EIROnlineThe European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) is a monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations. Its aim is to collect, analyse and disseminate high-quality and up-to-date information on key developments in industrial relations in Europe. It aims primarily to serve the needs of national and European level organisations of the social partners, governmental organisations and EU institutions.New information centre for Bulgarians intending to work in Spain- January 25, 2007 In December 2006, the Minister of Labour and Social Policy and the president of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria opened an information centre for Bulgarians intending to work in Spain. The new centre is the result of a joint project by Bulgarian and Spanish trade unions, which united efforts to defend social security and workers rights and promote legal work in the EU.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/12/articles/bg0612019i.html New collective agreements signed in food industry- January 11, 2007 At the end of August 2006, representative trade unions and employer organisations in the food industry concluded four branch collective agreements for the next two years. Through their joint efforts, the parties demonstrated their willingness to develop production and employment in the industry and to guarantee and respect workers fundamental social and economic rights.http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/11/articles/bg0611019i.html |