GDF SUEZ: agreement establishing the new European works council signed

For better readability, the text of the dispatch has been attached in Word format.

Through . Published on 06 May 2009 à 16h14 - Update on 06 May 2009 à 16h14

h its negotiation could hardly not take account of the past and not integrate the future. The inheritance lies particularly in the history of the pre-existing European staff representation structures, in their rich but varied modes of functioning based on different agreements: an anticipation agreement (SUEZ), another granting particularly advanced rights to workers’ representatives (GDF) to the point of having been a means for blocking the marriage of the two firms (see our dispatch No. 080044). Finally, the forthcoming introduction of the new EWC directive could only be present in the minds of the negotiators. (Ref. 090489)

For better readability, the text of the dispatch has been attached in Word format.

The agreement establishing the EWC of GDF SUEZ was signed on May 6 by Gerard Mestrallet, chief executive of the group, Reinhard Reibsch, general secretary of the EMCEF (European chemical workers federation), Jan Willem Goudriaan, deputy general secretary of the European public services federation (EPSU) and the special negotiating body.  The new agreement was negotiated in six months between the management, a special negotiating body composed of 34 representatives (including 13 French) with the participation of a representative for each of the two federations EMCEF and EPSU.…

Need more info ?

Contact

mind's on-demand study service

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.