Labour relations

In a statement issued on 29 August, the Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals announced that it has begun taking the necessary steps for union representation of employees working for Google...

2 September 2019

Germany: Google open to talks with IG Metall and YouTubers over the working conditions of the latter

In July of this year, the FairTube campaign was launched, through a partnership between IG Metall, the largest sector trade union in Europe, and the Youtubers Union, a Facebook group made up of...

28 August 2019

Italy: collective agreement for industry sector managers renewed

Confindustria, Italian employers’ federation, and Federmanager, the country’s federation of industry sector managers, signed a renewal of their collective agreement on 30 July, meaning...

27 August 2019

Great Britain: appeal court confirms that a company’s management may implement plans without waiting for the EWC’s opinion

In a judgement handed down on 31 July (here), the Employment Appeal Tribunal rejected the appeal from the European Works Council at Oracle, against an initial decision made on 12 February (see...

26 August 2019

Crédit Agricole: global framework agreement signed with UNI Global Union

On 31 July the French banking group signed with UNI Global Union, the international trade union federation of the private service sector, a global framework agreement covering basic labour rights...

26 August 2019

Italy: TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) and the trade unions sign two important agreements

Firstly, TIM, which is in the throes of significant reorganization in terms of its 5G service launch, signed a company agreement at the end of July 2019, some three years after group management...

26 August 2019

Italy: new collective agreement for Lamborghini provides for greater participation of staff representatives on Industry 4.0 and data collection

On 24 July 2019, the two main Italian union federations for metalworkers, FIOM-CGIL and FIM-CISL, signed a new collective agreement (for the period 2019-2022) at Lamborghini, the luxury automotive...

25 July 2019

United States: technical workers more willing to unionize than expected ?(Blind survey)

Thanks to its online surveys, the anonymous chat app for verified employees Blind, claim to be in touch with workers in the technical industry. On 15 July, it presented the results of a survey of...

22 July 2019

Orange: global agreement on making gender equality a priority within the Orange group

On 17 July Orange together with the international services union federation Uni Global, and the Orange Union Alliance (that brings together union organizations represented within the Orange group...

18 July 2019

EU: Expert Group on European Works Councils put on hold until further notice

An Expert Group on European Works Councils had been the European Commissions’ compromise response to its assessment of the EWC Recast Directive (2009/38/EC); i.e. no new revisions to the text, but...

18 July 2019

Great Britain: employers brace themselves for the Global Climate Strike

With the Global Climate Strike, founded following the movement propelled by the emblematic Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, having called for a global strike to protect the planet on 20 September...

12 July 2019

Great Britain: UK trade unions finally in tune over Brexit

Following months of tensions the major Labour Party affiliated trade unions have finally agreed on a common position over Brexit. They are calling for a referendum to be held over any deal (or...

10 July 2019

Renault: signs a global framework agreement on the quality of life at work for its employees

This global framework agreement, which was signed on 09 July by the French automaker Renault Group along with IndustriALL Global Union, the Secretary of the Renault Group Works Council (a global...

9 July 2019

Spain: platform to promote union pluralism launches

Seven independent trade unions have joined forces to promote greater diversity of opinion, amid the so-called ‘duopoly’ of the CCOO and UGT, the two leading forces that dominate the union...

8 July 2019

EU: members of new parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs committee named

In a statement issued on 4 July, the names of the 55 full members and 55 substitute members of the Employment and Social Affairs committee of the newly elected European Parliament were confirmed...

8 July 2019

Germany: Deutsche Bank to cut one fifth of workforce by 2022

On Sunday 7 July, Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank announced a vast restructuring that seeks to make the group more profitable and streamlined, with some 18,000 job cuts planned by...

8 July 2019

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