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Germany: IG-Metall leads new offensive of German unions against temporary work
Launch a general debate to change the law. Sponsored by no less than three former Employment Ministers from the social-democratic and conservative governments of Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl and...
5 May 2010
Netherlands: pensions at the heart of the electoral campaign
Increasing statutory retirement age from 65 to 67 in 2020, was already subject to many debates and a bill last year. The reform, to which populist right-wing Geert Wilders and the small Socialist...
5 May 2010
France: permanent adoption of the law guaranteeing fair pay conditions to employees affected by a redeployment procedure abroad
Identified loopholes. Article L. 1233-4 of the Labor Code provides that “the economic layoff of an employee can only accepted when all training and adjustment efforts have been made and when the...
5 May 2010
Germany: Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn complete their data protection systems and turn over a new leaf on past scandals
New “Committee on Data Protection” for DB. Even though Deutsche Bahn is facing a new corruption and bribery scandal, this time affecting a subsidiary, DB International, the company announced the...
4 May 2010
Air France/KLM: renewal of the agreement on the EWC
The protocol for the group European works council of Air France KLM, renegotiated in 2006, already contained, anticipatory changes introduced by the new EWC directive. The transnational decision...
4 May 2010
Russia: new federation of manufacturing unions
The FNPR, a sectoral and social partnership union. Heir to soviet unionism, with its 27 million members – i.e. a great majority of the 46% of union members in the country – the Federation of...
4 May 2010
Air France/KLM: framework agreement to supervise the European-wide reorganization of sales agencies in airports
With the prospect of changing the role of sales agencies in airports (ATO), which will follow different modalities and rhythms, Air France KLM’s European group committee (CGE) and management think...
3 May 2010
Germany: 3rd interim employers’ federation (iGZ) signed minimum wage agreement with the German Confederation of Trade Unions
For the second year in a row, the introduction of universal minimum wage was one of the central claims of the German Confederation of Trade Unions during Labor Day demonstrations. However, since...
3 May 2010
United States: a woman at the head of the powerful SEIU union
A growing trade union. Until now, Mary Kay Henry, 52, was in charge of the organization’s health unit. She got promoted when Andrew Stern, charismatic and controversial leader of SEIU, who...
3 May 2010
Denmark: experts say nanotechnologies could be as dangerous to workers as asbestos
Booming in Denmark, nanotechnologies and nano-products is revolutionizing a wide range of industrial products and processes, from food packaging to surface treatment, to the textile, chemical...
3 May 2010
Caterpillar: unions lay the foundations for a global union network
Tense dialog with the management. 70 American, European and Japanese Caterpillar representatives met on April 28-29 under the aegis of the IMF in Echirolles, Izere, France. The aim of this meeting...
30 April 2010
Great Britain: unions set the creation of green jobs as their priority but forget the fight on working conditions
The key policy demand from the union movement upon the three major political parties in the current general election has been job creation. In the current context of unemployment rising to 2.5m...
30 April 2010
Germany: Hans Böckler foundation reveals that the European Company status isn’t used to reduce employee representativeness
134 “real” SEs. The analysis presented on April 23rd by the legal department of the Hans Böckler foundation is based on recent data (March 2010) about the adoption of the SE status in the EU since...
29 April 2010
Norway: unions want to debate the issue of support to employees caring for elderly parents during the ongoing negotiations
Worrying prospects. For several years now, all studies on the issue converge. A study carried out by the Institute for Applied International Studies of Oslo (FAFO) in 2007 showed that a little...
29 April 2010
Great Britain: Royal Mail workers say yes to the agreement signed between the management and the CWU
CWU satisfied. “This is a strong ballot result for a strong deal” declared Dave Ward, CWU deputy general secretary. “And we're delighted that our members have fully supported this hard fought for...
29 April 2010
EU: new strategy and adapted workers for green cars
40 actions. “The global car fleet is predicted to grow from 800 million to 1.6 billion vehicles by 2030. This doubling of the global car fleet calls for a step change in technology to ensure...
29 April 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...
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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