CPI: the publishing group is ending the negotiation concerning the establishment of a European WC

The book-printing group CPI, owned up to 65% by two investment funds - Electra Partners Europe and CVC Capital Partners - should conclude a negotiation to establish a European WC, with staff representatives from its three main implantation countries : Germany, France and Great Britain. (Ref. 070505)
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The CPI group (3,000 employees) mostly present in Germany (about 1,000 employees,) in France (950) and in Great Britain, with two minor sites in the Netherlands and in the Czech republic, opened a negotiation on the establishment of a EWC, a little over a year ago. The special negotiations’ body, which met on May 22, is expecting from the management a new version of the agreement plan which would take into account the claims expressed by staff representatives, in particular concerning the possi

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