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Thanks to a formerly cheap labor pool, crucial for building the ‘world factory’, China has become the world’s biggest manufacturing country making one fifth of the global manufacturing products...

22 June 2016

Sweden: law on whistle-blowers (Visselblåsare) is finally adopted

On 08 June Sweden’s parliament adopted a draft law that was initially presented in May 2014 and that aims to bolster protection for whistle-blowers. The law is set to come into force on 01 January...

22 June 2016

EU: the ETUC calls for a framework directive on workers’ participation at board level

Between 08-09 June the ETUC Executive Committee adopted a resolution in favor of a directive enabling stronger arrangements in terms of both information and consultation and participation at board...

20 June 2016

Bulgaria: a new collective agreement for the tourism sector

On May 26, 2016 a new collective agreement for the Tourism branch was signed by the Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (BTC), on behalf of employers, and three trade unions, the National Federation ‘Trade...

20 June 2016

India: amid much vacillating the government is set to relaunch law reforms

Two years after taking up power, India’s current center-right-wing BJP (nationalist Hindu Bharativa Janata Party) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) still hasn’t delivered on its labor...

20 June 2016

EU: European agreement over conflict minerals

The European Union will soon have new rules framing imports of conflict minerals that will include mandatory upstream responsibilities and voluntary downstream responsibilities.

17 June 2016

EU: the European Trade Union Confederation adopts a resolution on digitalization

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) believes that public authorities at all levels as well as the social partners should seek to shape digitalization so that it is not subject to the...

17 June 2016

EU: French and German legislation under fire over a requirement for foreign transport businesses to pay minimum wage levels

On 16 June the European Commission published its monthly infringements document, which this time sees France under fire for requiring foreign transportation operators to pay their workers France’s...

17 June 2016

Austria: social partners in the metals sector reach a landmark agreement over flexibility

On Wednesday 15 June in Vienna, Austria’s machinery and metal ware employers’ body the FMMI together with the PRO-GE (Industry) and GPA-dip (Private sector employees) unions presented an...

16 June 2016

Italy: government studies formulae for combining early retirement with bank loans

A second meeting between unions and the government over retirement and jobs was held on 14 June and was the forum for labor Minister Giuliano Poletti to present the main thrusts of the APE project...

16 June 2016

Spain: CCOO union confederation wants to ‘rethink the union’

The CCOO union has started looking to its future. 350 people from both the union machine and the militant wings will come together on 21 June to examine the future of unionism as well as its much...

16 June 2016

United States : tourism business and unions mount an offensive against Airbnb

In the State of New York, hospitality unions together with real estate and tourism businesses are joining forces to lobby for an anti-Airbnb law. Two lobbying camps are behind a proposal for a...

16 June 2016

EU: a European Commission report studies the impact of the new EWC Directive on arrangements for workers’ information and consultation

Directive 2009/38 on European Works Councils required the European Commission to deliver a report by 05 June 2016 that would evaluate the Directive’s transposition, and include proposals to meet...

15 June 2016

Romania: the government is working on implementing a new dual system of professional education

The Ministry of Education has launched a public debate on the proposal for a new dual system of professional education, the aim of which is to offer additional viable training paths for youngsters...

15 June 2016

EU: interview with Luc Triangle, newly elected General Secretary of the European industrial union federation industriAll Europe

The second IndustriAll European Trade Union Congress took place in Madrid from 7 – 9 June 2016 (see article n°9721) and saw a new team head up the organization. Luc Triangle is the federation’s...

14 June 2016

EU: IndustriAll Europe union federation holds its second congress

IndustriAll Europe’s second congress took place between 07 and 09 June in Madrid and was held against a backdrop of a decline in Europe’s industry that is currently under pressure from EU...

14 June 2016

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