Transnationalizing Unions: The Case of the UAW and the IG Metall

This case study documents the Transnational Partnership Initiative between the United Auto Workers union in the United States and the IG Metall union in Germany. The two unions joined efforts …

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Controversy over German minimum wage for international truck drivers – Q2 2015

This article discusses the consequence of the German’s introduction of national minimum wage for all employees working in Germany irrespective the employer’s location which affected international truck drivers. This has …

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Germany: Working life experiences of LGBT people and initiatives to tackle

As name suggests, this article examines the working life of LGBT people in EU countries, including Germany. The information and data is gathered from the Eurofund’s network of European correspondents. …

Germany: Countries Implement New Gender Pay Gap Measures

The article informs about adoption of laws aimed to reduce gender pay disparity in several countries, including Germany. Germany adopted Wage Transparency Act which allowed the employees to find out …

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Germany: Gender Quotas for Large Companies and for Federal Bodies

This article informs on adoption of Gender Quota Legislation by the Germany’s Parliament. In accordance with the legislation, over 100 listed companies that have employee representation in their boards are …

Trade Unions, immigration and immigrants in Europe revisited: Unions’ attitudes and actions under new conditions

This paper is a follow-up report of the authors’ comparative approach used in their book “Trade Unions, Immigration and Immigrants in Europe, 1960-1993. New York: Berghahn Books.”  The report examines trade …

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Wages, Collective Bargaining and Economic Development in Germany (Towards a more expansive and solidaristic development?)

Trade union role in determination of wage through collective bargaining has decreased significantly in the last decade in Germany. However, with the introduction of minimum wage at the national level …

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OECD Watch: ECCHR, Sherpa, & UGF vs. Louis Dreyfus, Cargill Cotton, ICT Cotton, Devcot S.A., Otto Stadtlander, Agroindus-trial Crop Ltd., and Paul Reinhart AG (joint complaint by ECCHR, Sherpa, and UGF against seven cotton dealers)

NCPs involved: Switzerland NCP, United Kingdom NCP, Germany NCP, France NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Uzbekistan DATE: October-December 2010 STATUS: All Agreement/Concluded ISSUE: The complaint alleges that cotton dealers in France, …

Domnica Petersen v. Berufungsausschuss für Zahnärzte für den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe (January 12, 2010)

Domnica Petersen v. Berufungsausschuss für Zahnärzte für den Bezirk Westfalen-Lippe (January 12, 2010) – European Court of Justice Germany had implemented a maximum age of 68 for panel dentists (essentially …

OECD Case: CCC vs. Adidas

NCPs involved: Germany NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Indonesia DATE: 5 September 2002 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that Adidas’s suppliers in Indonesia had violated numerous labor rights regarding employment …

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