Arcelor-Mittal: discussions on the future of the European Work’s council

The merger of both steel groups should soon lead to the constitution of a single European work's council. This will be difficult, because the current European work's councils are very different. (Ref 06874)
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As soon as the merger was accomplished, a working group gathered in Chicago, for a human resources convention of Mittal, and discussed the way to marry both existent European works councils (EWC). « There was a will to speed up the creation of the new EWC », underlines the secretary of the EWC of Arcelor, Jacques Laplanche (CGT – French trade union). The general secretary of the European Metalworkers Federation (EMF), Peter Scherrer, was invited to this convention. The law that applies is that

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