The failure of HP to consult properly over the latest wave of job cuts has prompted employee reps on HP's European Works Council (EWC) to vote to sue HP, terminate the works council agreement and negotiate a new one under more recent legislation.
The move is reminiscent of the decision in 2009 by reps on Fujitsu's UK Consultative Forum (UKCF) to terminate the UKCF agreement after lack of consultation over jobs, pay and pensions. This paved the way for the replacement, Fujitsu Voice, whose Charter has far more legal weight.
UNITE's Tony Burke has posted more details of the situation at HP on his own blog.
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