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EU: energy social partners request structured dialog with the Commission on the social impact of energy policies
Structured dialog. The representatives of public service workers, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers’ Federation (EMCEF) and...
28 June 2010
Germany: end of the Cockpit/Lufthansa conflict
Review of the group’s collective agreement. Cockpit spokesman Jörg Handwerg told Planet Labor that he was satisfied with the compromise reached after the conciliation procedure launched in early...
28 June 2010
Italy: great turnout for the general strike the CGIL launched against the government’s economic maneuver
“We’re not an uncomplaining country” declared Susanna Camusso, Deputy Secretary-General of the CGIL, during the interminable demonstration in Bologna (100,000+ participants according to the CGIL)...
28 June 2010
Statkraft: European leader in renewable energy establishes a EWC
Owned by the Norwegian State, Statkraft is the biggest renewable energy company in Europe, especially for the production of water power. Based in Oslo, the company employs 3,400 people in 20...
25 June 2010
Austria: GPA-djp union undertakes offensive against the “avoidance of collective agreements and laws” in call centers
According to the GPA-djp, the approximately 250 call centers in Austria employ around 25,000 people and 5,000-6,000 free agents considered as self-employed workers. The number of free agents is...
24 June 2010
France Telecom: global works council for the French telco
Employing 181,000 people throughout the world, 43% of them outside of France and 12% outside European, according to the communiqué released by the group, France Telecom-Orange wanted to create “a...
24 June 2010
EU: social partners’ answer to the consultation on working time
After years of negotiations (which, in the end, failed) on the revision of the 2003 working time directive, the social partners have to express themselves about the EU’s future courses on the...
24 June 2010
United States: UAW concerned with Toyota’s American employees
The auto crisis severely affected unions last year. Today, the powerful UAW only has 355,000 members left, like in the 1940s. At its glory time, in 1979, the UAW had 1.5 million members.
24 June 2010
EU: ETUC and BusinessEurope’s joint interpretation of some of the provisions of the new EWC directive
In the letter sent to the European Commission on June 14th, ETUC Confederal Secretary Catalene Passchier and Jørgen Rønnest, chairman of BusinessEurope’s Social Affairs Committee, explain their...
23 June 2010
Germany: Federal Labor Court cancels the principle of “tariff unity” in businesses
Several rival agreements can now co-exist. Reviewing its case law, the Federal Labor Court rejected, in its decree (Ref. 10 AS 2/10 and 10 AS 3/10) the principle of “tariff unity,” which used to...
23 June 2010
Italy: workers voted yes to the separate agreement on the restructuring of Fiat’s Pomigliano site
The overwhelming majority Fiat wanted to go through with its restructuring plan for the Pomigliano d’Arco site, subject to a separate agreement signed on June 15th by the Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil...
23 June 2010
Austria: government and social partners agree to force businesses to publish men and women’s wages
It is notably the publication by the Department for Women of the “Women’s Report” (Frauenbericht), the first in 15 years, that motivated the social partners to bargain with the government for an...
23 June 2010
Great Britain: the conflict between British Airways and Unite keeps dragging on
With no further meetings planned, the Unite union – which represents the cabin crew – is planning to organise a further ballot for strike action which – if producing a ‘yes’ vote - would allow...
23 June 2010
Spain: commentary on the decree-law reforming the labor market
During the last two years, unions and employers have been trying to reach an agreement on the labor market reform. After a decade of impressive economic growth and decline of unemployment levels...
23 June 2010
Germany: DGB demands a review of the bill on the protection of employees’ private data
The DGB finds this bill excruciating. In November 2009, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice created a stir by announcing that they were working on a bill on the protection of...
22 June 2010
Greece: women are the first victims of the pension reform
Strict application of the equality principle. The government justifies those changes by the ECJ’s sentence for failure to respect the fundamental principle of gender equality. After the...
22 June 2010
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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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026