European Works Councils case studies: Sandvik Specialty Steels

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. The current EWC agreement at Sandvik Specialty Steel was signed on 12 May 2000. As stated above, this arrangement was preceded by a single EWC for the Sandvik group – the agreement for the earlier EWC was drafted on 30 November 1995 and eventually signed a year later suggesting an Article 13 agreement.
Published: 19 January, 2006