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The European conference organised by SDA and ETUC focused on the recast of the Directive on European Works Councils.



The long political and the institutional process which brought to the text approved in December 2008 has been gone through and commented by the protagonists: the institutional representatives and the social partners.



The legal uncertainties that the recast rectifies, and … its “shadows” have been presented by legal experts.



EWC coordinators and members and HR representatives reported their experiences so far and discussed the possible changes that the recast is going to produce in the everyday practice.



Employees information and consultation rights have been finally framed in the context of the crisis, in terms of their potential to contrast wild liberalism and the adoption of short term strategies, whose social price is only paid by workers.



For the agenda of the two days conference, the speech of Commissioner Spidla, the presentations of the speakers in different languages and some pictures, please click here.