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Last update EWCdb: 18.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 16 of 16
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
DS Smith DS Smith European Works Council active 04/03/2013 United Kingdom
Colt Technology Services Group Limited Colt European Works Council active 30/03/2012 Luxembourg
Randstad Holding Randstad European Platform for Social Dialogue not active 18/11/2011 Netherlands
Huntsman LLC Huntsman European Works Council active 20/05/2011 Belgium
Merck & Co. MSD European Employee Council active 29/04/2010 Ireland
Bayer Bayer European Forum active 27/08/2009 Germany
Colgate-Palmolive Company Colgate-Palmolive European Forum active 08/07/2009 Belgium
Devro Devro European Forum active 03/09/1999 United Kingdom
Adecco Group AG Adecco EWC (formerly PACE) active 04/06/1999 United Kingdom
Federal-Mogul Federal-Mogul European Forum not active 11/03/1999 United Kingdom
Burmah Castrol Burmah Castrol European Forum not active 12/05/1998 Ireland
Duracell Duracell Eurocom active 20/09/1996 United Kingdom
BPB Industries BPB European Works Council active 20/09/1996 United Kingdom
Schindler Schindler European Forum not active 12/09/1996
T & N PLC T & N European Forum not active 09/08/1996 United Kingdom
Johnson Controls Johnson Controls European Communication Forum active 02/05/1996 United Kingdom
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