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The Amazon-verdi blog, the Obi-verdi blog, Siemens Dialog, Schaeffler-Nachrichten, …, German company works councils are increasingly turning to the different social media (blogs, Facebook...

27 September 2018

Airbus SE : the aeronautics group uses European and international social dialogue as a transformation lever

an international social dialogue forum in place, the Airbus Global Forum, in order to ‘strengthen a feeling of belonging across the Airbus entities’ and as a ‘lever for change...

26 September 2018

Italy: H&M signs first company agreement

On 24 September, the Swedish clothing company’s Italian subsidiary that employs more than 5,000 staff across more than 150 H&M, Cos, and &Other Stories sales outlets signed an agreement...

26 September 2018

Germany: 3.6% wage increase in chemical sector

Social partners in Germany’s chemical sector have struck an agreement that will see the wages of the 580,000 workers in the industry increase by 3.6% over a period of 15 months. Holiday pay will...

20 September 2018

Austria: combatting new working time legislation is at the heart of metals trade union demands

Austria’s annual collective bargaining round that affects approximately 186,000 workers across size sub-sectors is set to start on Thursday 20 September with trade unions Pro-GE (Industry) and...

20 September 2018

BNP Paribas: global agreement on fundamental rights and social floor penned with Uni Global Union

On 18 September, the French banking group signed, along with global service sector union Uni Global Union, its first global deal. In addition to reaffirming its commitments on human rights in the...

18 September 2018

Italy: historic agreement preserves the future of Ilva and saves jobs

After months of twists and turns and a final 18-hour round of negotiations, an agreement was reached on Thursday 6 September to save Italian steelworks company Ilva. The deal, agreed by Italian...

7 September 2018

Greece: after eight years in economic crisis, Alexis Tsipras seeks to restore labor law

On 20 August 2018, Greece’s third and last EU bailout plan that was signed in 2015 after difficult negotiations between Athens and its creditors (EU, ECB, IMF) finally came to a close. PM Alexis...

4 September 2018

Brazil: a new collective agreement for the banking sector

On 29 August, following weeks of protracted negotiations, (c.f. article No. 10775), representatives of the public and private sector banking employees came to agreement with FEBRABAN, the...

4 September 2018

United States: Microsoft requires its suppliers and contractors to provide at least 12 weeks of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child (in brief)

This new policy, announced during the week of 27 August applies across all its US supplier companies employing at least 50 staff and which carry out ‘substantial work’, by which is understood...

4 September 2018

Argentina: another general strike scheduled to protest job cuts

The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Argentina has called for a general strike to take place on Tuesday 25 September, which would be the fourth such strike since the centre-right president...

3 September 2018

Spain: occupational illnesses linked to the work done by hotel cleaning ladies to be recognised by health insurers, following pressure from the group of workers Las Kellys

Spain’s ministry for employment has demanded that health insurance companies immediately recognise a series of complaints experienced by hotel cleaning staff, such pain and inflammation resulting...

3 September 2018

Great Britain: Royal Mail mental health training for employees with first-aid training

In the months ahead all Royal Mail’s first-aiders will be offered officially recognized mental health training. The program, which was agreed with the CWU union aims to guarantee staff a fresh...

29 August 2018

United States: Walt Disney to pay $15 minimum per hour

Negotiators at Disney together with a coalition of 6 trade unions have agreed that over the next four years the minimum hourly wage at the Florida Walt Disney World theme park will rise from $10...

29 August 2018

Esprit: global framework agreement is signed that promotes human rights in the supply chain

On 06 August in a joint press statement, global union federation IndustriALL Global Union and the clothing brand’s European subsidiary announced the signing of a global agreement covering 525,000...

27 August 2018

Germany: a dual baccalaureat to rescue the apprenticeship system

In a bid to tackle some ingrained trends that continue to direct young Germany school leavers towards third level education and keep them away from the world of work for even longer, several...

26 July 2018

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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