(11 April 2012) The French multinational company EDF wants to dismissed 15% of its staff in its Hungarian subsidiary BERT. That company has made loses for the first time in 10 years, and due to interventions from the Hungarian government. EDF however has posted 3 billion Euros in profits for 2011. The Hungarian and other unions in EDF, including EPSU affiliate CGT-FNME have protested against this brutal attack. It is all workers which contribute to the profits of the company and the (...)

(13 September 2010) The European Works Council met 3 September 2010. It discussed the sale of EDF’s distribution networks in the UK to Hong Kong based Cheung Kong Infrastructures, a conglomerate of businesses across the world. The UK workers and their unions and the EDF EWC are concerned about the implications for the work force because of the take-over. Guarantees for information and consultation rights are not firm and workers risk losing rights and protection if Cheung Kong opts out of (...)

EDF European Works Council Agreement of 14 November 2001 as revised in February and May 2005 Agreement - EN Accord relatif au Comité d’Entreprise Européen d’EDF du 14 novembre 2001, révisé en février et mai 2005 Accord - FR vereinbarung über den Eurobetriebsrat von EDF vom 14. november 2001 revision im Februar und Mai 2005 Agreement - DE EDF Európai üzemi bizottság a 2001. november 14 - i megállapodás módosítási idõpont 2005. február és máju Agreement - HU Dohoda o európskej podnikovej (...)

La presse rend publics les objectifs de réduction d’emplois à EDF dans le cadre du plan Altitude 7500 qui accompagne l’ouverture du capital. Le niveau des suppressions est de 6000 emplois avec une économie sur l’évolution de la masse salariale de 1,5 milliard d’euros. Lire le communiqué FNME-CGT du 8 décembre: Communiqué

JOINT STATEMENT OF EDF/EWC PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVES Joint statement - EN Déclaration commune - FR GEMEINSAME ERKLÄRUNG - DE

The European Works Council of EDF, the French electricity company, has made a number of changes to the existing agreement. Rights for information and consultation have been improved amongst others. It also sets out the objective to increase the representation of women in the EWC. The agreement was signed 17 May 2005. EPSU Deputy General Secretary signed for EPSU. The first meeting of the new EWC, took place 18 May. Claude Pommery has been re-elected the EDF (...)

The extra-ordinary meeting on employment developments in the Group EDF was organised at the demand of the EWC. It asked for updated information on employment issues (jobs, training, disabled, women, dialogue/ negotiations on restructuring). A document of 200 pages covering this information of companies in France, Germany, UK, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Brazil, Argentina and Vietnam/China. The report used EPSU figures for European employment. Like EPSU the report demands the update of a (...)