Agreements

In July 2010, the Collective Agreement Archive (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 interim report (in German) [4] on the

In June, the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU [1]) backed what has become known as the ‘Croke Park’ agreement, by 1,894 delegate votes to 986. The agreement, negotiated at Croke Park, Ireland’s premier sports stadium, means a four-year pay freeze, and commitments

On 21 April 2010, the Mining, Chemicals and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE [1]) and the German Federation of Chemicals Employers’ Associations (BAVC [2]) announced in a press article (in German) [3] the conclusion of a new collective agreement in the sector. It runs for 11 months and will cover 550

The labour agreement for the hotel trade covers over 16,000 skilled and unskilled workers. There have been increasing delays in the agreement’s renewal over the past 10 years, due to the two sides being able to reach agreement only after mediation. The previous agreement, which officially expired on

Private sector wage agreements in the early spring of 2010 were signed in Denmark in the wake of the global economic crisis and were predicted to be low-cost settlements in favour of the employers in order to sustain the competitiveness of companies. It was anticipated that wage increases would be

The automotive industry in Slovakia is producing new models after overcoming the recent downturn. Volkswagen Slovakia, based in Bratislava, has brought out an improved version of the 4WD Touareg and is preparing to produce a new small family car in 2011. Employees’ wages were kept down by the

In the spring of 2010, the biennial collective agreements in Norwegian working life were due to be renegotiated. This year, the private sector wage settlement was to be carried out as an industry-level settlement – in other words, all of the private sector collective agreements are to be negotiated

On 25 March 2010, the EU-level cross-sector social partners presented a joint autonomous framework agreement (863Kb PDF) [1] on inclusive labour markets. The parties involved included the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC [2]), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and