Whereas the fate of the takeover of the Belgian bank Fortis by the French BNP Paribas banking group is hanging on the court rulings expected in Belgium, the two banks' EWCs keep meeting "so these two structures become stakeholders in the future connections of the structures in every country" the secretary of BNP Paribas' EWC declared. On December 11, 2008, eight unions from both groups declared that they wanted to work together on this case. (Ref. 090018)
At the same time as the cooperation launched between the two EWCs (meeting on August 20, 2008, see our dispatch No. 080823), contacts between the French and Belgian unions increased to lead, on December 11, to a meeting between the eight unions represented within Fortis and BNP Paribas. The three Belgian unions – CNE/LBC/NVK, CGSLB/ACLVB, SETCA/BBTK – and the five French unions – CFDT, CFTC, CGT, FO, SNB-CFE/CGC – adopted a joint release which shows their will to work together and work on
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