Trade union representatives of the Arcelor-Mittal group, brought together by the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) during a world conference organized in Montréal (Canada) on September 17, 2007, commit to establish an international works council. Participants also asked for the extension of the international framework agreement to the group's new perimeter, as well as a commitment from the management in favour of a joint program for health and security. (Ref. 070771)
At the end of the conference, trade unions signed a charter aimed at “intensifying global cooperation”, specified the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF); its terms “plan, among others, the setting up of an international works council within Arcelor-Mittal.” “Given the international challenges with which the metallurgic industry and its workers are faced,” declared Peter Scherrer, the EMF’s general secretary, “an international staff representation body has to be set up within Arcelor-Mittal
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