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Italy: separate agreement for the renewal of the metalworking collective agreement
“One of the smoothest agreements in history.” This is how Roberto Santarelli, Federmeccanica’s chair, qualified the separate agreement for the renewal of the metalworking CCN, signed on October 15...
16 October 2009
Great Britain: two-day national strike in postal sector
Mail will be totally blocked for several days. The CWU said that it made an offer to Royal Mail’s management, which the latter rejected without even looking into it. The company said the strike...
16 October 2009
Portugal: two large employers’ associations merge to be more representative
Already contemplated in the past but never carried out, the merger between the AEP and AIP answers the need for organizational modernization and the “current national and international economic...
16 October 2009
GDF Suez: EWC members elect a Belgian member as their secretary
On October 13, during the first meeting of GDF Suez’s EWC, recently created (see our dispatch No. 090489), the structure’s staff representatives elected a Belgian representative as secretary. His...
15 October 2009
Spain: unions and Magna failed to reach an agreement on the future of Opel’s Figueruelas site
While the Unite British union concluded an agreement with Magna to maintain the Luton and Ellesmere sites operational with no major job cuts, Spanish unions are still trying to bargain with magna...
15 October 2009
Great Britain: law transposing temporary work directive postponed to October 2011
Help businesses recover from the economic crisis. The European directive on agency workers gives them more rights, including the right to equal pay with permanent workers after 12 weeks in a...
15 October 2009
United States: agreement reached between Ford and the UAW
Wage freeze and
no-strike provision.
The management of the carmaker and the management of the United Auto Workers
(UAW) have reached a new tentative agreement. Three key measures were approved:
15 October 2009
EU: joint declaration by the European Metalworkers’ Federation and the European Association of Automotive Suppliers on the future of the automotive industry
This statement is the result of a one-year project co-funded by the European Commission, studying good practices in the sector to adjust to change. “EMF and Clepa see the current situation in the...
15 October 2009
Belgium: new banking sectoral agreement
The La CNE, SETca, LBC and CGSLB for unions and the Fedelfin for employers signed, on October 9, the 2009-10 banking sectoral agreement. Negotiations were held in May and September as part of the...
14 October 2009
Italy: unions and employers in the temporary work sector agree on a single sectoral collective agreement
Single CCN. On October 9, Alleanza Lavoro signed with Assolavoro (Confindustria) and the Nidil CGIL, Alai Cisl and Uil CPO unions an agreement “restoring conventional unity” in the temporary work...
14 October 2009
Germany: massive appeal to short-time working as an obstacle to businesses’ competitiveness
High “leftover costs.” An IAB study shows that, since the crisis began, businesses introduced short-time working requests for over 3.4 million employees. In June 2008, over 1.4 million German...
14 October 2009
Portugal: outsourcing sector signs code of conduct
Competence,
transparency and better working conditions. The signatories accepted to only commit for
service contracts for which they are directly competent. They also adopted a
confidentiality...
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14 October 2009
United States: bill strengthens the fight against age discrimination
Three heavyweights of the democratic party presented a bill to improve American laws on age discrimination and against a four-month-old supreme court ruling. Tom Harkin, democratic Iowa senator...
14 October 2009
Germany: company agreement on “the future” for ThyssenKrupp’s stainless steel subsidiary
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta and its 4,500 employees
were almost the victims of the major restructuring organized by ThyssenKrupp
AG, the parent company (see
our dispatch No. 090491). The latter, which...
14 October 2009
Denmark: “ability assessment” replaces medical certificates to reduce absenteeism
Reduce the number of sick leaves. Since October 5, medical certificates have been replaced by “ability assessments” (mulighedserklæring). It is composed of two sheets, one filled by the employer...
14 October 2009
Great Britain: Royal Mail employees vote yes to national strike
A strike to protest against job and service cuts. Two years after the last national postmen strike, a similar scenario is taking shape in the UK. “This is a huge vote of no confidence in Royal...
13 October 2009
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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