---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 18:17:15 +0100 GMT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WORKERS IN THE FUTURE COMPANY Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 18:17:31 GMT Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 21Nov97 EU: EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS - WORKERS IN THE FUTURE COMPANY. PARLIAMENT AGREES WITH IDEAS IN THE DAVIGNON REPORT ON INFORMATION/CONSULTATION OF WORKERS IN THE FUTURE "EUROPEAN COMPANY". Strasbourg, 20/11/1997 (Agence Europe) - With adoption of the report by German Christian Democrat Winfried Menrad, Parliament welcomed the main ideas contained in the Davignon report on "European Employee Involvement Systems" and in the Luxembourg Presidency's compromise proposal. It pleads for flexibility in negotiations between management and labour in the future European company, while insisting on the preservation of the rights of unions anchored in the legislation of each Member State. Parliament states that the regulation on worker participation should not to be limited to the European company, as a share capital company, but if necessary in an adapted form, extended to the statutes of the European cooperative, the European mutual company and the European association. The EP calls for employers' duties of information and consultation and workers' participation rights to be binding and compulsory and matched with effective controls and penalties in cases of violation or infringement. Not Available for Re-dissemination. (c) Agence EUROPE, Brussels 1997. EUROPEAN UNION AGENCE EUROPE 21/11/97
