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Switzerland: a subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger, Germany's second largest construction firm, banned from operating in Switzerland for two years because of wage dumping

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Austria: despite every indication, collective negotiations in the metal industry should keep growing apart

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Italy: separate agreement with employers to renew the national collective agreement in the food industry

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Germany: MAN, the heavy truck manufacturer, puts 15,000 staff on "forced vacation" for a week

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EU: half-mast European social model

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Transnational bargaining: 1st IndustriALL thematic conference focuses on standardizing procedures for bargaining and implementing international framework agreements

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Spain: BBVA signs agreement on staffing cuts demanded by Brussels after the banking group took over the Unnim Banc savings banks group

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Netherlands: negotiations are stuck in the rubber plastic industry

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EU: 2013, a blank year for social Europe

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Germany: Daimler management and Sindelfingen works council end conflict of unprecedented intensity

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