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Nov. 29, 2001

EPSU RESOLUTION on European Works Council Coordinators Network

Considered at the EPSU EWC Coordinators Seminar 13 September 2001, Luxembourg Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting 28-29 November 2001 1. The EPSU policy statement: 'Public Service Trade Unions and

Nov. 29, 2001

EPSU RESOLUTION on the role of trade union coordinators in existing EWCs and the role of national organisations

Considered at the EPSU EWC Coordinators Seminar 13 September 2001, Luxembourg Adopted at the Executive Committee meeting 28-29 November 2001 1. EPSU Executive Committee adopted a policy paper on EPSU

Feb. 12, 2003

Suez to revises agreement

Suez, the French-Belgian company is active in waste (SITA) energy (Electrabel, Distrigas) and water (Lyonnaise). It employs close to 150.000 workers worldwide. The European Works Council (EWC) of Suez is

Feb. 12, 2003

Veolia starts designation of representatives for SNB

Veolia is the former Vivendi Environment which divided from Vivendi Universal in December 2002. Vivendi Universal had had an European Works Council (EWC) and Veolia needs to establish one. Veolia

Oct. 28, 2003

EPSU European Works Council Coordinators Network

EPSU has established a network of trade union officers, representatives of EWCs and others that deal with EWCs (education, legal experts). These colleagues exchange information about recent developments and formulate

Oct. 28, 2003

Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR - more than a public relations exercise? There is no commonly agreed definition of CSR but the European Commission has defined it as "a concept whereby companies integrate social

Oct. 28, 2003

Resources on transnational companies

Please see our main section on [>TNCs and EWCs->rub69] See also our section on[>Public Utilities->rub16] Public Services International, EPSU and the UK based Public Services International Research Unit carry out

Jan. 01, 2004

EPSU/Ver.di Seminar on European Works Councils (EWC) in Eon

Representatives of unions from Sweden (Sydkraft), United Kingdom (Powergen), Germany (Eon Energie), Netherlands, Hungary and Czech Republic met to consider developments in the EWC of Eon AG. It has a

Mar. 14, 2004

EPSU supports Verdi action in waste company SITA Ost

Workers of SITA Ost staged a demonstration 13 March 2004. They protested the cuts in pay and conditions imposed by management. SITA Ost also is no longer following the collective

Mar. 21, 2004

Extra ordinary meeting EDF deals with employment and meets protesting Polish workers, Warsaw, 17 March 2004

The extra-ordinary meeting on employment developments in the Group EDF was organised at the demand of the EWC. It asked for updated information on employment issues (jobs, training, disabled, women

Apr. 24, 2004

EC starts process of consultation on revision of EWCs Directive

Please find here the links to the documents of relevance. - [Press release->http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/494|0|RAPID&lg=en&display=] (available in EN/FR/GE) - [Consultation document for the social partners->http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/apr/ewc_consultation_en.pdf] (available in EN/FR/GE) - [Background memo of

Apr. 24, 2004

Worker involvement in the European Company (SE) - new web site launched

You can already find on the web page information on aspects such as - The state of the art of the transposition process of the SE legislation into national laws

May. 02, 2004

Eon EWC update

A meeting of the E.ON Energy Forum took place 17-19 may. This Forum is a subsection of the EWC. It brought together colleagues representing the E.ON Energie Subsidies in Hungary

May. 02, 2004

Suez 2nd round of negotiations on amending existing EWC agreement

Management proposed a (very limited) number of changes to the agreement including the possibility for the work groups of Suez (waste, water and energy) to call an extra-ordinary meeting in

May. 10, 2004

Negotiations on the renewal of the Suez EWC agreement, 7 June 2004

The delegations met again to consider a number of issues. Main points: - reference in the preambule to the European directive on information and consultation at national level. - start