European Works Councils
Recent trends
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Hoover 1993
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De trekzaag
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General idea: “Information and Consultation of employees,
on the relevant level”
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Bottom-up start:
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°81: Comités de groupe
● °83: Comité de group + foreign subsidiaries
● °85: First formal EWC agreement
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1994: First Directive on EWCs
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1996: Renault
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2008: Recast
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1999: evaluation
● 1999-2008: political deadlock
● Recast, no revision
● Improvements
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European Works Councils: still relevant
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European Works Councils: still relevant
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Transnational Restructuring
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European Restructuring monitor
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> 600 restructurings per year
● 10% is genuinly European
● Concerning over 150.000 employees a year
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European Works Council Database
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Over 60% is covered by an EWC
● +/- 25.000 jobs under threath without any transnational I&C
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European Works Councils: state of play
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European Works Councils: state of play
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European Works Councils: state of play
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What’s the commission doing?
• Expert meetings
• Commissions communication based on:
• Commissioned evaluation study
• ETUI study
• KU Leuven study
• ETUC study
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ETUI’s evaluation of the Recast
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ETUI’s evaluation of the Recast
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ETUI’s evaluation of the Recast
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ETUI’s evaluation of the Recast
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ETUI’s evaluation of the Recast
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What’s the ETUC doing?
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Revision, Recast or something else?
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Social Europe: under construction
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