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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
EU: the Parliament’s committee on social affairs changes its mind regarding the working time of self-employed drivers
Rejecting the draft directive. The European Commission’s proposal to amend the 2002 road transport working time directive was rejected again, on April 28rth, by the European Parliament’s committee...
28 April 2010
Sweden: after 11 days of strike, the paper workers’ union gets raises up to 3.5% for low wages
Tough negotiating conditions. The strike was tough and had an important number of followers. On April 5th, the union sent a slowdown notice (refusal to work overtime) for the entire paper...
28 April 2010
Latin America: undeclared labor, an endemic that worsened with the crisis
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), over 46% of the labor market in Latin America corresponds to undeclared labor. No a single country defies this problem. The Columbian...
28 April 2010
Denmark: 3F and TIB prepare merger for 2011
In 2004 already, when 3F (Fagligt Fælles Forbund) was born from the merger between the General Union of Danish Workers (SiD) and the Women Workers’ Union (KAD), the negotiations included the TIB...
28 April 2010
Netherlands: collective agreements contain more and more provisions on flexible working hours and telework
A report published on April 23rd by the Department for Labor and Social Affairs shows that the possibilities of working from home are booming as part of collective agreements. From only 6% in...
28 April 2010
Corporate Practices: Investor AB to promote women’s careers at all levels, including boards
Pro-active policy to recruit women. “This is a key issue. Something must be done to improve, in the end, the number of female leaders” declared Investor AB’s VP, Börje Ekholm, in 2006. This...
27 April 2010
Germany: the IG-Metall starts reforming its structures and covets green industries
New decline in members and income. In 2009, the crisis didn’t spare the size and finances of the largest union in Germany. While, at the beginning of last year, the IG-Metall proudly announced...
27 April 2010
Italy: 13th Congress of the CGIL’s trade, tourism and services federation, Filcams, on the theme of a “bearable future”
“A bearable future in the service sector” was the title of the 13th congress of the Filcams-CGIL organized in Riccione on April 19-21. The 722 representatives elected the 187 members of the new...
26 April 2010
Portugal: nearly twenty sectoral strikes over the next three days
Transportation. Drivers at the CP – Portuguese railways – are the first to down tools for three days. The train drivers union (SMAQ) called for a partial strike (5-10 am) affecting about on in...
26 April 2010
Great Britain: unions support the Labour with little positive enthusiasm and more out of fear that the Tories will come back
The need to do so to protect their members’ interests is clearly paramount after the deepest recession with its detrimental effect on wages and jobs, the huge national debt to bailout the banks...
26 April 2010
EU: national provisions depriving employees on parental leave from the rights to leave they acquired before they left are contrary to Community law
The European Court of Justice interpreted Austrian national provisions in the light of three framework agreements negotiated by the European social partners: parental leave, part-time work and...
26 April 2010
Germany: marked decline in the number of strikers in 2009
More and more conflicts at company level. According to the WSI, the marked decline in the number of strikers in 2009 mostly comes from the fact that some key sectors, such as metal, already signed...
26 April 2010
Netherlands: after the success of their nine-week strike, cleaning agents went from the status of vulnerable workers to visible and organized workers
1,100 agents on strike and discernible chaos. This was the toughest social conflict in the Netherlands since 1933 – garbage piled up in train stations, at the Schiphol airport and at some...
26 April 2010
Italy: unions are ready to talk about Fiat’s industrial program
“We’re asking Italian unions to acknowledge what a great opportunity we’re offering” said Fiat’s managing director, Sergio Marchionne, when presenting the group’s industrial program 2010-2014 on...
23 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...
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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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