works council

n Chiefly Brit

1. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a council composed of both employer and employees convened to discuss matters of common interest concerning a factory, plant, business policy, etc., not covered by regular trade union agreements

2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a body representing the workers of a plant, factory, etc., elected to negotiate with the management about working conditions, wages, etc. Also called works committee

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Noun

works council - (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc

council - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

works council, works committee

n (esp Brit) → Betriebsrat m

works council n → consiglio aziendale

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I have in my possession an old photograph dated 1955 of Little Heath Works Council, showing a number of management and staff.

Courtaulds' electrician; YOUR shout: JOIN THE DEBATE! Just visit ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

The head of the Opel works council in Spain Saturday called for a "firm and massive" rejection of the planned job cuts.

Thousands in Spain protest Opel job cuts by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The European Works Council and the ComitE[umlaut] d'Entreprise France were notified by Oracle on last week that 250 positions would be eliminated in France, the union wrote on its blog.

Oracle may cut up to 1,000 European jobs, union says by Computer News Middle East

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