The Solvay–Ineos joint venture has only recently got off the ground yet the chlorovinyls enterprise has already set up a European Works Council (EWC). On 07 January 2016 the agreement, negotiated with assistance from IndustriALL Europe, was signed between management and a special negotiating body and stands out at several levels. Despite its size (4,000 employees active in eight European countries) and its history (the joint venture was established in July 2015), the group set up a body with significant prerogatives and wants to use European level social dialogue as a lever to better decision-making and as a means of accompanying the company’s development.
Inovyn employs roughly 4,000 workers in eight different European countries. On 07 January 2016 an agreement signed between management and a special negotiating board set out the new body as a forum for international information and consultation where management and employee representatives work together towards this young enterprise’s efficiency and sustainability, all the while catering for employees’ interests as well as involving the employee representatives as a lever for the relevance of decisions ahead of any actual changes in the company.
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