Signed on 27 March, the agreement puts an EWC in place for the new group that resulted from the merger in 2015 of two cement giants, one Swiss and one French, and places it under Belgian legislation as was the case previously with the Euroforum Holcim. This new EWC also comes under the EU 2009 Directive, whereas the Swiss company’s agreement was an anticipatory agreement. The 2,000 or so employees from the Swiss side will sit on the EWC as compared with their previous observer status. UK representatives will retain their seats even if the UK leaves the EEA. The European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) will also play an active role in the EWC’s operations.
This agreement closes both of the EWCs that had been in operation prior to the company merger.
Guaranteed seats for the Swiss and the British. Swiss union confederation Unia underlined this point at the signing of the agreement by the 28 members of the SNB representing 14 different countries, an agreement, which establishes a new European representative body for the LafargeHolcim group. The Swiss come under the agreement’s scope, ‘for the first time in Holcim’s history’, Unia stressed. In additi
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