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Italy: banking sector collective agreement renewed
On 19 December, after a year of negotiations, social partners in Italy’s banking sector agreed a provisional deal to renew the national collective agreement (CCN), which applies to more than...
20 December 2019
France: France Telecom and several former executives found guilty of moral harassment
On 20 December, the correctional tribunal in Paris sentenced three former executives of France Télécom – the ex-CEO, deputy chief and human resources director – to a year in prison, of which eight...
20 December 2019
European social partners in the tourism and hospitality sectors call for better regulation of the platform economy
On 29 November, the EFAT (European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions) and HOTREC (Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe) federations signed a joint declaration calling...
20 December 2019
Spain: banking sector agreement on the right to disconnect and the implementation of daily working time records
Spain’s banking sector trade unions and employers’ bodies have concluded an agreement on employees’ right to disconnect (log out) during rest periods. The agreement is part of the negotiation over...
19 December 2019
EU: the European Trade Union Confederation is calling for a European directive on mandatory Human Rights due diligence and responsible business conduct
On 18 December, the ETUC Executive Committee approved a resolution calling for a European directive on mandatory Human Rights due diligence and responsible business conduct. This should establish...
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19 December 2019
Deutsche Post DHL together with both the UNI Global and ITF international trade union federations renew their commitments to anticipate and prevent human rights violations
On 25 November, Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) the UNI Global (services sector) and the ITF (transport sector) international trade union federations renewed, for a further period of two years, the...
18 December 2019
United States: 5 worker-activists denounce their employment terminations
In the space of just a few weeks tech giant Google has fired five of its staff, and not, according to the former employees in question, because of any breaches of internal regulations or any...
18 December 2019
Germany: government and employers commit to facilitating the immigration of non-European skilled labor
In June 2019, and in a bid to address Germany’s increasingly severe of skilled manpower shortage. The Bundestag adopted the ‘Law immigration of skilled workers’ (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz)...
17 December 2019
UNI Global Union publishes a guide to address and tackle LGBTI+ discrimination
On 12 December, the Equal Opportunities committee for the international services union federation, UNI Global Union, published a guide designed to help its members get a better understanding and...
17 December 2019
Argentina: first measures to try and stem the pace of dismissals
On 13 December, the center-left government of Argentina’s newly sworn in (10 December) President Alberto Fernández announced a decree that it published in the official bulletin entitled Emergencia...
17 December 2019
EU: UNI Europa ICTS issues recommendations for social partners regarding AI deployment
On 12 December the information, communications, technology and services (ICTS) branch of the European skills and services trade union federation UNI Europa published a report dedicated to...
16 December 2019
Mexico: public debate launched on the regulation of subcontracting
Having been on the political agenda in Mexico for months, the heated issue of how subcontracting and outsourcing is governed is soon to be discussed in the country’s upper and lower houses of...
16 December 2019
EU: mobility package nears final destination
The EU has taken a new step forward in the fight against social dumping. After a long night of negotiations on 12 December, representatives of the European institutions reached a provisional...
13 December 2019
USMCA: definitive version of the United States–Mexico–Canada Free Trade Agreement implements a new resolution mechanism for trade union freedom disputes
Following weeks of bitter negotiations between Mexico and the United States, negotiators have finally succeeded in releasing the paralysis surrounding ratification of the future USMCA free trade...
12 December 2019
Germany: the Saarland seeks to adopt new public procurement related legislation in a bid to strengthen the collective agreement system
Faced with the on-going decline in the number of companies operating under collective agreements within the Saarland, on 11 December 2019 Anke Rehlinger (SPD), the Minister for the State’s Economy...
12 December 2019
Italy: new themes starting to feature in collective bargaining
Employee involvement in work organization, competences and skills development, productivity bonuses in partial exchange for additional leave times, combatting sexual harassment, protecting the...
11 December 2019
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026