France Telecom: global works council for the French telco

Employing 181,000 people throughout the world, 43% of them outside of France and 12% outside European, according to the communiqué released by the group, France Telecom-Orange wanted to create “a new social dialogue body which covers its global footprint.” “With this agreement, France Telecom aims to reinforce its dialogue with all employees by creating a single platform to share Group-wide information,” reads the press release.
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according to the communiqué released by the group, France Telecom-Orange wanted to create “a new social dialogue body which covers its global footprint.” “With this agreement, France Telecom aims to reinforce its dialogue with all employees by creating a single platform to share Group-wide information,” reads the press release.


This agreement, which we announced when it entered its final stage (see our dispatch No. 090291), was signed with the six French unions (CGT, CFDT, FO, Sud, CFTC and CFE-

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