AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AGREEMENTS
The automotive industry is one of the most integrated and internationalised sectors of the economy, dominated by multinational companies that globally coordinate their production.
Reflecting this, automotive companies have been at the forefront of developing forms of transnational employment relations and employee representation, as illustrated by two cases we report this month.
Opel/Vauxhall has signed a framework agreement with its European Works Council (EWC) to accompany a Europe-wide restructuring exercise involving more than 8,000 job losses and major cost savings.
PSA Peugeot Citroën, which has had a global agreement with trade unions on corporate social responsibility and HR management principles since 2006, has turned its EWC into a world works council, including representatives from countries such as Argentina and Brazil.
 Mark Carley
European editor,
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