Agreements

After a period of intense negotiations, the social partners in industry – the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI – organisation for erhvervslivet, DI [1]) and the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees (Centralorganisationen af Industriansatte, CO-industri [2]) – concluded a renewal of the

In January 2009, the Collective Agreement Archive (WSI-Tarifarchiv [1]) of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut, WSI [2]) within the Hans Böckler Foundation (Hans Böckler Stiftung, HBS [3]) published its report (in German) [4] on Germany

As part of an agreement reached between the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU [1]), the Irish Municipal Public and Civil Trade Union (IMPACT [2]) and the union of retail, bar and administrative workers Mandate [3], airport staff have accepted pay reductions of an average

In June 2009, the Minister of the Interior, Marko Pomerants, announced that due to economic difficulties, the salary of rescue workers, border guards and police officers would be cut by 8% as of 1 July 2009. Moreover, additional cutbacks and even lay-offs were expected for 2010 due to budget

At a tripartite session of the social partners on 21 January 2010, the government presented a document focusing on the cabinet’s policies envisaged for leading the country’s way out of the economic crisis. However, the government largely failed to reach an agreement on its proposals with employers

The Bosch Group [1], a German company, is one of the largest producers of car parts in the world. It also manufactures industrial tools, household appliances, radio sets and heating apparatus. Its plant in the town of Modugno in the southeastern province of Bari represents one of Bosch’s largest

The Piaggio Group [1] is the leading European manufacturer of two and three-wheeled vehicles in Europe. In 2005, the group bought Aprilia [2], a famous motorcycle company specialised, above all, in the production of racing bicycles. The group maintained the original brand name. The two companies

In Germany, two forms of temporary work exist: temporary agency work [1], which is regulated by the Temporary Employment Act (/Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz/, AÜG [2]), and the temporary assignment of workers by one employer to another in the same craft or industry under the condition of a