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Last update EWCdb: 18.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18
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
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
Biomet Biomet EWC not active 19/06/2008 Netherlands
Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke (PFW) PFW European Works Council active 06/09/2007 Germany
Electrolux Electrolux Works Council active 07/11/2006 Sweden
UPS UPS Communication Forum active 25/03/2004 Germany
Rheinmetall Rheinmetall European Works Council active 27/04/2000 Germany
Devro Devro European Forum active 03/09/1999 United Kingdom
Lafarge France Lafarge European Works Council not active 22/04/1999 France
Von Roll Von Roll European Forum not active 08/12/1998 Germany
Amcor Amcor EWC active 05/03/1998 Germany
Lindt & Sprüngli Lindt & Sprüngli European Works Council active 01/01/1997 Germany
Danfoss Danfoss European Information and Consultation Forum active 18/09/1996 Denmark
Bayerische Vereinsbank Vereinsbank Euro Council not active 11/09/1996 Germany
Bull Bull European Information Committee not active 30/09/1992 France
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