Tools & resources

CONTACT PERSONS ON EWC/SE MATTERS AND MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN INDUSTRIALL EUROPE TRADE UNIONS

EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS (EWC)

CoViD-19: Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members

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Just transition and decarbonisation: pratical recommendations to SNBs, EWCs, SE-WCs login
Organising basics for European Works Councils - Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives login
War in Ukraine - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SE login
industriAll Europe Company Policy database
industriAll European Trade Union binding guidelines for negotiating EWC agreements: content and procedures login
Toolbox for the negotiation and renegotiation of EWC agreements login
Brexit - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SEs login
Guide for industriAll Europe Coordinators in EWCs and SEs login
Shaping Digitalisation: Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and workers representatives in EWCs and SEs login
EWC adaptation to structural change: Guidelines to EWC coordinators and members login

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EUROPEAN COMPANY STATUTE (SE)

COVID-19: Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members

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Just transition and decarbonisation: pratical recommendations to SNBs, EWCs, SE-WCs login
Organising basics for European Works Councils - Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives
War in Ukraine - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SE login
industriAll Europe Company Policy database
Toolbox for the negotiation and renegotiation of EWC agreements
(EMF) check-list for an agreement on workers’ involvement in SE-companies (WISE)
Brexit - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SEs
The European Company (SE) - Guidelines
Guide for industriAll Europe Coordinators in EWCs and SEs
Shaping Digitalisation: Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and workers representatives in EWCs and SEs

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TRAINING FOR EWC, SE, SNB

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ETUI booklet "Overview of the survey of EWC and SEWC representatives" EN FR ES
ETUI booklet “EWCs and SE works councils in 2015: facts & figures” DE EN FR IT PL
ETUI training offer for EWC, SE Works Councils and SNBs

LEGAL ISSUES

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ETUI database of court cases involving EWCs
Comparative analyses and tables for most EU member states on different legal aspect (including EWC’s legal status in national law, p.123) EN

TRANSNATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

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Transnational company restructuring: Towards strengthened trade union cooperation and greater solidarity
(EMF) Handbook on how to deal with transnational company restructuring
industriAll Europe 2020 guide on restructuring_Part 1 EWC and TU networking
industriAll Europe 2020 guide on restructuring_Part 2 trade union coordination

TRANSNATIONAL COMPANY AGREEMENTS (TCA)