Labour relations

Despite difficult negotiations that saw trade unions critical of the ‘too low’ 2019-2020 wage margin threshold calculated by the Central Economic Council at 0.8% (c.f. article No. 10968), twenty...

26 February 2019

Italy: time for money – the new trend in company agreements

At some Italian companies, agreements reached with trade unions include arrangements that ‘exchange’ time for money. For example, workers have been given the opportunity to convert part of their...

25 February 2019

Spain: Vodafone agreement over 1,000 job loss plan

Vodafone Spain is set to implement its plan to wield the redundancy axe. The relevant trade unions: CCOO, UGT, and STC, have agreed to a social plan that intends for the Vodafone Spain workforce...

25 February 2019

Italy: banking sector social partners commit to tackling sexual harassment and gender-based violence

During the week of February 11 2019, the banking sector social partners (the employers’ body the ABI -Associazione Bancaria Italiana and the trade union bodies, Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil...

21 February 2019

India: concept of minimum income now a discussion topic

Since January 2019 the small Himalayan State of Sikkim has become India’s first region to promise a universal minimum income. Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi also set the concept in motion...

21 February 2019

ENGIE: social forum held to renew focus on implementing European agreement to anticipate industry changes and safeguard employability

Back in 2016, the energy group ENGIE signed a European agreement with three union federations – IndustriALL Europe, EPSU (European Public Services Union) and the EFBW (European Federation of...

18 February 2019

USMCA replaces NAFTA: what changes for Mexico?

Parliamentarians in Canada and Mexico, who are eager to ratify the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, over which heated negotiations have unfolded over more than 13 months, must wait for their...

15 February 2019

United States: Amazon scraps plans to build New York HQ after pressure from local politicians (in brief)

Amazon will not build its second headquarters in New York City, the online retail giant has announced. The company had planned to build a complex in the Queens borough of the city, which would...

15 February 2019

Germany: pensioners are increasingly returning to the workplace

With BMW announcing the launch of its program to re-engage thousands of former staff members (c.f. article No. 11000), Bosch has just initiated in Japan its 8th national ‘support’ group comprising...

12 February 2019

Faurecia: agreement struck that institutes its Societas Europaea (SE) company committee

Faurecia now possess ‘a legal status that is more representative of the Group’s European dimension and that will bolster both its international image and its attractiveness vis-à-vis all of its...

12 February 2019

Germany: BMW seeks to harness expertise of thousands of retired employees

At the end of January, the German automobile manufacturer BMW announced the launch of its ‘Senior Experten Programm’, which will see the company bring on board the savoir-faire of thousands of its...

8 February 2019

Spain: following months of discord the textile industry collective convention is finally renewed

Spain’s textile sector social discord is now resolved. On 19 February 2019, and following a four-month delay, CCOO-Industria will ratify the text that had been agreed on 03 September 2018 by the...

6 February 2019

Mexico: historic social conflict in the maquiladora sector as workers there call for higher salaries

Almost 40,000 maquiladora sector workers from the northern Mexico city of Matamoros joined in massive strike action calling for a 20% increase in salary as well as an annual bonus of the...

6 February 2019

Germany: Bosch augments the number of company agreements in preparation of digitalization

In the face of the dual transition stemming from electric vehicles and digitalization, Germany’s largest auto-parts manufacturer has to both adequately prepare its employees for new work...

5 February 2019

Société Générale renews the global agreement with UNI Global Union on fundamental rights

On 04 February, Société Générale together with UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on fundamental rights. This new version explicitly addresses the role of the international trade...

4 February 2019

Meliá: global agreement signed with IUF to prevent workplace sexual harassment

On 17 January 2019, a landmark agreement was signed between Spanish hotels group Meliá Hotels International and the IUF (International Union of Food, Agriculture, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering...

28 January 2019

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The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...

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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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