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United States: IG Metall is establishing a presence in Tennessee, in support of UAW led unionization in German owned automakers and suppliers
The UAW already enjoys IG Metall’s full support in its efforts to unionize at German-owned auto manufacturers and suppliers. The UAW still has to establish its first European-like works council in...
20 November 2015
EU: European Commission consults with the European social partners on addressing the challenges of work-life balance
At this stage the social partners are being consulted on the direction EU action could take over the work-life challenges facing parents and those caring for close dependents. In August 2015, the...
19 November 2015
France: the Senate rejects a draft law on multinationals’ due diligence
During the night of 18 November the French Senate voted ‘No’ to the draft law on multinational companies’ due diligence. This text had intended to oblige France’s largest companies to take...
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19 November 2015
Great Britain: London’s 18 bus companies agree to negotiate its first collective agreement for the 27,000 drivers since privatization over 20 years ago.
Following strike action at the beginning of 2015 undertaken by Unite bus drivers, the union has secured negotiations, facilitated by the state conciliation service ACAS, with London's 18 bus...
19 November 2015
Italy: unions retain a positive image amongst Italy’s workers
During the CISL national conference currently underway, the confederation union presented its study on the unions’ image in Italy. Undertaken with a representative sample of Italian workers from...
18 November 2015
Germany: preparations for a draft law on restrictions over temporary contracts and services provisions contracts (Werkverträge)
On Monday 16 November, Andrea Nahles, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, in following the coalition government’s program, presented parliament with her third key project that looks to...
18 November 2015
United States: more than 10 years of history between management and the autoworkers union, UAW over unionizing at Nissan (Canton, Mississippi)
Between 02-07 November, workers at the Nissan Canton plant (Mississippi) have visited France for the second time seeking support for their struggle to unionize the Canton plant.
18 November 2015
Spain: social partners conclude the Catalonia Interbranch 2015-2017 Agreement
The Catalonian federations of the UGT and CCOO unions together with the employers’ bodies Foment del treball and Fepime have concluded a principle agreement on a Catalonia Interbranch Agreement...
17 November 2015
Germany: the central WC of Porsche obtains the right to review employment decisions for tasks being outsourced
On Monday 16 November in an interview with the Stuttgarter Zeitung publication, Uwe Hück, president of Porsche’s central WC indicated that in discussions with Porsche management he had obtained...
17 November 2015
COP 21: unions appeal for a ‘fair transition’
With just a few days to go before COP 21 gets underway, unions worried over the consequences of climate change for jobs across the globe are appealing for any climate agreement to include a...
17 November 2015
Great Britain: New left-leaning general secretary of GMB general union elected
After ten years leading the GMB union, Paul Kenny is to be succeeded by Tim Roache. Roache is expected to take the union slightly further to the left while pursuing a more aggressive stance of...
13 November 2015
Germany: the coalition government agrees unambitious ‘flexible retirement’ measures
On 10 November social experts from the three coalition government parties announced that after a year of difficult negotiations they had come to an agreement over ‘flexi-rente’. General opinion is...
12 November 2015
Greece: public and private sector unions’ call for a 24-hour general strike for Thursday 12 November
On 12 November, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras will have to contend with his first general strike since he came to power. Public and private sector unions are complaining about new...
11 November 2015
EU: the CJEU restricts governments’ capacity to exclude certain employment contract terminations from collective redundancy procedures
In a preliminary ruling handed down on 11 November relating to Spanish law, the CJEU decided that employment contract terminations taking the form of contractual terminations stemming from a...
11 November 2015
Germany: Federal Labor Court rules that temporary workers also count in the vote for the Supervisory Board employee representatives
On 04 November the Federal Labor Court ruled that temporary staff would have more influence in Germany’s co-management business model. The judges had to rule on arrangements for electing employee...
11 November 2015
EU: David Cameron sets out his demands for keeping the UK in the EU
On Tuesday 10 November 2015, UK Prime Minister David Cameron officially laid out his demands for maintaining the UK’s presence in the EU. The Prime Minister said he was looking for the EU to hold...
10 November 2015
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026