INTERVIEWS
Susan Ladika: “Working Together”, in: section Global HR Management of HR Magazine,
page 87-91, U.S.A. June 2005. Interviews with executives of Rabobank, Shell International, Eversheds LLP, Unisys, FedEE, Global People Matters and AWVN, Josee Lamers, to explain U.S. executives how to manage and get benefits from local and European Works Councils in Europe. “The experts acknowledge that managing local and European works councils can require an investment of both time and money, but believe that the councils ultimately can help speed decision-making, open lines of communication and help companies refine business strategies”.
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Josee Lamers and Peter Hamers: “Complex, but useful. European Works Councils stimulate Europe-wide corporate culture”, in: AWVN (Dutch Employers Association) magazine Werkgeven , page 28-31, 2003, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Interview with the labour relations executive of ING about shaping employee participation in the Eastern European member states and places them within a European perspective of the EWC. And an interview with the corporate HR executive of CSM about the role of the EWC regarding the sale of its sweets division. ”If you succed in winning over the EWC, you succeed in winning over trust. This has a positive impact on decision-making. If the EWC backs the proposal, the chances are that the local works councils will too. This strategy paid off.”
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