Labour relations

In what is to be a first in Italy, a country in which co-management remains unusual, the company agreement at Vitec Imaging Solutions (formerly Manfrotto), which was signed in April this year with...

14 December 2018

Spain: trade unions and government reach agreement to modify labour law (in brief)

An agreement has been reached by Spain’s employment ministry and the CCOO and UGT trade unions, though without the involvement of the CEOE and Cepyme employer organisations, who refused to...

14 December 2018

Volkswagen: IndustriALL Global is ready to change up a gear in its dispute over the automaker’s US Chattanooga site (in brief)

In a press statement on 12 December, the global industry union federation indicated that on 30 November its executive committee had unanimously voted for a resolution calling on Volkswagen to...

12 December 2018

Transnational company agreements, a win-win approach for companies and employee representatives (from a report as part of the joint ETUC-BusinessEurope project)

For the first time, trade unions, employers’ organizations and businesses have discussed the issue of transnational company agreements as part of a joint ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation)...

11 December 2018

Hungary: protests against proposed law that will allow companies to demand 400 extra hours of work per year (in brief)

Following calls from trade unions in Hungary, some 5,000 people turned out to protest in Budapest on Saturday 8 December against what has been dubbed the “slave law”. Tabled by policy-makers from...

10 December 2018

Italy: mechanical and metals sector social partners mobilize to promote lifelong training

The mechanical and metals sector collective agreement that was renewed in November 2016 and that covers some 1.6 million workers (c.f. article No. 9941) includes ‘the individual’s right to...

6 December 2018

Groupama : EWC and management have signed a joint declaration on ‘quality of life at work’ with special emphasis on the impact of digitalization

Trade union federation Uni Europa published the information that on 01 July 2018 a joint declaration was signed by the social partners of the Groupama SA EWC (represented by its secretary) and the...

4 December 2018

United Kingdom: one year on from the launch of the government’s industrial strategy, employers call for new impetus

In November 2017, UK Prime Minister Theresa May turned the page on the Thatcher era by establishing an industrial strategy with companies, which would seek to boost the country’s economy and...

30 November 2018

Germany : with ‘Lex Ryanair’ as a backdrop, Sun Express agrees to set up a works council (in brief)

A draft amendment by the Labor Minister aimed at facilitating the setting up of a works council in the airline sector and commonly called ‘Lex Ryanair’ (c.f. article No. 10897) looks to be...

29 November 2018

Alcoa : a Dutch court holds that EWC information and consultation can take place at the same time as consultation at national level

On 27 November 2018, the Dutch court rejected the claim made by the Alcoa EWC that the company had to first conclude consultation procedures with the EWC before concluding consultations...

28 November 2018

Greece: the Alexis Tsipras government is moving gingerly towards post-austerity reforms

On 28 November the largest trade union in the private sector, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), called for a 24-hour general strike under the banner ‘get back to the €751 minimum...

28 November 2018

News update as of November 26, 2018

Ireland/Fórsa trade union calls for four-day working week. Fórsa, the second-largest trade union in Ireland, last week called for the establishment of a four-day working week as the new standard...

26 November 2018

Telefónica recognises right of employees worldwide to digitally disconnect

On November 23, Telefónica's management signed a document of intent recognising the right of its employees to digitally disconnect. With the endorsement of the trade union organizations in Spain...

26 November 2018

Spain : Banco Santander commits to a non-disruptive merger with Banco Popular (in brief)

On 21 November Banco Santander together with the trade unions signed a 'Merger Protocol' document in which management wholly renounces all disruptive measures during the upcoming reorganization of...

23 November 2018

Germany: how trade unions and employers intend to bolster the eroding system of collective agreements

Anniversary dates are often an opportunity to take stock of a situation and lay bare any key differences. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the first collective agreement in...

22 November 2018

India: the ILO, government, employers, and trade unions commit to promoting quality jobs

India’s latest Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) as set out by government, employers bodies representatives, workers representatives, and the ILO provides a framework so that the nation’s...

22 November 2018

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