The management from the French pneumatic producer Michelin, representatives from its European works council, and the European union federation EMCEF met on April 3, 2007, at the federation's headquarters in Brussels, to put an end to the conflict concerning the information and consultation of the group's EWC. (Ref. 070308)
In 2006, the Michelin group presented a restructuring plan by 2010 aimed at improving productivity of 30% by suppressing 20,000 jobs in the group, 10,000 of which in Europe. “the group’s EWC required to be consulted on the plan, without receiving the management’s agreement”, explained Cyrille Poughon (CFDT), the French member of the EWC’s secretariat. Following this refusal, the committee sent a letter requiring to be consulted, and explaining that it would be ready to go to court to ask for an
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