Labour relations

On 04 February, the IG Metall trade union gave the green light for sector negotiations to commence, even though the current agreement runs until 31 March 2020. Thus 20 February is the date set for...

4 February 2020

Chile: agreement between H&M management and employees that lowers working hours down to 40 per week

On 24 January, after several weeks of low-key talks, H&M Chile group (Hennes & Mauritz AB) announced the conclusion of an agreement with the H&M Chile Workers Union that includes a...

4 February 2020

Turkey: wage agreement for 130,000 workers in metal industry (update following endorsement by the Birleşik Metal-İş trade union)

On 29 January, after a period of tough negotiations punctuated by strikes, the Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries (MESS) reached an agreement on wages with the Turk Metal and...

4 February 2020

India: banking sector unions call for two-day strike action

Nine trade unions have called for strike action on 31 January and 01 February in India’s public banks. The trade unions are seeking a 20% salary increase.

30 January 2020

Michelin: agreement with IndustriALL Global Union to set up a Global Works Council

On 27 January, Valter Sanchez, IndustriALL Global Union General Secretary together with Florent Menegaux, CEO of Michelin Group signed an agreement that sets out in detail the membership...

29 January 2020

Coca-Cola European Partners: signature of an agreement instituting a European Works Council

On 25 November 2019, CCEP’s EWC agreement clearly set out the different information and consultation procedure schedules as a function of different situations. On the eve of the UK’s withdrawal...

29 January 2020

Belgium: national demonstration to protect the country’s social security

The FGTB union along with its Flemish equivalent the ABVV called for a demonstration on 28 January in support of balanced funding for country’s social security system and in Brussels...

29 January 2020

Finland: trade unions unhappy with the conciliation system as tensions dominate new collective agreement negotiations

Not only are Finland’s trade unions unhappy with the National Conciliator, Vuokko Piekkala, they are also critical of the conciliation system that has had much to deal with in terms of a...

28 January 2020

Germany: IG Metall changes negotiation strategy to better address structural challenges faced by manufacturing sector

With structural upheaval already underway, particularly in the automotive industry, the German metals sector union IG Metall said on 24 January that it is prepared not to set any numerical salary...

27 January 2020

Spain: collective agreement signed at Endesa after intervention of arbitrator on preferential energy rates for former employees, but union discord persists

On 23 January the management at Spanish utility company Endesa and the UGT, the majority union at the company, signed the company’s new collective agreement. The agreement, which should in...

27 January 2020

Spain: government and social partners secure agreement on a 5.5% increase in the minimum salary

On 22 January the government, employers, and trade unions secured an agreement that will raise the monthly minimum inter-professional salary (SMI). The monthly salary floor will rise from €900 to...

23 January 2020

Italy : salaries and bonuses are the main theme in company agreements

The second report (here) on second level collective negotiations undertaken by the Cgil trade union together with the Fondazione Di Vittorio, which studied 1,887 agreements signed between 2017 and...

23 January 2020

Spain: CCOO trade union critical of gender pay gap in fisheries canning sector

‘Pescar derechos’ (fishing for rights) is the slogan the CCOO trade union has adopted to launch a campaign calling for gender pay equality in the fishing-related canning industry...

21 January 2020

Italy: fashion and textile sector trade unions present platform of demands for collective agreement renewal

A 115-euro wage increase, efforts to combat dumping – a practice that remains commonplace at subcontracting companies, the development of second-level collective bargaining, and the...

20 January 2020

Germany: ‘Auto Summit’ to prepare support and tools aimed at training and maintaining employment

On 15 January the Federal Chancellery hosted a summit meeting that focused on safeguarding employment in Germany’s auto industry. All the relevant actors in the sector attended the meeting and...

16 January 2020

Germany: IG Metall to prioritise job security in upcoming collective negotiations in metals sector

Roman Zitzelsberger, IG Metall’s chief in Baden-Württemberg, has earmarked job security as one of the trade union’s priorities ahead of collective negotiations set to kick off by 17 March in the...

13 January 2020

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