Bureau of Suez: merger with GdF and Shared Services Centres on agenda
The members of Bureau received an extended overview of the possible consequences of the merger Suez and Gas de France from the experts of Secafi. The two companies have notified the European Commission of the project and Suez formally informed the Bureau. The Commission will now explore if the merger will lead to market dominance and possible abuse of a dominant position. The IED decided to explore the possibility to intervene vis-ŕ-vis- the European Commission to bring its concerns regarding information and consultation rights and employment to its attention.
The coordinator of Shared Services Centres (SSC) Mr. Steenbrick explained the state of affairs regarding the establishment of these Centres and the different (pilot) projects. The discussion concentrated on the issue of outsourcing and delocalisation. Suez has agreed not to delocalise the centres from one country to another, but certain functions are still being outsourced. Several examples were mentioned where outsourcing and the SSC cause problems. One example concerned the outsourcing of security and maintenance services - where sub-sub-sub contractors are now involved and the link with original agreements is lost, workers that have no collective agreement and pay and conditions are worse.
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