France Telecom: first meeting for the global works council

Introduced via an agreement signed on June 23, 2010 by the telecom, the six French unions present in the company, the global union alliance UNI France Telecom, gathering unions recognized by the group, and the EWC secretary, the France Telecom global works council is going to be open this Thursday, May 12th.  This social dialogue structure, which should allow staff representatives at global level to “share Group-wide information” (see our dispatch No.  100515), is made up of representatives from businesses with 400+ employees worldwide.
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cial dialogue structure, which should allow staff representatives at global level to “share Group-wide information” (see our dispatch No. 100515), is made up of representatives from businesses with 400+ employees worldwide.

European representatives in the global WC are more “telecom-oriented” than in the EWC. Transnational dialogue structure in the same capacity as the European works council, the global WC could have different dynamics than the EWC, and not only because of the difference in the

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