great Britain: coronavirus boom in trade union membership.

On 20 April, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, Unison (public sector), released a statement showing a record number of people seeking to take out membership. Since the start of 2020...

22 April 2020

Italy: fashion industry gears up to re-open

On 15 April a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the social partners that enables the re-opening of the fashion industry, a fundamental ‘Made in Italy’ pillar, while guaranteeing workers’...

21 April 2020

Spain: agreement between electricity companies and the government to cushion the impact of coal-fired plant closures

On 17 April, the electricity companies Endesa, Iberdrola and Naturgy together with the Ministries of Labour and Ecological Transition, as well as the trade unions CCOO and UGT secured an agreement...

21 April 2020

Spain: PSA plant in Vigo to resume production at low capacity and set up a new partial unemployment scheme to run until year end

The Vigo plant of French automobile group PSA is preparing to resume activity from 27 April , following a six-week lockdown in Spain after the state of alert decree issued on 15 March. However...

20 April 2020

Belgium: social partners in construction sector pen agreement to re-open sites with social distancing measures applied

On Thursday 16 April, after a month of negotiations, the social partners in Belgium’s construction industry agreed to resume work on sites while respecting as far as possible the rules of social...

20 April 2020

Spain: metal sector social partners jointly draw up guide with measures to prevent spread of Covid-19 in the workplace

In preparation for the gradual resumption of business in the metals sector, which began on 13 April, social partners in the industry – Confemetal on the employer side and CCOO-Industria and...

17 April 2020

France: mutual insurance companies encourage employees to take days off during the health crisis with donations to charity for each day taken

While French companies sway back and forth between negotiation and unilateral measures to organise the use of annual leave, as they strive to manage this ongoing period of declining activity (on...

17 April 2020

Hungary: several large automobile firms and their suppliers recommence production

At Audi some 100 workers have started working once again in the engine department. The automobile manufacturer devised a comprehensive range of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in...

16 April 2020

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On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...

3 December 2025

Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle

In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...

2 December 2025

EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI

On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...

18 December 2025

Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining

On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...

2 December 2025

Inditex European works council mobilises on value sharing

In a joint statement, 10 trade unions comprising the European works council of the Inditex clothing group are calling for rallies in Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, France, Italy and Germany...

24 November 2025

Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement

Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...

12 December 2025