European Works Councils case studies: The DaimlerChrysler Group

In September 1994, the Council of Ministers decided on a Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (94/45/EC). The emergence of European Works Councils (EWCs) is a major part of the development of an industrial relations system at European level. After a European Works Council (EWC) was established in 1996, the European distribution committee (europäischer Vertriebsarbeitskreis) was integrated, as it were, as an EWC committee. The corresponding agreement was concluded between the German works council and group management in July 1996.
Published: 15 September, 2005