EWCs

Today the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) signed an agreement with the French multinational Korian to establish a European Works Council (EWC).

The delegates discussed the establishment of a European Works Council in ORPEA, French-based multinational company in elderly care.

Time is running out: Concrete and rapid actions needed to enforce rights to worker involvement in anticipating and managing the COVID-19 crisis impact.

EPSU, together with IndustriAll Europe and the unions represented in the company, and Bertrand CAMUS, CEO of SUEZ signed the renewal of the agreement on gender equality at work.

The German worldwide operating multinational health company Fresenius is not respecting trade union and workers’ rights in all its operations.

On 2 October, EPSU held its biannual Standing Committee (SC) on Utilities which drew together EPSU affiliates from across the continent, including representatives from Russia.

By 2030, it is estimated that 500,000 care home beds will be needed in the EU to accommodate the boom in the aging population.

The German company Fresenius active across the global in care, renal dialysis and medical products is quickly building a reputation of a company that does not respect its workers.

The union delegations of EPSU and IndustriAll-Europe negotiated a comprehensive agreement on labour relations with ENGIE in 2016.

RWE and Eon, two giant European energy companies with headquarters in Germany, announced a swap of assets to create more focused businesses in mid-March this year.

Trade unions and works council representatives met for the first time in the Special Negotiating Body (SNB) in order to establish a European Works Council (EWC) in the French-based care company KORIAN.

On 19 June, national trade union federations representing a majority of EDF Group workers affiliated to PSI and IndustriAll completed the signature of the renewed Global Framework Agreement on Corporate Social Responsibility with EDF Group, which entered in full force as of 21 June for a 4-year term

Worker representatives from the French social services multinational, Korian met in Brussels on 11 April to establish network of trade unions from Italy, Germany, France and Belgium.

The trade union and works council representatives met for the first time in the Special Negotiating Body.

Building company networks and EWCs in health and social services, ORPEA - ETF, Brussels