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
How To Use works council In A Sentence
- At this point I must once again digress briefly to say that I am totally in agreement with the response of the President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Joe Morris, to the announcement last week that the federal government intends to impose works councils on industries coming under federal jurisdiction. Let's Get Back to People
- Many businesspeople feel punch-drunk as they try to cope with new rules on working time, trade union recognition and European works councils.
- Executives have called a works council meeting on Monday before formally declaring the company insolvent. Times, Sunday Times