Luxembourg: unions are worried about the deterioration of social dialogue within Arcelor Mittal

Contrary to Belgian unions - notably in Wallonia where they are hoping that Arcelor-Mittal's management will come back on its decision to close Liege's blast furnaces (see our story n° 070194), the OGB-L and LCCB Luxembourgish unions are denouncing the deterioration of social dialogue within the steelworker group. (Ref. n°070227)
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Facing for several months “a new management style to the Arcelor-Mittal group”, the OGB-L and LCCB unions judge that “messages coming from the different companies are not very reassuring and show a strong deterioration tendency of social dialogue’s quality with union representatives in particular, and with the staff in general”. Unions asked for a “steelwork tripartite” meeting, composed of social partners and government representatives, “in order to clarify some principles linked to practices

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