Informação e consulta nas multinacionais: A experiência de representantes portugueses em Conselhos de Empresa Europeus
Based on the experience of Portuguese representatives in European Works Councils (EWC), this text focuses on their evaluation of the fulfillment of the two fundamental principles of the Directive: information and consultation. Regarding this, we take into account two dimensions of the EWC: the funct...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rccs/722 |
| Summary: | Based on the experience of Portuguese representatives in European Works Councils (EWC), this text focuses on their evaluation of the fulfillment of the two fundamental principles of the Directive: information and consultation. Regarding this, we take into account two dimensions of the EWC: the functional dimension and the dimension of practical possibilities. The first relates to the way in which information and consultation are articulated in the texts of the agreements that establish the modus operandi of the EWC and the way in which workers’ representatives evaluate the information that they receive. The second dimension concerns the principle of consultation and the possibilities that EWC have of influencing the decisions of multinationals. Although Portuguese representatives view both dimensions with little enthusiasm, this text discusses the role that the EWC can play in the construction of a transnational labor identity, taking GM-Europa as an example. |
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| ISSN: | 0254-1106 2182-7435 |