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Italy: Eni and Ilva sign operational protocol on security at work in Tarente industrial area
The operational protocol signed on November 11 by Ilva, Eni, the Apulia region, the National Institute for Insurance against Industrial Accidents (Inail), the Ministry of Employment, the Ministry...
18 November 2013
Great Britain: government inquires into unions’ behavior within the framework of collective disputes
The Coalition government has established a formal inquiry into the tactics of unions in industrial disputes in the wake of the bitter Ineos-Unite battle at Grangemouth. The prime minister’s office...
18 November 2013
Spain: agreement in the dispute of cleaning and gardening services in Madrid
The agreement reached yesterday, November 17, puts an end to 13 days of strike in cleaning and gardening services in Madrid. It is considered as a victory by the trade unions, UGT (majority union...
18 November 2013
Germany: conservatives and social-democrats announce agreement on the introduction of a mandatory quota of women on boards
The Family Commission, one of the 16 commissions created by Angela Merkel’s conservative union (CDU/CSU) and the social-democratic party (SPD) within the framework of the negotiations for the...
18 November 2013
Denmark: “chain responsibility” in public sites at the center of the campaign for the municipal elections
The issue of social dumping could be decisive in the outcome of the municipal election of November 19. LO signed agreements with left-wing parties in several towns, who commit themselves, in...
18 November 2013
Spain: latest government statistics on collective bargaining show that the agreements negotiated confirm pay freeze or cut
The Ministry of Labor released statistics about the collective agreements signed after the 2012 labor market reform. They point out that lower labor costs have been achieved as one third of...
18 November 2013
Austria: trade social partners sign first collective agreement over 2 years
The social partners in the Austrian trade industry, the DPA-djp union and the Trade Department of the Austrian Economic Chambers (WKÖ), presented, for the first time in the sector’s history, a...
15 November 2013
Canada: H&M strikes first unionization agreement in Quebec
On November 2, the UFCW union announced that workers at H&M in Joliette, Québec had signed their first collective agreement, which expires in 2016 and improves pay conditions and personal...
15 November 2013
United States: IAM rejects Boeing’s new collective contract
The International Union of Machinists (IAM) at Bowing rejected the 8-year contract guaranteeing employment in exchange for major concessions in terms of retirement and health Boeing offered to...
15 November 2013
Germany: Verdi unions agrees to the 2.3 percent wage increase negotiated at the end of October at IBM Deutschland
On Monday, November 11, Verdi’s Federal Committee on information technologies and data processing accepted the collective agreement negotiated by the company social partners at the end of October...
14 November 2013
Great Britain: Unite launches credit union network to save its members from contracting payday loans
The Unite union has launched a new credit union service, in a bid it says ‘to take on payday lenders, encourage saving and offer members finance without fear’. The service has been expressly...
14 November 2013
EU: report on draft directives on seasonal workers and intragroup posting for extra-Community workers
Extra-Community seasonal workers may now enjoy decent working and living conditions, such as minimum wage and adequate housing, by virtue of the compromise adopted by the Parliament and the...
14 November 2013
Japan: the long working hours culture is hard to oust
In Japan, even if the official workweek is 40 hours, unpaid overtime remains an old tradition. In spite of some changes to labor law and the effort made by some businesses to avoid abuses...
14 November 2013
Italy: after leaving Eni, Snam is defining its own industrial relations model
Snam Group, the biggest company in Italy for transportation, regasification, supply and storage of natural gas, signed an agreement on October 17 for a new industrial relations system with the...
13 November 2013
Estonia: first finance union created
So far, Estonia didn’t have a trade union in the finance industry. Since September 11, 2013, the sector’s workers can join a sectoral union. Officially called the “Estonian Association of...
13 November 2013
Austria: collective bargaining in the metal industry end with a 2.8 percent unitary increase
After bargaining for 7 weeks, the social partners in the metal industry signed, on Thursday, November 8, the 6th and last collective agreement for the 7,000 foundry workers. For the six sub metal...
13 November 2013
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026