Areva: interview with Maureen Kearney, European Works Council Secretary and Dominique Chevalier, Bureau Member

Dominique Chevalier. We were already opposed to the sale of T&D to Alstom. When we learned that what was planned differed from what had been initially announced, i.e. that the sale of T&D in a single chunk and the new configuration of the operation (ed.:  an Alstom/Schneider Electric consortium) would result in a dismantling of Areva’s T&D unit, it became urgent for us to fight for our T&D colleagues whose fate and future was becoming more and more uncertain.
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egotiating a European agreement with the management teams of Alstom and Schneider Electric on social benefits within the context of the sale of the Areva T&D unit, which is to draw on the commitments that you secured within the scope of your European Works Council (see dispatch n°100219). This is a great success for your council.

Dominique Chevalier. We were already opposed to the sale of T&D to Alstom. When we learned that what was planned differed from what had been initially announced, i.e.

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