European works councils

Number of resources 25

A Basic Understanding of Financial Statements: CD-Rom and manual for EWC members  (2000)


This clearly-presented manual - which is also available from ETUI Education in the form of a CD-Rom - can be used within training courses with tutors or as a self-study guide. It contains exe...
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Activity sheets for use with European works councils  (2007)


These activity sheets are regularly used on ETUI Education courses for European works councils. They cover a range of situations that EWCs may be faced with in their everyday work and partici...
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Anticipating and managing change in the metalworking industry (2008)


The ETUI and the EMF organised a seminar in Protaras, Cyprus, in autumn 2008, bringing together trade union representatives from 14 European countries to exchange experiences about how to inf...
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Course on EU policy for EMF affiliates (2009)


Representatives from EMF-affiliated trade unions in 6 countries met at the training centre of the Finnish Metalworkers' Union, to learn more about EMF and EU policies. The structure, principl...
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Cross-cultural communication and trade unions  (1999)


One of 3 sets of slides which are mainly intended to support the work of EWC members but can be used generally in transnational contexts. They are designed graphically with a minimum amount o...
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EMF Collective bargaining seminar  (2007)


The main objectives of this joint ETUI-REHS Education and EMF seminar were to: broaden and deepen the EMF collective bargaining coordination strategy; investigate and analyse the current pres...
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English for an FGTB EWC Working Group  (2007)


The materials included in the “downloads” below were produced for an innovative two-day English-language course organised for 35 Belgian EWC delegates, substitutes and full-time trade union o...
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ETUC Fact Sheets  (2007)


The bilingual fact sheets produced by the ETUC press department provide useful background information on the main current policy priorities, demands and achievements of the ETUC. Though by no...
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European works councils and best practice (presentation) (1999)


This presentation Powerpoint is mainly intended to support the work of EWC members but can be used generally in transnational contexts. It is designed graphically with a minimum amount of tex...
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European works councils and the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises  (2006)


These useful training materials present how EWCs can make use of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. A basic manual, consisting of a presentation of the guidelines, suggested t...
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EWCs and trade union rights in MNCs in EMF sectors (2008)


The Education department of ETUI-REHS and the European Metalworkers’ Federation organised a seminar in Istanbul in January 2008. The activity brought together trade union representatives from...
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EWCs in a Globalised Economy - seminar for Uni-Europa (2007)


Trade union representatives from 10 countries met in Vilnius to discuss the role of EWCs within the increasingly global economy and how they could best promote trade union rights. The main ai...
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Facing the challenge of industrial change  (2007)


These downloadable materials were produced at a joint ETUI-REHS Education and EMCEF course aimed at holding some initial discussions on developing EMCEF strategies covering: industrial polici...
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Instructions for employers  (2002)


This set of (ironical) instructions for employers chairing EWC meetings is intended as a warning to EWC workers' reps of the kinds of strategies they can expect non-union friendly employers t...
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Self-employment and bogus self-employment in the construction industry  (2007)


This course, organised by ETUI-REHS Education in Lithuania for the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), brought together representatives from 10 European countries to exam...
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Seminars for company European works councils - materials for Lhoist  (2007)


The training materials that are presented here were used on a specially-designed training course for the Lhoist company's "Euro-Forum", the third such course organised for that part...
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The European Works Council Directive  (2004)


The EWC Directive of 1994 and its transposition in the Member States have been of considerable interest to trade unions over the years. Some of the key elements in the procedure for establish...
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TRACE project website and materials databases  (2006)


The TRACE project, which ETUI Education coordinated, focused on the important issues of economic restructuring and the management of change. During the project a large number of useful traini...
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Training for European Group Committee of Air France - KLM (2007)


This specially-tailored course brought together 23 workers’ representatives from 12 of the countries in the group, together with 3 management representatives. The aims were to improve underst...
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Training of board-level representatives in Europe  (2007)


A workshop organised by ETUI-REHS Education in May 2007 examined the question of board-level representation in Europe and the possibilities for training of board-level representatives. The wo...
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Training the ALLIANZ SE Works Council (2008)


The newly formed SE Works Council at ALLIANZ has 37 employee representatives from 24 different countries and they were the participants at this training course. To address the complex matter...
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Training workforce representatives for trade union action - project for EWCs (2001)


This handbook is the product of a LEONARDO IN FORCE project focused on the needs of EWCs in which ETUCO (now ETUI-REHS Education) was involved. The aim was to gather in a single document a se...
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Users' Guide on OECD Guidelines for Multinationals  (2006)


The TUAC Users' Guide to help trade unionists make use of the OECD Guidelines for Multinationals is available in 24 languages including many European ones (of which a sample are provided in t...
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Worker representation systems in the European Union and the Accession Countries  (2005)


This training pack (updated in 2005) - which includes a multilingual CD-Rom - is the product of cooperation between ETUCO and Infopoint-CES and provides detailed information on the worker rep...
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Working with the European Works Council  (1999)


This manual gives a realistic view of the work of three EWCs and gives European works councillors helpful advice as to how their own EWC could function better. Contains useful exercises and a...
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