Description
The EWC database of the ETUI-REHS is an important resource of information on multinationals that are affected by the EWC directives and it disposes of the most complete collection of full texts of agreements (over 950 texts in English). The Multinationals Database, which lists all the companies affected by the EWC Directive, and the Full-Text Database, with the English texts of the EWC agreements are merged in 2004 on a single CD-ROM. With the creation of the website www.ewcdb.org in 2005 a first step was set towards providing a better information service about multinationals that have installed EWCs, the workforce employed in the different countries and the composition of the European works council. Via this website at least 130 requests for EWC agreements were received. The site has also served as a tool for EWC members to provide feedback on their company or works council and has thus allowed the ETUI-REHS to update a number of records and collect new agreements.
Authors
Irmgard Pas
Data processing managerphone: +32 (0) 2 224 0511
Romuald Jagodzinski
Researcherphone: +32 (2) 224 04 73
Table of contents
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The new European Works Councils Database is available, as of December 2004, on CD-ROM, for the price of 400 Euro (reductions are possible for students and trade unionists). This database has been compiled by Peter Kerckhofs and Irmgard Pas, who will continue to update it.
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 List of multinational companies that still have to set up EWCs. |
 A number of graphs presenting data from the new EWC database 2004, downloadable for free. |
 More graphs and detailed quantitative analyses of the data of 2003 in the EWC Database: EWC facts and figures, publication available in English, French and German |
 For EWC members, on-line consultation and feedback is available, from the ewcdb web page . |
 Link to the social dialogue website of the European Commission . |
 The SDA-Infopoint database contains analysis of EWC agreements based on copies of signed originals in English, French, German and Italian. |