Labour relations

On 18 April, President Trump signed an executive order that kick starts reforms to the H1B visa program, which allows 85,000 foreigners, engineers, programmers, and scientists to work in the US...

18 April 2017

China: first report published on reform to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

China’s only officially authorized trade union the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has traditionally allied itself with the business community in a bid to maintain social peace and...

18 April 2017

Auchan Retail: global agreement signed with UNI Global is put online (French version only)

French retail chain Auchan signed a global agreement with the international union organization UNI Global on 17 March.

11 April 2017

United States: for AFL-CIO ‘America First’ has to also mean ‘Good Jobs’

With its ‘Good Jobs’ national campaign, the AFL-CIO, America’s largest central trade union, is playing its own specific part in terms of President Donald Trump’s goal of 'making America great...

11 April 2017

Italy: social partners in the chemicals-pharmaceuticals sector to train both union representatives and HR managers

Italy’s employers bodies, Federchimica and Farmindustria, together with the union organizations Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil have developed what is a landmark initiative for the...

10 April 2017

United Kingdom: after legal scrutiny, MPs take aim at gig economy’s “unintelligible” contracts

The gig economy was faced with the prospect of upheaval yet again on 6 April, as the UK’s Work and Pensions Committee judged that the contracts under which Uber, Deliveroo and Amazon hire the...

10 April 2017

EU: European Trade Union Confederation publishes its stance on revision to the EWC directive

The position adopted by the European Trade Union Confederation’s executive committee on 16 March is now available and is attached to this article. The organisation expresses the need to improve...

7 April 2017

Spain: employer organisations offer unions a 2017 pay rise of between 1% and 2.5%

The Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organisations (CEOE) has loosened its stance on wage moderation and sought to break the deadlock in negotiations over a framework agreement for salary...

7 April 2017

United States: Smartphone apps defending workers

Several smartphone apps have been launched in New York, Chicago, Santa Clara, and elsewhere that aim to support the most vulnerable workers. The goal is to make labor rights directly accessible...

6 April 2017

Spain: the Volvemos association seeks to assist youths who left during the crisis to find work again in Spain

Bringing talent back home. At a time when the country is recovering and creating some 500,000 jobs per year, this is what the Volvemos (We are returning) association is looking to do as it raises...

6 April 2017

New Areva: agreement signed to support group’s social transformation

On 31 March, after four months of negotiations, Areva signed its first ‘social contract’ with trade unions. The agreement comes as the French nuclear power giant is faced with significant...

4 April 2017

Germany: the SPD party proposes establishing additional family aid should it win the federal elections

With some six months remaining before the federal elections, the Social Democrat party (SPD) is making family policy one of its key national campaign points. On 03 April Families Minister Manuela...

4 April 2017

Italy: an agreement at Enel on changing performance bonuses into welfare services

On 27 March, management at Italian energy manufacturer and distributor Enel together with the Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed an agreement that allows employees at the...

4 April 2017

Greece: social partners conclude a national collective agreement

A national collective agreement has been secured between the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the employers’ bodies, the major thrusts of which are similar to the agreement that...

3 April 2017

Spain: overview of ongoing negotiations among social partners

The Spanish government and social partners in the country have launched negotiations on new amendments to its labour code. A series of topics have been tabled, ranging from: the establishment of...

3 April 2017

Sweden: new agreement in industry sector includes 6.5% wage increase over three years

On 31 March, an agreement was reached in extremis by the five unions that form part of the Facken Inom Industri grouping and the employer groups in the industry sector. Unusually the agreement...

3 April 2017

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