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- noun An
organization representing workers within a commercialcorporation , known by several Europeanjurisdictions .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (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
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Examples
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Bernd Osterloh, head of the works council, declined to comment.
Stuck In Low Gear 2008
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Another executive, Klaus-Joachim Gebauer, was found guilty of 40 counts of breach of trust after organizing pleasure cruises for members of the works council.
Autoblog 2010
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Klaus Franz, who represents the interests of Opel employees on the company's works council, said workers would sharply oppose the investment.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2009
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The works council also withdrew an offer to forfeit salary and holiday pay to help Opel restructure, under a deal reached with Magna the previous day.
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