Although the European Trade Union Confederation rejoiced when the European employers' organization BusinessEurope expressed, on April 2, that it was willing to bargain for the revision of the directive on European works councils (see our dispatch No. 080261), it decided to wait to give its final answer, which it should announce on April 15. (Ref. 080284)
Knowing that the European Commission is
ready to propose a draft directive as part of the “restructuring package” which
it will adopt at the beginning of July (see
our dispatch No. 080176), the ETUC will only accept to bargain for the
revision of the directive on certain conditions. “We are still working with
employers’ representatives on the possible content of the revision” Reiner
Hoffman, ETUC assistant secretary, told Planet
Labor. “We want a negotiation with a tight schedule – less than th
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