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Basque High Court Rejects Unions’ Push to Make Confebask Negotiate Basque-Wide Minimum Wage

The judges held that only Spain’s central government can set a minimum wage for all workers.

German Chemical Pay Talks Stall in East and North, National Round Set for Feb. 3

Met Police Control-Room Staff to Strike for 25 Hours on New Year’s Eve

Birmingham Suspends Bin Collections as Agency Workers Join Refuse Strike

Basque Government Rejects Union ILP for Regional Minimum Wage

Zalando’s Erfurt Hub Hit by Fourth Strike as Verdi Pushes Sector Agreement

IG Metall and Steel Employers Agree 1.75% Pay Rise From 2026 in Northwest Deal

PENGASSAN Strike Cuts Crude to Dangote Refinery, Disrupts Nigeria’s Oil Sector

Dorset NHS Support Staff Vote to Strike Over Plan to Move 1,700 to Subsidiary Company

French Court Annuls Auchan’s Mass Layoff Plan Over Procedural Flaws

German Steel Pay Talks Open in Düsseldorf as IG Metall Seeks Inflation Offset

Constitutional Court Strikes Down Six-Month Cap on Small-Firm Dismissal Compensation

Prosecutors Seek Harsh Sentences in Trial Over Migrant Trafficking in Champagne

IG Metall Launches Warning Strikes in Bavaria’s Auto Trade Sector

DGB Berlin-Brandenburg Confirms May Day Protests Across Multiple Cities

France Sees Scattered Protests Over Job Cuts and Industrial Decline

Thyssenkrupp Workers Protest Massive Job Cuts and Factory Closures

IG Metall Secures Wage Increase in Key Industry Deal

German Metal Industry Achieves Historic Wage Agreement

Worker Fatally Crushed by Turbine Blade at Golden Plains Wind Farm