Agreements

Trade union leaders and business organisations met with Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski on 10 June 2013 to discuss problems with public procurement and tendering in the country. Unions and businesses say there are too many different types of regulatory regimes and licenses – 700 at

The previous collective agreement between managers and workers at Ford’s manufacturing plant at Almussafes, in Spain’s Valencia region, was signed in 2007 by only one of the four unions represented on the workers’ committee, the General Workers Confederation (UGT [1]). [1] http://www.ugt.es

On 29 May 2013, trade unions and employer organisations representing hotel workers accepted the mediation proposal put forward by the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (MLSI [1]) and signed a new collective agreement that covers over 16,000 skilled and unskilled workers. However, around 4,000

Before 1990, Hungary had just one trade union federation, the National Council of Trade Unions (SZOT). In 1990, political change brought the country’s first democratically elected government, and allowed more trade unions to be formed. Not only were sectoral trade unions established, but also a

For some time there has been unrest in Belgium over what some perceive as the neglect of the Belgian inland waterways sector. On 11 April 2013, the once-powerful organisation for inland waterway craft skippers, Ons Recht/Notre Droit, was revived for a demonstration staged at the European Parliament

On 5 June 2013, EDF Energy [1] signed two industrial relations agreements with trade unions and the main contractor for the construction of the planned new UK nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. [1] http://www.edfenergy.com

A national collective agreement signed by social partners in Greece came into effect on 1 January 2010 and expired on 31 December 2012. The agreement’s period of validity was extended pending the conclusion of a new deal, but this extension was due to expire on 15 May 2013.

Negotiations in Austria between the sectoral social partners responsible for collective bargaining in the journalism sector started in 2009. The Austrian Newspaper Association (VÖZ [1]) and the Union for Salaried Employees, Journalists and Graphical Workers (GPA-djp [2]) have finally signed a new