European Works Councils case studies: EADS

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 agreement for the establishment of the EADS EWC and its derived committees for information and consultation of the workforce was signed in Amsterdam on 23 October 2000 by three human resources directors and five French representatives, five German representatives from DASAu0092s EWC, two Spanish representatives and one from the UK.