Jun. 21, 2007 Profit sharing, equality and diversity, employment and qualifications on Suez EWC agenda (20 June 2007)The EWC approved in principle a number of agreements, rejected others and demanded continuation of negotiations on a range of other issues. The agreements are not signed yet
Feb. 12, 2007 Workers protest against replacement of company headquaters Suez Electrabel Netherlands (19 February 2007) UPDATE: Unions and works council achieve success. Company management has withdrawn the proposal to replace the head quarter of the company. (12 February 2007) Management of the
Feb. 05, 2007 SUEZ negotiating group meets 1 Feburary 2007 The group met to consider the state of play. Discussions are ongoing on a charter on equality, on employment policy, a wage norm and a profit-sharing scheme. The final results
Feb. 01, 2007 Bureau of Suez takes critical look at special bonus for headquarter workers Suez awarded a bonus to its central staff arguing it was a reward as they worked hard to ensure Suez ensured high profits in 2006. The EWC Bureau expressed its
Nov. 28, 2006 Suez negotiating group meets again The union group had prepared its position on the Group's employment policy and discussed the proposals with representatives of management, including a HR director from SES (Suez Energy Services -
Oct. 30, 2006 Extra-ordinary meeting of the EWC of Suez on merger Members of the EWC received the texts of the final proposals on the merger with Gas de France. These included: -* Merger Proposal, detailing the strategic framework of the merger
Oct. 30, 2006 Suez negotiating group meets again Three issues were discussed: - Profit Sharing. The union group suggested that Suez develop a system that allows all workers to participate in the profits made by the Group. It
Oct. 29, 2006 EWC SUEZ meets but lacks important information on merger project The European Works Council of Suez met 23-26 October. It held a preparatory and a debriefing meeting. It met in plenary with Suez CEO Mr. Mestrallet. The main issue of
Oct. 13, 2006 Suez negotiating group considers decent wages and profit-sharing Discussions continued to consider what a decent wage is. This should also be linked to decent wage development, which should include compensation for inflation to protect purchasing power and sharing
Aug. 08, 2006 2nd meeting negotiating group Suez The delegation came together 6 September 2006, Paris. New developments regarding the merger were reported. The Secretary will have the possibility to read a censored version of the document the
Jul. 01, 2006 Negotiations start in Suez: employment policy main issue of first meeting (24 August 2006) The Bureau of the European Works Council of Suez and the French Trade unions have started negotiations with management to define a social policy for the company
Jun. 30, 2006 Delegation of SUEZ EWC meets Commission's competition officials A delegation of the EWC visited DG Competition Director-General Lowe, 30 June, Brussels. The delegation representing 128.000 workers in Europe out of 157.000 workers worldwide, discussed the announced merger between
Jun. 04, 2006 Agreement - European Consultative Committee Suez Group AGREEMENT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE SUEZ GROUP {Agreement of 31 May 1995, as modified by the Amendments of 19 November 1999, 21 June
Jun. 01, 2006 SUEZ European Works Councils demands social guarantees before merger The Suez EWC discussed the merger with Gas de France. It concluded that before expressing itself for or against the merger guarantees were needed with regard to employment, information and
May. 12, 2006 Suez Electrabel health and safety and outsourced services Recently a number of fatal accidents took place involving sub-contractors which work for Suez Electrabel in Belgium, Italy and Chile. In one case the health and safety procedures were violated