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Denmark: employees from the private sector accepted the collective agreements
The collective agreements negotiated in the past few months by Danish social partners in the private sector were adopted by almost 56% of the employees who took part in the vote. The participation...
3 May 2007
Great Britain: employers are asking for the recognition of internal trainings
The English workforce is less unskilled than it looks : what goes unnoticed is the trainings, in particular trainings within companies, because they are not recognized by national organizations...
2 May 2007
Germany: warning strikes in the metallurgy sector doubled in intensity
On the eve of new wage negotiations qualified of "decisive" by the Bade-Wurtemberg, the German union IG-Metall extended, on May 2, its warning strikes to the entire country. 61,000 metalworkers...
2 May 2007
EU: social dialogue in the textile sector is going to be strengthened in the new member States
Next May 30 and 31, in Brussels, European social partners from the textile sector will meet to present their initiatives with a view to present sectorial social dialogue in the new EU member...
30 April 2007
EU: social partners from the textile sector are talking about recommendations in terms of reorganizations
European social partners from the textile sector decided, on April 25, 2007, to present before the recommendations committee of sectorial social dialogue, established by an independent work group...
30 April 2007
EU: unions form the Visegrad group adopted a joint declaration on the strengthening of social dialogue
During a conference entitled "social dialogue in central and western Europe: Experience and prospects", organized on April 24, 2007 in Poland, unions from the Višegrad (*) group adopted a joint...
30 April 2007
Alcatel-lucent : the Paris’ first instance court is not opposed to the continuation of the information-consultation procedure
In a summary order pronounced on April 27, 2007, the court of first instance in Paris admittedly sentenced the Alcatel-Lucent group to provide its European work's council with further information...
27 April 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European WC is asking the EU for a more efficient R&D policy
During a meeting with a group of Eurodeputies on April 24, 2007, members from Alcatel-Lucent's EWC asked for a European industrial policy which would preserve more skilled jobs. (Ref. 070385)
27 April 2007
Netherlands: eastern borders will be open on May 1st
After much equivocation, the Dutch Parliament finally voted, on April 25, the opening, on May 1st, of borders to workers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia...
27 April 2007
General Motors: the EMF and the European work’s council are threatening to block negotiations in the entire group as long as the Anvers factory question has not been settled
The future of General Motors' Anvers factory is not yet assured but unions and the car manufacturer's European management are working on it. The plan would be to build 80,000 Chevrolets in 2010...
27 April 2007
Germany: the building union (IG-Bau) wants to become an “participative union” to face the crisis undermining it
On the occasion of an extraordinary congress which took place last Sunday (April 22, 2007,) the IG BAU's 300 delegates voted in favor of an internal reform which is supposed to strengthen original...
27 April 2007
France: a decree specified stay conditions for EU citizens
A decree passed on March 21, 2007 gave a few details about the July 24, 2006 law which transposed the 2004/38 directive concerning the right to stay for EU citizens and their family members. This...
27 April 2007
EU: the European Commission’s services are working on the revision if the directive on European WC
During a debate in the European Parliament on the theme of the enforcement of workers' rights to information and consultation, which took place on the night of April 25, the Commissioner in charge...
26 April 2007
Germany: the Federal Labour Court allowed appealing to strike for social plans’ renegotiations
In the event of a company closure or of a relocation, German law plans the negotiation of a redundancy scheme between the management and the WC. Appeal to strike is then forbidden. For a little...
26 April 2007
EU: European social partners signed the framework agreement on harassment and violence at work
General secretaries from the ETUC on the union side and from BusinessEurope, the UEAPME and the CEEP on the managerial side signed, today April 26, 2007, the framework agreement on harassment and...
26 April 2007
Netherlands: the question of post employees’ remuneration is popping up in the debate on the postal market’s liberalization
Yesterday, the Labour MPs of the PVDA (Party for Labour and Progress), member of the coalition ruling, threatened to block the postal market's liberalization, planned for January 1, 2008, if...
26 April 2007
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025