Thomson: the European Works Council could bring an action to court for non-respect of the information and consultation procedure

The European WC of the French group Thomson, which denounced the fact that it was not informed and consulted beforehand during the announcement of the closure of the sites producing DVDs in Luxembourg and in England (see our story n°070098,) could bring an action to court. (Ref. n°070167)
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During a meeting, on February 8, 2007, the office of the Thomson group’s European work’s council voted a motion authorizing the committee, during its plenary meeting of March 1 and 2, 2007, to bring an action to court against the management, because it did not respect the dispositions of the constitutive agreement of the EWC on information and consultation. During this meeting, the office obtained from the management that it takes charge of an expertise, trusted to the Syndex cabinet, on the ec

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