IG Metall launches warning strikes in Germany [Der Spiegel] 01-11-2026
Volkswagen Confirms 12,000 Additional Job Cuts as Union Sets January Strike Deadline [Ad Hoc News] 26-10-2026
Volkswagen workers threaten strikes as carmaker scraps labour deals [Signal] 24-10-2026
/ Poland EU lawmakers to visit Amazon warehouses in Germany and Poland after years-long standoff [UNI Europa] 21-10-2026
VW Just Made One Of Europe's Biggest Labor Unions Very Angry [Car Buzz] 04-10-2026
Warning Strikes Hit German Industry as IG Metall Demands 5 Percent Pay Rise 2026-11-01 [upday]
IG Metall launches warning strikes in Germany 2026-11-01 [Der Spiegel]
Volkswagen Confirms 12,000 Additional Job Cuts as Union Sets January Strike Deadline 2026-10-26 [Ad Hoc News]
Volkswagen workers threaten strikes as carmaker scraps labour deals 2026-10-24 [Signal]
Poland EU lawmakers to visit Amazon warehouses in Germany and Poland after years-long standoff 2026-10-21 [UNI Europa]
Germany Adidas shirts made for about US$1 an hour in Cambodia 2026-10-18 [IndustriAll]
Port union accepts wage offer, indefinite strikes averted 2026-10-06 [Container News]
BWI welcomes new IG BAU leadership 2026-10-05 [BWI]
VW Just Made One Of Europe's Biggest Labor Unions Very Angry 2026-10-04 [Car Buzz]
Global IndustriAll Europe condemns VW management’s attack on workers and social partnership 2026-10-02 [IndustriAll Europe]
Strikes on the table as Volkswagen terminates union wage deals 2026-10-01 [Reuters]
Angry VW union to ratchet up dispute after labour deals cut short 2026-10-01 [Reuters]
Victory for media pluralism as DW reversed decision to abolish Greek-language service 2026-09-25 [IFJ]
Car unions defend 35-hour week amid restructuring 2026-09-25 [Streamline]
Unions are fighting to defend the 35-hour week 2026-09-25 [The Economist]
175,000 German autoworkers demand a future, not cutbacks 2026-09-23 [IndustriALL]
UNI affiliate IG Bau signs landmark charter to improve lives of 700,000 cleaners in Germany 2026-09-23 [UNI Global Union]
Rebels, workers, radicals: The making of 'Red Berlin' 2026-09-19 [Deutsche Welle]
Port Workers Reject Contract and Move To Strike Vote 2026-09-17 [Maritime Executive]
IG Metall action day 21 September 2026-09-17 [IndustriALL]
Germany Bundestag MP once again sends birthday wishes to Belarusian imprisoned trade union activist 2026-09-17 [salidarnast]
Port wage dispute moves towards indefinite strike vote 2026-09-16 [World Cargo News]
Germany Alabama OECD complaint filed over Mercedes-Benz labour practices 2026-09-16 [IndustriALL]
Europe “Hands off our welfare state”: UNI Europa backs German unions’ nationwide day of action 2026-09-15 [UNI Europa]
Germany Repression against trade unions in Belarus and the threat of authoritarianism discussed in Hanover 2026-09-10 [salidarnast]
Mexico Fau supports Zapatista-driven hospital in Mexico 2026-09-07 [ICL]
Press freedom at stake in upcoming Saxony-Anhalt elections 2026-09-07 [EFJ]
Volkswagen to cut 100,000 jobs by the end of the decade 2026-09-07 [Deutsche Welle]
Netherlands Port strikes hit Europe as schedule reliability drops to single digits 2026-09-04 [Journal of Commerce]
Women deserve more 2026-08-27 [IG Metall]
Germany COTU-K and FES Validate Kenya–Germany Bilateral Labour Agreement 2026-08-19 [COTU]
Stress-Related Sick Leave Jumps 80% in Eight Years — and Young Workers Are the Most Anxious 2026-08-03 [Ad Hoc News]
Summer Job Rush Begins in Germany — But Not All Teenagers Get the Minimum Wage 2026-07-30 [Ad Hoc News]
Europe EPSU stands in solidarity after Berlin Pride attack 2026-07-28 [EPSU]
Retail Workers Walk Out: Inside Germany’s Escalating Pay Fight and the Legal Rules That Shape It 2026-07-22 [Ad Hoc News]
Spain Strikes Disrupt Waste Collections in Germany and Spain as Retail Workers Join Protests 2026-07-19 [Ad Hoc News]
2027 Labour Shake-up: Longer Temporary Contracts and Tax-Linked Severance for Job-Switchers 2026-07-12 [Ad Hoc News]
Union warns of 'conflict' as Volkswagen eyes mass job cuts 2026-07-10 [The Straits Times]
The government is threatening freedom of information 2026-07-10 [EFJ]
Mercedes-Benz Opens AI Chapter with HCLTech as 33,000 Workers Strike and Shares Bounce 2026-07-05 [Ad Hoc News]
Sick-Note Battle Splits Generations as Experts Warn of Higher Absenteeism 2026-07-05 [Ad Hoc News]
Retail Workers Stage Third Day of Strikes as ver.di Escalates Pay Dispute 2026-07-04 [Ad Hoc News]
Retail Strike Hits Major Chains as Wage Talks Stall – Union Demands 7%, Employers Offer 4.4% Over Two Years 2026-07-03 [Ad Hoc News]
Retail, Food Workers Set for Coordinated Strike Wave as Wage Talks Sour 2026-07-03 [Ad Hoc News]
Union members stage nationwide strike in Berlin 2026-07-03 [Reuters]
Thousands of German retail workers to strike amid pay dispute 2026-07-03 [Anadolu Ajansı]
Escalating Strikes Disrupt Germany’s Trade Sector. Labor Unions Step Up the Wage Battle 2026-07-03 [The Voice]
Fatal attack in Stade underlines need to protect public service workers 2026-07-03 [EPSU]
ETF railway affiliates visit DAC testing facility in Berlin 2026-07-03 [ETF]
[More News]This month in labour history
3-11-1918 Sailors on the German High Seas Fleet in Kiel mutiny, raising the slogan "Peace and Bread." This starts the German revolution which will overthrow the Kaiser and hasten the end of the First World War. [more]
5-11-1918 General strike in Kiel, the next day in Hamburg, leading to an uprising led by the Workers‘ and Soldiers’ Councils movement. [more]
9-11-1918 The German Republic and the Free Socialist Republic of Germany are proclaimed, two hours apart, by Scheidemann (SPD: Social Democratic Party of Germany) and Liebknecht (Spartacist League). [more]
28-11-1820 Friedrich Engels is born in Wuppertal, Germany. He will become the most famous collaborator of Karl Marx. [more]
