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Czech Republic : Skoda Auto has reached wage agreement with its unions
One day after a warning strike (see our article n°070349), Skoda Auto management and the carmaker's unions reached a wage agreement. Skoda Auto, originally a Czech car manufacturer, is a member of...
23 April 2007
Great Britain: Royal Mail is closing 73 post offices, transferred to a bookstore-news stand chain
The Royal Mail public post office is going to close 70 main post offices and transfer them to the WH Smith chain, specialized in the sale of books and newspapers. The CWU, the communication...
23 April 2007
Poland: the privatization of the state-owned firm will change their workers’ involvement rules
In accordance with a 2006 law, all Polish public companies have to be privatized by June 30, 2007. Privatization operations lead to changes in regulations concerning employees' representation at...
20 April 2007
Spain: the law on subcontracting on building sites came into effect
The law on the supervision of subcontracting in the building sector, published in the official journal on October 19, 2006 (see our story n°061155) came into effect on April 19, 2007. It limits to...
20 April 2007
Netherlands: managers’ pay is being debated
Chief executive officers' excessive incomes are at the heart of a debate within Parliament, and an association of small shareholders has just published the list of what it considers as the most...
19 April 2007
Porsche: the car manufacturer will adopt the European Company (EC) status in June 2007
Following its takeover of Volkswagen, the luxury car manufacturer announced that it wanted to try to transform into an EC, through the creation of a holding company. Even though the measure will...
19 April 2007
Great Britain : two British unions are uniting with an American one to try to establish joint negotiations with multinationals
Two of the largest British unions, Amicus and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) signed an agreement on Wednesday April 18 with their American counterpart - United Steel Workers (USW)...
19 April 2007
Spain : a new regulation on vocational training
The Spanish government adopted a royal decree, last March 23th 2007, which deeply amended the vocational training system. Francisco Gomez Abelleira, labour law profesor in the Carlos III...
18 April 2007
Royal BAM : an international framework agreement on workers’ rights signed
The Dutch construction group, the building and wood workers' international (BWWI) and the Dutch unions FNV and CNV signed, on April 11, 2007, an open ended international framework agreement (IFA)...
18 April 2007
International: the ETUC and the ITUC published a joint guide on union participation in the negotiation of economic agreements
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published, on April 17, 2007, a union guide entitled "union guide and file for the...
18 April 2007
Belgium: what the union confederation FGTB is expecting from the future government
The federal management of the FGTB (the General Belgian Labour Federation, with a socialist tendency) presented, on April 17, 2007, within the Federal Parliament, before the eight democratic...
18 April 2007
Czech Republic: Skoda’s unions are calling on a strike to support wage claims
Unions from the Czech car manufacturer Skoda (group VW) called on a day of strike on April 17 in order to back up their wage claims. After over eight negotiation sessions, unions had already...
18 April 2007
General Motors Europe : agreement between the management and the EWC on the new Astra assembly
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) announced, last April 17, that the GME management and its European workers' representatives agreed on the future product allocation of the new Opel...
18 April 2007
Delphi: the European WC is adopting a resolution on the fate of the Puerto Real Spanish site
The American car equipment manufacturer Delphi's European works council adopted a declaration, on April 16, 2007, to support Delphi's workers on the Spanish site of Puerto Real, close to Cadix...
18 April 2007
Great Britain: the government is funding part time for women executives
A fund supposed to promote "quality" part-time jobs for women was created by the British minister for the feminine condition, Ruth Kelly, with a view to reducing the income gap between men and...
18 April 2007
Coca-Cola Enterprise: the European WC denounces the lack of information following the announcement of a restructuring
On February 13, 2007, the main bottling company for the Coca-Cola drinks, Coca-Cola Enterprise (70,000 employees ), announced to the united states a $1.7 billion loss for 2006’s last trimester...
18 April 2007
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026