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Italy: union alert on the crisis in the chemistry sector
edly threatened in the chemistry sector. Last week, the three Filcem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions raised the alarm on the crisis affecting the sector. Reminding its strategic value for...
16 February 2009
Slovenia: round table on the crisis in the automotive industry
mber of Commerce and Industry organized a round table discussion on the crisis in the automotive industry and its impact on the Slovene economy. Although the representatives of the automotive...
13 February 2009
Belgium: the 25.000 employees of Fortis fear for their job after shareholders rejected the recovery plan
ejected the group’s rescue plan, the staff representatives demanded an extraordinary works council meeting on February 12. The goal was to meet with the Belgian bank’s management and...
13 February 2009
Lithuania: demonstrations against rising unemployment force government to open social dialogue
e crisis. As for the other two “Baltic tigers”, the economic slowdown was slightly felt as early as late 2006, together with strong inflation. After prosperous years, the country faces...
13 February 2009
Renault: EWC expresses solidarity with Spanish workers
results for 2008, a delegation of Spanish employees went to Paris to express concern over their job’s future. The French car manufacturer’s EWC supported this approach in a...
13 February 2009
EU: the European Metalworkers’ Federation presents its Manifesto for industrial policy
Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) published a “Manifesto for more and better industrial jobs.” This document, 12 pages long, details the federation’s view of necessary actions...
12 February 2009
Germany: two studies drastically divided revive the debate on the protection against dismissals
Economy (IW), close to employers, and the Institute of Economic and Social Research of the Hans Blocker Foundation, close to unions, chose the same day to publish studies on the impact of the...
12 February 2009
Germany: investment bankers at the Dresdner Kleinwort to press charges to get their bonus
essed a around €1 billion in their unit in 2008 – the managers of the Dresdner Kleinwort investment bank – a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank, bought by the Commerzbank in January...
12 February 2009
Ecuador: paternity leave introduced
vernment of Ecuador approved the introduction of a ten-day paternity leave. However, only workers in the public and private sector affiliated with the social security will be entitled to it, i.e...
12 February 2009
Spain: controversy over employers’ proposal to create anti-crisis labor contracts
labor contract” with lower layoff pay was launched by the employers’ confederation of the Madrid region and used by Gerardo Diaz Ferran, leader of the CEOE employers’...
12 February 2009
Netherlands: De Unie abandons the agreement negotiated by its internet branch for Polish agency workers
executives’ union, announced that it abandoned the collective agreement negotiated during the week end of February 1 by the Internetvakbond, its internet branch, together with the...
12 February 2009
France: Brussels worried about the condition to maintain production in the country to give aid to the sector
10, Nelly Kroes, Commissioner for Competition, asked the French government to explain the plan to support the car industry presented to the press this week. She is worried about the guarantee to...
11 February 2009
Areva: evaluation of the European project on the development of social dialogue via the framework agreement on equal opportunities
e ODEO (“Open dialogue through equal opportunities”) project, which includes Areva’s EWC bureau and management representatives, presented its final report to the European...
11 February 2009
Spain: large businesses unwilling to negotiate equality plans in spite of the legal obligation
nforcement of the law on gender equality, the labor market is still resisting and very few businesses have developed equality plans or significantly increased the number of women within their...
11 February 2009
EU: calls for proposals to support social dialogue published
ished three calls for proposal aimed at supporting social dialogue with the co-funding of actions launched by the social partners. The call for proposals on information, consultation and the...
11 February 2009
Italy: bill reforming the right to strike in essential public services presented to unions
eshold for unions calling for a strike, prior declaration of individual participation to the strike, sanctions for those violating standards and a possible obligation to carry out a...
10 February 2009
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026