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Germany: Deutsche Bahn to introduce new part-time apprenticeship for single parents
1.6m single parents. “These days, vocational training must be compatible with raising a kid” explained DB Personnel Director Ulrich Weber when launching “2012, the apprenticeship year” on...
5 September 2012
EU: coming proposal to introduce quotas for women on boards
According to the Financial Times, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding should propose, in October, binding rules to increase the number of women on the boards of large and medium-sized...
4 September 2012
Portugal: more strikes in oil, energy and transportation
The federation of heavy industry and oil unions, Fiequimetal, issued a three-day strike notice for September 17, 18 and 19, 2012. It is calling for wage increases and protesting against the new...
3 September 2012
Safran: European negotiations to integrate young people in the company
The international high tech supplier and the European manufacturing federations, IndustriALL European Trade Union, should meet on September 20 to negotiate a European agreement on the integration...
2 September 2012
Italy: new interconfederal agreement gives union headquarters the authority to validate the authenticity of consensual resignations and terminations
Confindustria, the employers' organization, and the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions signed, on August 3, an agreement allowing unions to confirm the authenticity of resignations, a procedure introduced...
31 August 2012
United States: Siemens plant blamed for union busting a few weeks after signing an international framework agreement
Just
like T-Mobile USA – Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary, see our dispatch No. 120403 –, the management of a Siemens unit
in the US is being accused of antiunion practices. A few days...
31 August 2012
Italy: GDF Suez Energia Italia Spa and unions sign new IR protocol
On the one hand, a “more and more technically sophisticated market, the unruliness of the energy market and the increase in competitive pressure.” On the other, the process of integrating the...
30 August 2012
Germany: Verdi and police unions fight in the airport safety sector
Verdi says security agents aren’t police. “They’re liars, crooks!” Andreas Sander, chief negotiator in the aircraft industry for Verdi, doesn’t mince his words when describing the way the German...
30 August 2012
Carlsberg: LO union and the company sign cooperation agreement to improve the conditions of beer developers in Cambodia
Indeed, since 2006, Carlsberg has been working with Cambrew, in partner in the Cambodian joint venture, and with NGOs such as Care International Cambodia – whose report on the conditions of beer...
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29 August 2012
Italy: ENEL signs new industrial relations protocol
Goals and confrontation levels. To face the market crisis and tighter competitiveness, the protocol is banking on strengthening a “constructive atmosphere” based on dialogue and mutual trust, in...
29 August 2012
Germany: Ufo flight attendants union launches strike at Lufthansa
Coming back from a vacation might be tricky in Germany. On Tuesday, August 26, the small flying personnel union, Ufo, called on Lufthansa's 19,000 flight attendants to take part in strike action...
28 August 2012
Great Britain: small unions are having a hard time influencing negotiations on public sector pensions
Unison members in England and Wales have voted 90.2% in favour of accepting the now revised changes to the LGPS following a ‘yes’ vote recommendation by their union leadership. The revised...
28 August 2012
Denmark: Labor Minister wanted to improve the psychological environment at work
Earlier this month, Labor Minister Mette Frederiksen, determined to see the number of workers affected by violence at work drop, presented three initiatives aiming to improve the psychological...
27 August 2012
Corporate practices: at Daimler, work-life balance isn’t an all-female issue anymore
Somewhere between a changing table and the production hall. The biggest heavyweight assembly plant in the world, Mercedes-Benz’s site in Wörth, North Rhine-Westphalia, spreads over 2.4000.000...
27 August 2012
Italy: operations at Ilva Tarente will resume if it gets up to date
The two ordinances, signed on July 26 by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Tarente Court, Patrizia Todisco, within the framework of the investigation on the “environmental disaster...
27 August 2012
Portugal: labor cost 10 percent higher than the average in the Euro zone
Portuguese competitiveness is slowly going up, the Central Bank of Portugal having published slightly decreasing unitary labor costs. However, it is still higher than the average in the rest of...
27 August 2012
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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