Suez's management declared, on January 8, that the unfavourable judgement rendered by its European dialogue body "end the procedure of consultation of staff representation bodies" and enables to continue the merger plan with GDF. At Gaz de France, during a meeting on January 8 and 9, the EWC refused to give a judgment and asked for another evaluation. On January 16, the French Supreme Court will render a ruling concerning the GDF case, in which it could decide that the EWC must totally be informed and consulted before the board of directors can meet. (Ref. 080023)
No judgment for Gaz de France. The meeting of GDF’s EWC lasted a day and a half with a 12-hour day mostly dedicated to setting the date for the next meeting. In the end, Gaz de France’s management decided “to give the EWC more time to give a judgment on the merger on January 22”, a management representative told the AFP. This date, unilaterally set, angers European representatives who think that, by then, they won’t have received the results of the expert’s conclusion: 1/ that on the merger’s i
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