Labour relations

On 16 September the social partners in the rubber & plastics sector signed an agreement to renew their national collective agreement (NCA), which covers approximately 130,000 workers...

17 September 2020

Italy: first ever national collective agreement covering delivery riders signed between Assodelivery and UGL

On 16 September, the employers’ organisation Assodelivery, which includes the main food delivery platforms (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Glovo, Just Eat and more), and the ‘Unione Generale del Lavoro’...

17 September 2020

United States: a small group of Republicans pleads for trade unionism

"Strong worker representation can make America stronger. Unfortunately, our nation’s Great Depression–era labor laws no longer provide an effective framework, many unions have become unresponsive...

15 September 2020

Austria: metalworking industry employers call for postponement of collective bargaining

With the main collective bargaining in the Austrian economy – that of the metalworking industry – set to kick off on 24 September, Christian Knill, negotiator for FMTI, Metaltechnology...

14 September 2020

Italy: ING Italia launches super-flexible smart working model

ING Italia claims to be the first bank in Italy to launch such a flexible smart working model. In an announcement on 31 August, the bank promised its staff the “maximum freedom of choice on...

14 September 2020

EU: European Trade Union Confederation preparing several actions before year-end to defend and guarantee the respect of workers’ information and consultation rights

It’s high time now. For the ETUC, the time has come to move forward in terms of ‘Democracy at work.’ Not least in view of the current challenges and in particular the restructuring changes that...

10 September 2020

Germany: the automotive industry in between reducing reduced working hours and cutting jobs

Germany’s automotive industry is suffering and, according to its companies, does not envisage a return to pre-pandemic production levels before the 2023-2025. Considered too rigid over the long...

8 September 2020

Italy: dialogue resumes between Confindustria and the trade unions, opening the door for the renewal of several important collective agreements

On 07 September, and for the first time since May, Carlo Bonomi, president of the employers' organization Confindustria, met with the general secretaries of the trade unions Cgil, Cisl, and Uil...

8 September 2020

Germany: Verdi and ING-Diba bank agree on an individual training budget that is unprecedented in the sector

On Tuesday 2 September, the trade union Verdi and the management of German bank ING-DiBa announced that they have signed an agreement on the details of the individual training budget instituted by...

7 September 2020

UNI Global Union supporting its members to develop collective bargaining around algorithmic management tools

According to the global union federation of services, Uni Global Union, the use of Algorithmic tools by those in control must be ‘transparent, non-discriminatory, and negotiated with workers’. The...

2 September 2020

United States: analysts that can predict (and prevent) unionization attempts at Amazon

A job offer for analyst positions posted by Amazon on 01 September has been circulating widely across the social networks, and not just for purely professional reasons. The job listing, that...

2 September 2020

Austria: social partners tasked with making proposals to amend legislation on remote working

Remote working, or telework, is poorly regulated in Austria. As a result the government is keen to adjust existing legislation in light of recent developments. In a speech on Friday 28 August...

1 September 2020

United States: former UAW president charged with embezzlement

Dennis Williams, the former president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) has just been charged with embezzlement of union funds, for which if found guilty could be facing a five year prison sentence...

31 August 2020

Argentina: state-owned bank Banco Nación introduces recruitment quota for trans people

At the beginning of August, the Argentinian state-owned bank Banco Nación announced an agreement that is unprecedented for the sector in Argentina: the establishment of a hiring quota for...

28 August 2020

Italy: agreement on agile working and desk sharing at TIM (formerly Telecom Italia)

The leadership at Italian telecommunications group TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) penned an innovative agreement with the telecommunications sector trade unions that provides a framework for...

26 August 2020

Germany: debate over reducing working time and potential four-day week in automobile industry

In order to save Germany’s automobile sector, which has been hard hit by the Covid-19 crisis and the transition to electric vehicles, should working hours be reduced by reintroducing a four-day...

25 August 2020

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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

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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...

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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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