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Italy: lawsuit for violation of trade-union rights by Ryanair
Facing the refusal of the Irish airline company Ryanair to recognize the Italian trade union for flight attendants FIT-CISL, the latter has taken Ryanair management to the Employment Court of...
EU : Unice becomes Business Europe
The employers' organisation Unice is changing its name. It becomes Business Europe to show that "business is at the heart of Europe, creates growth and employment for the well-being of European...
EU: publication of a report on the experience of European work’s councils in the new Member States
In its latest report entitled "The experience of European Work's Councils in new Member States", the Dublin Foundation evaluates the impact of the EU enlargement on EWCs in place and stresses the...
Germany: Allianz insurer negotiates the last details of its reorganization plan with work’s council
The reorganization of the largest German insurer should begin soon. On January 22 nd 2007, management of Allianz Deutschland AG and its work's council concluded, in 1000 pages, a series of...
EU: launching of the European Year of equal opportunities for all
The European Commission revealed, on January 24th 2007, the web site of the European Year of equal opportunities for all and put on line the results of a survey on the fight against...
Orange: British trade union CWU tries to get recognized
The British trade union of the communications sector, CWU, is taking actions to support a procedure of recognition of the trade union by Orange. CWU bets on a change of attitude of management...
24 January 2007
Axa: the European WC integrates the representatives of Winterthur
e-europnews January 24th, 2007, n° 070062 - www.eeuropnews.com
24 January 2007
EU: negotiations deadlock on harassment and violence at work could end
Begun in February 2006, the negotiations on harassment and violence at work started between European employers (Unice and CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) stumbled on the...
Finland: public authorities accompany restructuring at PERLOS
Due to trading losses, the manufacturer of mobile telephone hulls PERLOS has started a "program to improve earnings" which includes the end of manufacturing in Finland. The operation will affect...
Swiss Re : 5000 Swiss francs offered to each employee committing to reduce personal carbon footprint
The global insurer is supporting investments and purchases made by employees that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. The new "COYou2 reduce and gain" programme is part of Swiss Re's commitments...
23 January 2007
Great Britain: stars help trade unions to save the Burberry factory
Singer Tom Jones and actress Emma Thomson are the two unexpected leaders of the campaign against the closing of the Burberry factory in Treorchy, Wales (see story n°061056). With Prince Charles...
Lithuania : Labour market office foresees 50000 job creations during 2007
e-europnews January 23rd 2007, n°070058 – www.eeuropnews.com
EU: European social diary of January 15 to April 24th 2007
We provide you with a diary on the main events concerning social Europe and the institutional appointments. You can forward to us your scheduled events to the following address...
Belgium: adoption of cross-industry agreement by the trade unions
Three Belgian trade-union confederations, the CSC, the FGTB and CGSLB adopted the cross-industry draft agreement decided on December 21st 2006 and which had been subjected to approval by member...
Poland: cooperation agreement between “Solidarity” and the Belarus free trade union
"Solidarity" and the free Belarus trade union BKDZZ ("Congress of Belarus Democratic Trade unions) have just signed a cooperation agreement. The idea is to facilitate the exchange of information...
EU: note on the informal meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs ministers
The social Ministers of the EU 27 met for the first time under the German Presidency for an informal council in Berlin on January 18, 19th and 20th 2007. They reaffirmed the need for Member...
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