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Volkswagen workers threaten strikes as carmaker scraps labour deals
The corporate board has instructed personnel managers worldwide to freeze pay levels until 2030.
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Volkswagen plans global pay freeze until 2030
Volkswagen’s management is seeking increases in worker productivity, greater scheduling flexibility and a reduction in overtime payouts.
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State funding for Spanish unions nearly quadruples as membership falls to record low
Between 2018 and 2025, total public funds allocated to both federations, alongside their territorial branches and linked foundations, exceeded €569 million.
UK union leader caught fraternising with ‘anti-fascist’ Russians in occupied Ukraine
The leader of Britain’s biggest railway trade union joined pro-Russian chants and posed with a Communist Party flag during a visit to occupied parts of Ukraine…
General strike hits planes, trains and services in Portugal
Widespread disruption hit Portuguese air travel and trains, hospitals and schools today as the unions called the biggest nationwide strike action for more than a…
ECHR upholds criminal conviction for malicious obstruction of traffic by unions
The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously upheld a Belgian court decision convicting the Belgian Socialist Union on a charge of blocking roads during a…
German deindustrialisation: Unions propose wage-rise delay to save VW plants
Workers unions in Germany have proposed that Volkswagen delay wage increases to save manufacturing plants in Germany.
Olympics opening ceremony at risk as dancers threaten strike
In France, summer is the season for strikes, and France's trade union for performing artists, SFA-CGT, has filed a strike notice placing the 2024 Paris Olympics…
French unions denounce Olympics volunteering as ‘disguised employment’
French labour unions slammed the use of 45,000 volunteers scheduled to work at the upcoming Paris Summer Olympics, labelling it "disguised employment".
German travellers left kicking their heels as transport workers strike
Travellers were left waiting in Germany as buses, trams and underground trains stood idle across most of the country at the culmination of a week of staggered public…
Unions to stage mass EU protest over austerity measures
Unions are organising a mass protest in Brussels over what they call a new round of EU austerity.