GDF-Suez challenged over sub-contracting

Europe

European trade union federations, EPSU and industriAll - joined with national unions in the GDF-Suez energy multinational to raise serious concerns about the impact of sub-contracting by many of the group's subsidiary companies, particularly on health and safety. The unions argue that the resurgence of fatal accidents in subcontracting operations requires urgent action and that employee representatives, together with employees and their unions demand that subcontracted employees have working conditions, rights and social guarantees equivalent to those of the subsidiaries’ employees.
Read more at > EPSU (EN) plus press release (EN, FR, ES, NL, NO, PL, RO)