Agreements

Poste Italiane Spa [1] is the largest Italian postal service organisation. It was founded in 1998 following the restructuring of a public body which controlled 100% of Italian post and telegraph services, and the Italian state remains the majority shareholder. Over the past 10 years, significant

Telecom Italia [1] is the biggest telecommunications group in Italy. It was created by the merger of five state-controlled companies in 1994 and was later privatised in 1997. According to data from Telecom Italia in March 2010, it employs 70,965 employees and operates in all areas of

A survey conducted by the newspaper Kommunalarbetaren (KA [1]) in the first half of 2010 revealed an increasing use of split-shift working, a system where employees are expected to take a long unpaid break in the middle of their working day. This trend is particularly prevalent in the municipal and

The PSA Peugeot Citroën Group [1] has 190,000 employees worldwide, including 104,500 in France and 61,200 in Europe. It operates in 160 countries, generating one third of its sales outside Europe. The group owns two major subsidiaries: Faurecia [2] (52,715 employees) and Gefco [3] (9,620 employees)

On 24 June 2010, three of the five representative trade unions at a national level in France signed an agreement (in French, 103Kb PDF) [1] on ‘Portage Salarial’ (sometimes translated as ‘umbrella companies’). Interestingly, the employer representatives throughout the long period of negotiation

The aim of the agreement [1], concluded by the two French companies Alstom and Schneider Electric with the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF [2]) on 7 July 2010, is to set out specific employment commitments for the employees of Areva T&D [3], a subsidiary of the power group Areva [4]. Areva T

An agreement (in French, 145Kb PDF) [1] to improve the job security of skilled workers in the French metal industry was signed on 17 May 2010 by the relevant social partners; the Union of Metallurgy and Mining Industries (UIMM [2]) on behalf of the employers and French Democratic Confederation of

The annual results for 2009 for Ireland’s former national airline Aer Lingus [1] showed an operating loss of €81 million. However, the airline’s restructuring plan ‘Project Greenfield’ proposed cuts worth €97 million, including total staff savings in the order of €40 million, for 2010. [1] http:/