In a statement issued on 8 February, the European Federation of Food Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) said it will take legal action against Lactalis. Along with nine affiliated unions in France, Spain, Italy and Belgium, EFFAT is demanding that the French diary giant set up a European works council. In the statement, the union federation highlights that on “several occasions EFFAT has supported its affiliates demanding the establishment of an EWC in the Lactalis Group, a demand that the world leader of the dairy industry has always rejected”. “Information and consultation rights are key elements of the EU social acquis and cannot be neglected by transnational companies. We want Lactalis to stick to its obligations and be transparent with its employees,” the federation adds. The first court hearing of the legal proceeding will take place in Laval, Brittany, on 26 March 2018.

(source: PlanetLabor, 09/02/2018)