Labour relations

As detailed in a previous article (see article n°9954), the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) decided unilaterally – with the backing of the country’s government – to scrap the existing...

20 February 2017

United States: trade unions ride Donald Trump’s ‘made in America’ wave

On Thursday 16 February, the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Dennis Williams announced that the trade union is to launch a new advertising campaign to encourage consumers to buy cars...

20 February 2017

Argentina: banking sector set for renewed disputes

The banking sector has just announced a further 72 hours of strike action to take place on 17 February, 20 February, and 21 February following up on a previous announcement of limited strike...

16 February 2017

Spain: unions present a mobilization schedule

On 14 February during a press conference, the leaders of the CCOO and UGT confederations, Ignacio Fernandez Toxo and Pepe Alvarez respectively, presented a mobilization schedule by way of...

14 February 2017

Denmark: industry agreement marking the end of the economic crisis

On 12 February, Dansk industry ((DI), employers) and Co-industri (a group of 9 unions including Dansk Metall and HK/Privat) signed an agreement that the president of Co-industri called a landmark...

14 February 2017

Turkey: state of emergency upsets trade unions’ rights

Turkey’s state of emergency, put in place in mid-July 2016 in reaction to an attempted coup has left trade unions with serious restrictions on the exercise of their rights. International and...

13 February 2017

Italy: social partners from banking sector subscribe to best practice code on commercial policies and work organisation

On 8 February, the Italian Banking Association (ABI) and the banking sector trade unions signed a historic national agreement. The deal covers commercial policies and work organisation, and in...

9 February 2017

Italy: UniCredit and union agreement on job losses and staff motivation

On 04 February, one of Italy's two major banking groups, UniCredit concluded an agreement with the union organizations to manage some expected 3,900 job losses throughout Italy, as part of the...

9 February 2017

News update as of 8 February 2017

On the menu : social dialogue appears to have restarted in Belgium, Spain's parliament to examine draft legislation establishing a minimum anti-poverty revenue level, Missouri becomes the 28th...

7 February 2017

India: an original approach to digital transformation (2)

Bangalore, India’s version of Silicon Valley is targeting, 2020 as the date for it to become the premier hub for connectivity related innovation. Despite the startup incubators, global R&D...

6 February 2017

Germany: the major political parties are honing their election arguments

Whilst on 06 February the Bavarian branch of the conservative union the CSU backed CDU Angela Merkel’s candidature as Chancellor and head of September’s general electoral list, both the...

6 February 2017

Argentina: CGT pulls out of talks with government over labour reform and announces nationwide mobilisation

Talks between the Argentinian General Confederation of Labour and the country’s government have broken down. The trade union grouping had been party to discussions, as part of which it was set to...

6 February 2017

Solvay: renewal of global framework agreement with IndustriAll Global Union boosts group’s social and diversity policy

The global framework agreement between Solvay and IndustriAll places greater social demands on the chemical company, such as having more women in leadership roles by 2020, integrating the OECD’s...

3 February 2017

Brazil: companies faced with challenge of fostering racial diversity

Around 10 years after Brazil introduced quotas for people of African ancestry in its universities, the integration of people of colour in the corporate world is on the up. However, the issue...

3 February 2017

Germany: crowdsourcing companies have their own ‘code of conduct’

On 31 January, Germany’s young federation of crowdsourcing companies presented a detailed version of the first code of conduct of its kind in the country and perhaps even in Europe that addresses...

2 February 2017

Germany: reassessing individual bonus payments

Germany’s businesses regularly discuss the issue of individual bonus payments and performance related bonuses that make up the variable part of employee remuneration. At Bosch, Deutsche Bahn, and...

2 February 2017

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