Gas de France

(Brussels, 13 March 2008) The European Works Council of Gaz de France has given its opiniion on the merger with Suez, 11 March. It is negative. The EWC of Gaz de France underlines that the company will be more fragile when the distribution activities jointly organised with EDF will be split; that the future project does not provide guarantees for employment etc. The EWC also agreed with management on the social guarantees and issues an opinion on the future of the EWC in the case of the (...)

The EWC of GdF had a meeting 21 February 2008. A number of documents was presented very late and did not allow the representatives to consider these. A new meeting is now foreseen for 11 March 2008.
To read the CGT press release (FR only)

Not only has GdF been condemned by the Appeal Court in the case of the European Works Council, it has now also been condemned by the Court in the case of the national workers’ representatives body. The judge finds that Gas de France obstructs the workers’ representatives from informing themselves on the consequences of the merger with Suez.
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(22 January 2008) The EWC of Gas de France brought a legal case against Gas de France over its lack of information and consultation of the EWC in the merger with Suez. The EWC claimed it had not received all information and did not have sufficient time to prepare its position. The company lost 21 November 2006. It appealed and it now also lost the appeal case. The Court does confirm the opinion of the lower Court that the EWC did not have sufficient time.
To read the case (...)

(14 January 2008) The EWC of GdF has demanded more time to reflect on the merger with Suez. It argues several new elements have come up which have not yet been discussed. It also states that important pieces of information are not available.
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(October 2007) The extraordinatory meeting of the EWC of GdF made clear it was not satisfied with the information received, the false impression created about a previous process of information and consultation which ended up in Court as the company violated consultation obligations and the short time available to consider the information received. It demanded expertise to evalute the different aspects of the merger and it asked for additional meetings to consider this.
Text of the (...)

(13 September 2007) The EWC of Gaz de France called for a renewed procedure of information and consultation arguing the project was different from the one previously presented including the financial underpinning. To read the press release (FR)....

European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU)
Press Communication Immediate release, 22 November 2006
European Works Council wins legal battle in merger Suez-Gaz de France
Judge agrees: information is not the same as consultation
The European Works Council (EWC) of Gaz de France brought a case before a French Court arguing that Gaz de France had not informed and consulted the EWC in time, in a comprehensive manner and with the possibility for the EWC to give its opinion about the (...)

The French Parliament has decided with a majority vote to approve the privatisation of Gas de France. The unions continue their opposition and have launched a petition to convince the President Chirac to intervene and not approve the law. Please find the petition.
Petition

An extra-ordinary meeting of the EWC was informed of the plans of Gas de France to merger with Suez. The EWC is highly critical and does not support the project. In a unanimous declaration the EWC argued that the merger will result in private oligopolies whose decisions regarding security of supply and investment escape the intervention and scrutiny of workers and citizens. The long-term perspective needed for energy is not guaranteed by the markets nor by the private sector.
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 Suez/GDF merger under scrutiny of Suez European Works Council, 14 March 2006 Paris

The enlarged bureau of the EWC of Gas de France had a first discussion with representatives of the Belgian unions and the European Federations on the proposed merger between Suez and Gas de France. Information was exchanged on the possible consequences of the merger especially in France but also other countries. French trade union representatives expressed opposition to the project which betrays commitments made to them by the government to keep 70% of the company in public ownership. Many (...)

AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCIL OF GAZ DE FRANCE November 14th 2001
ACCORD RELATIF AU COMITE D’ENTREPRISE EUROPEEN DE GAZ DE FRANCE
ABKOMMEN ÜBER DEN EUROPÄISCHEN BETRIEBSRAT VON GAZ DE FRANCE
ACCORDO RELATIVO AL COMITATO AZIENDALE EUROPEO DI GAZ DE FRANCE
OVEREENKOMST INZAKE DE EUROPESE ONDERNEMINGSRAAD VAN GAZ DE FRANCE
A GAZ DE FRANCE EURÓPAI ÜZEMI BIZOTTSÁGÁRA VONATKOZÓ (...)

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