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A vehicle for global social dialogue : the French tyre manufacturer Michelin (125,000 employees) and the IndustriAll Global Union federation have completed their negotiation aimed at setting up a global Works Council. The agreement, a copy of which has been obtained by IR Notes, is in the process of being signed and is due to be unveiled at the next plenary meeting of the group’s European Works Council, due to be held in late March. The French trade union FCE-CFDT says: “this new agreement, which is open-ended, reinforces social dialogue company-wide, but it does not take the place of employee representation bodies in individual countries” (see press release). The global Works Council “will enable employee representatives and management to discuss and share ideas, and to work on selective studies concerning major international issues facing the group”. Up to 50 employee representatives will sit on the Michelin Global Council (CMM). They will be appointed on the basis of their country or economic area, either from among trade union representatives, or via an election, in accordance with local practices. The employee representatives from EU countries will come from the group’s European Works Council, which retains all of its powers. The Council, which is entitled to hold up to two meetings per annum, is conceived as “a social dialogue body allowing information to be exchanged with workforce representatives who are CMM members, regarding economic, financial, social and environmental matters that are global and transnational in scope.” At meetings, senior management will share information with the group’s employee representatives on subjects such as: 1) the group’s economic results, social indicators and strategic orientations at global level; 2) economic, social and environmental benchmarks and forecasts; 3) raising awareness of issues and transformations facing the company; 4) thinking on external changes and cultural trends that are unfolding. The body will be there to act as the group’s “economic, social and environmental observatory”.
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