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EU: Europe’s trade unions hold their 13th Congress in Paris
The 13th ETUC Congress started today September 29 with the speeches of high-profile political figures. The Presidents of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and of the European...
29 September 2015
Sweden: trade unions and employers bodies indicate their expectations ahead of the 2016 round of negotiations
2016 is an important year for Sweden when 70% of collective agreements will come up for renegotiation. For several months now the different organizations have been preparing their arguments. What...
29 September 2015
Solvay: a charter to coordinate social dialogue across various levels
On 11 September management at Solvay Group and the Solvay European Works Council signed a ‘Charter on good collaboration practice’, which represents a first foray into coordinating Europe-wide...
29 September 2015
Austria: Metals industry bosses block collective negotiations right from the outset
Austria’s most important collective negotiations of the year are the Metal industry talks and this year they got off to what the unions termed an unprecedented ‘bang’. On Thursday 24th September...
28 September 2015
Great Britain: be it through fear or by voluntary action companies are starting to pay the Living Wage
Starbucks, the famous US coffee chain stole a march on its competitors in announcing on Friday 25 September that it would pay the Government’s target “National Living Wage” (c.f. article No. 9180)...
28 September 2015
Sweden: new requirements for combatting work related psychosocial risks
In January 2015 the government announced occupational safety as its priority (c.f. article No. 8857) but as psychosocial risks and mental stress continue unabated this has proved insufficient. The...
28 September 2015
EU: the 13th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation takes place on Tuesday 29 September in Paris
The ETUC’s 13th Congress will take place under the banner “Quality jobs and workers’ rights and fair society in Europe”. The Congress runs from 29 September until 02 October and will offer a high...
25 September 2015
United States: marking a first, auto parts workers in a factory in the southern state of Alabama vote to join the UAW
The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has just made its first inroads into Alabama, one of the southern States most opposed to all forms of organized labor.
25 September 2015
Germany: Daimler signs an agreement to strengthen and spread its “Generation Management activities”
On Tuesday 22 September both the HR department and the central works council at the German automaker Daimler signed an “Agreement strengthening generation management” at the company. It contains...
24 September 2015
Germany: reelected head of Verdi, Frank Bsirske puts digital transformation at the heart of the service union’s activity
Frank Bsirske (63) has headed up the services union Verdi since its inception in 2001 and for the fifth time in a row he has been reelected as its head during the Verdi congress being held in...
23 September 2015
Italy: the CGIL starts ‘cutting red tape’ in order to attract more members
Attracting more members and strengthening unions in the workplace and across the country. Such are the priorities taken up by the 6th CGIL conference, held in Rome on September 17 and 18. One of...
22 September 2015
Germany: six big meat industry companies commit to combatting social dumping
Following a series of scandals over the exploitation of Eastern European workers in German abattoirs, the meat industry’s six biggest companies Tönnies, Vion, Heidemark, Danish Crown, Lohmann and...
22 September 2015
Greece: what lies ahead for the new Alexis Tsipras government
Alexis Tsipras who was overwhelmingly re-elected on Sunday is readying the country for the new aid plan Greece signed with the EUR, the ECB, and the IMF in July. In order to receive a new tranche...
22 September 2015
Great Britain: living wage to be paid by a supermarket chain, marking a first for the sector
The quirky fashion and lifestyle retailer, Oliver Bonas, became the first high street chain to pay the independent living wage at the end of the summer to its 500 staff across its 43 shops and...
21 September 2015
United States: Fiat Chrysler and the UAW union conclude their wage negotiations
This weekend details of the project agreement concluded on 15 September 2015 between the United Automobile workers (UAW) union and one of the ‘big 3’ automakers, Fiat Chrysler, were made public...
21 September 2015
Germany: employers now implementing measures to integrate refugees into their business
Integrating refugees into the fabric of Germany’s economy is becoming more generalized whereas until a short time ago this had been limited to just a handful of job offers. On 17 September...
18 September 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