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Siemens: new international framework agreement
In that agreement Siemens commits itself to fundamental workers’ rights such as equal opportunity and freedom of association and collective bargaining. The Agreement refers to the fundamental...
19 August 2012
Ferrovial: international framework agreement signed with the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI)
This agreement contains the commitment to comply with union freedom and the right to collective bargaining, with a commitment beyond neutrality since it reads that the company will “adopt a...
23 May 2012
Inditex: new agreement on the involvement of unions to monitor the respect of workers’ conditions at supplier firms
The management of the international union federation provides for the introduction of a working program for these agreements to immediately come into force throughout the production chain...
9 May 2012
Ford: new international framework agreement
The communiqué released by the IMF points out that this agreement was signed after more than a year of talks. In this agreement, which refers to international labor standards in terms of CST, the...
3 May 2012
MAN SE: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
After becoming a European company in April 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090353), the MAN SE multinational company (€16.5 billion in sales in 2011), which has its headquarters in Munich, employees...
7 March 2012
FCC Construcción: the Spanish group commits to promote employees’ rights on all its sites worldwide
The document was signed, on February 21, by Francisco Martin Monteagudo, FCC HR Manager, and Ambet Yuson, general secretary of the BWI, the international federation of construction, construction...
28 February 2012
Petrobras: global framework agreement signed with ICEM uploaded
In this agreement, which aims to apply to Petrobras entities abroad and which the group is going to promote among its subcontractors, the 3rd largest energy company in the world commits to respect...
23 January 2012
Compass: agreement with the IUF international union federation on union freedom at Eurest Algeria
Complaint. Seized by workers at Eurest, a company located in southern Algeria responsible for catering in several multinationals in the region, the IUF filed a complaint, on December 14, 2009...
18 January 2012
Inditex: the international framework agreement the group signed was used to defend union freedom at a Turkish supplier
The envoy of the CCOO Spanish union used Inditex’s framework agreement (AMI with the Spanish initials) to defend labor rights. Isidor Boix, Fiteqa-CCOO representative, went on the premises to...
17 January 2012
EU: European Commission uploads database on transnational company agreements
This database contains all transnational agreements and texts identified and catalogued by the project’s partners (Aritake Wild, Wilke Maack Partners and Planet Labor, which led the project). ...
17 December 2011
Sodexo: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
In this agreement, “Sodexo commits to see to it that all its employees can access the following fundamental rights, while conforming to the local legislation:
13 December 2011
Danone: global agreement on health, safety, working conditions and stress
gned its ninth global agreement with the International Union of Food Workers (IUF). After social dialogue, diversity or even the steps to take in the event of a change in operations affecting...
3 October 2011
Umicore: international framework agreement renewed
n metal maker, the representatives of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) and of the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF)...
20 September 2011
Norsk Hydro: new global framework agreement
The Norwegian energy group, which also operates in aluminum, Norsk Hydro, recently signed a framework agreement “for the development of good working relations” in the company. The Norwegian State...
15 March 2011
Rhodia: renewal of the global agreements on social and environmental responsibility
This new renewal of the agreement, already renewed in 2008 (see our dispatch No. 080333), ads the addendum signed in 2010 which provided for the creation of a “global safety panel” whose mission...
21 February 2011
Electrolux: international framework agreement signed with Swedish metalworkers’ union, IF Metall
A framework agreement that recognizes the role unions play across the world. “This is highly satisfactory and we hope other businesses are going to follow this example” declared Stefan Löfven...
17 January 2011
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025
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France: Auchan Retail job protection plan ruled invalid due to lack of consultation with trade unions
As Auchan Retail moves ahead with plans to cut its store floor space by 25%, the Lille Administrative Court on 23 September annulled its job protection plan (PSE). The retailer, whose...
6 October 2025
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France: insurance sector becomes first to sign agreement on employment of older workers
On 25 June 2025, France Assureurs – the employers’ association for the insurance industry – and five representative trade unions signed the sector’s first three-year agreement aimed at promoting...
6 October 2025