Dec 12, 2013 | Industrial relations, IR Doc, Social relations
To mark Greece’s presidency of the European Union, IR Share and Liaisons sociales Europe offer an in-depth look at the Greek social relations system. For the fifth time since joining the EU in 1981, Greece will take over the presidency on 1 January 2014. It is...
Dec 11, 2013 | IR Doc, Social relations, Transnational collective bargaining
On 11 December 2013, a Global Framework Agreement was signed between IndustriALL, Norwegian trade union Fellesforbundet and Norske Skog (6000 employees), Norway’s largest paper manufacturer.According to Norske Skog press release, the agreement commits minimum...
Dec 10, 2013 | Transnational collective bargaining
On 10 December, Jyrki Raina, General Secretary of IndustriALL Global Union, met with Jan Johansson, CEO of SCA to renew the GFA between SCA, IndustriALL and Swedish trade union Pappers.The first GFA with SCA was signed in 2004 and has since been renewed every second...
Dec 9, 2013 | IR Doc, Social relations, Transnational collective bargaining
The Spanish hotel chain Meliá (38,000 employees) signed an international framework agreement with the food, agriculture and catering union IUF on 9 December 2013. The agreement applies to all Meliá-branded establishments, even where these are franchise operations or...
