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China, already among the top-ranking countries for research and development, is dramatically lacking top level talents. The Chinese authorities have recently announced measures aimed at attracting...

19 September 2017

Austria: positive backdrop for annual negotiations in metal sector

Autumn-time negotiations are set to commence in the Austrian metals sector on Tuesday 20 September. The talks concern some 186,000 employees across six sub-sectors, each of which will negotiate...

18 September 2017

Germany: agreement signed to create an internal job portal at Volkswagen group

After the blow dealt by the ‘dieselgate’ scandal as well as the movement towards electric cars, the German automobile giant launched an extensive restructuring programme, which aims to reduce...

15 September 2017

Portugal: tensions rising between unions at the Volkswagen Palmela facility (Autoeuropa)

30 km south of Portugal’s capital Lisbon social conflict continues at the Volkswagen Palmela facility. The main CGTP affiliated union the SITE-SUL is challenging the mandatory Saturday working...

14 September 2017

Brazil: Mercedes-Benz before the courts over unfair dismissals

At the start of September Brazil’s Labor Ministry, the MPT ,brought an action to the courts against automaker Mercedes-Benz that has a facility in São Bernardo do Campo, in the São Paulo area...

14 September 2017

Germany: a key ruling by the Federal Labor Court for interim employees working in metal sector services provision

Germany’s metal union IG Metall estimates that tens of thousands of interim workers are set to receive extra income thanks to a ruling dating back to 22 February 2017 that was only recently...

13 September 2017

Great Britain: Brexit threatening 1.5 million jobs says new report by the TUC union confederation

How are we doing? The impact of Brexit at industry level. Thus the title of a new report presented on 10 September by the TUC union confederation during its annual conference in Brighton. In it...

13 September 2017

ENGIE: latest EWC agreement put online

ENGIE's EWC agreement has undergone its second amendment since it was initially put in place following the Gaz de France | Suez merger (for more on the agreement itself c.f. article No. 090489). ...

12 September 2017

Briefly, Spanish union UGT has launched a platform for workers in the collaborative economy

After Germany’s IG Metall initiative (c.f. article No. 9064), it is the turn of Spain’s union confederation the UGT to offer web-based platform workers a specific site where they can “criticize...

12 September 2017

Italy: Sanofi lifts employee working time monitoring

During the summer, the Italian subsidiary at French pharmaceutical group Sanofi signed an agreement with trade unions on work hours and services for employees and their families working in Milan...

11 September 2017

India: Darjeeling tea pickers are on strike for over 80 days

In India’s prized Darjeeling tea region, tea pickers continue their strike action that they started in June. Trade unions have allied with the separatist Gorkha People’s Liberation Front and are...

5 September 2017

Finland: a make or break autumn following the employers’ decision to decentralize collective agreement negotiations

In March 2016 Finland’s employers took an historic decision to put an end to the country’s system of top down cascading negotiation. Thus no longer will collective agreement negotiations start at...

1 September 2017

Germany: insurance sector pay to rise 3.7% over 29 months

On Wednesday 30 August following three waves of strike action and an unusual two-month negotiations hiatus, the insurance sector social partners compromised on a sector agreement that includes a...

31 August 2017

UK: large firms will need to make their pay gaps public

In order to polish the image of companies in the UK that have been tarnished by scandals, Theresa May’s Conservative government has unveiled a corporate governance reform. Made public on 29...

29 August 2017

Italy: social partners prepare for dialogue after summer break

Negotiations between the Italian government and social partners, which had got under way in July, are set to resume in the coming days. On Wednesday, the country’s labour minister Giuliano Poletti...

29 August 2017

Portugal: strike at Volkswagen factory after employees reject pre-agreement with trade unions

Workers at AutoEuropa, the Volkswagen factory in Setubal, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, are set to strike on Wednesday 30 August. They are opposing the move to a six-day working week, which...

29 August 2017

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