Indesit: EWC becomes global works council

Composition.  This new international social dialogue structure will be made up of 21 employee representatives – 8 from Italy, 4 from the UK, 4 from Poland, 3 from Russia, 1 from Turkey and 1 from France.  There will also be two representatives from IndustriALL and five representatives from national union organizations as experts or coordinators.  The global WC will replace the EWC created in 1996 by the Italian household appliances group.  Extending the Council’s geographical scope is in line with IndustriALL’s international strategy of improving the global union network in multinational companies to better defend workers’ rights.