Labour relations

A joint declaration by European social partners in the hospitality, restauration and food industries – the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) as well as...

13 May 2020

United States: one of Amazon’s leading activists takes up the cause of essential workers

Chris Smalls, who sees himself as "the whistleblower fired by Amazon" for demanding more protection from Covid-19, is creating his own defense movement called The Congress Essential Workers to...

13 May 2020

Telefonica: global agreement signed that defines minimum standards for returning to work

On 12 May, Spanish telephone operator Telefonica together with UNI Global Union, and the CCOO and UGT trade unions, signed a global agreement that sets out a ‘return to work’ framework for the...

12 May 2020

Belgium: agreement reached on the resumption of work in the metal and technology sectors

On 11 May trade unions in the metal sector along with the Agoria (technology) employers body signed an agreement for resumption of work amid the coronavirus health crisis. As a complementary text...

12 May 2020

EU: European banking sector social partners pen joint declaration on necessary working and employment conditions for providing responsible and ethical financial products services

The joint declaration signed by the European social partners in the banking sector on 7 May represents a step towards “the development of responsible and sustainable provision of financial...

11 May 2020

France: the Paris Ile-de-France Region together with the social partners are jointly defining innovative organization methods, especially in terms of work, so as to manage public transport use during lockdown

As the country prepares for an easing of its lockdown restrictions to commence on 11 May, France’s primary region, in terms of population and economic activity, is embarking upon a decidedly new...

7 May 2020

Italy: the future president of Confindustria (employers’ body) evokes the idea of favoring company over branch level negotiations for organizing work amid the current crisis

Currently heading up Assolombarda, the powerful Milanese branch of the employers' organization, Carlo Bonomi will officially take over as head of Confindustria on 20 May. However trade unions are...

6 May 2020

Belgium: commerce sector social partners approve a plan setting the conditions for the safe resumption of business

Belgium’s non-food stores will be able to reopen from 11 May. As such, on 30 April the social partners signed a declaration and approved the Phoenix Plan, which details specific measures to...

5 May 2020

France: agri-food industry social partners have formulated a guide to help companies exiting lockdown and/or resuming business

Published on 30 April by its sector relevant co-authors, * the guide aims...

5 May 2020

EU: European social partners in temporary agency work sector issue joint recommendations on managing the Covid-19 crisis

On 29 April, Europe’s social partners in temporary agency work sector, namely WEC-Europe (employers) and UNI-Europa (trade unions), published joint recommendations on ‘Protecting workers in the...

5 May 2020

Italy: banking sector social partners sign new protocol on reorganisation of work amid gradual lifting of lockdown

The new protocol, which entered into force on Monday 4 May, the date on which the easing of lockdown commenced in Italy (almost exclusively concerning production activities), redefines the...

4 May 2020

Marking 01 May across social networks

While events for 01 May events may be cancelled due to Covid-19, trade union organizations nonetheless want to celebrate Labor Day more than ever. In France, several organizations have called on...

30 April 2020

EU: European Trade Union Federations update their recommendations to the European Works Councils for managing Brexit

The trade union federations: IndustriAll Europe, Uni Europa, EFFAT, EPSU, ETF, and EFBWW have updated their Joint Recommendations to coordinators and workers’ representatives in SNBs, EWCs...

30 April 2020

France: launch of the first eco-union body ‘Le Printemps Ecologique’ announced

In the face of environmental, social, economic and health challenges, this new union body, which announced its launch on 29 April, is seeking to "safeguard social achievements" and "put an...

30 April 2020

In the face of Covid-19, ENGIE accelerates implementation of the first pillars of its future social protection program

Faced with the ‘unprecedented consequences of the Covid-19 health crisis’, the energy company sought to accelerate the implementation of two of its ENGIE CARE minimum social protection programme...

29 April 2020

Brazil: automotive sector agreements mitigating production stoppage salary impact and preparing for business resumption in the face of weaker demand

Since the start of the health crisis, the automotive sector has been working on agreements to preserve employment and salaries in the medium term across Brazils’ vehicle and parts production...

29 April 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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