works council in English
noun
1
a group of employees representing a workforce in discussions with their employers.
In the 1920s, employers referred to works councils and employee representation plans as industrial democracy, while unions saw them as little more than company unions.
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1. Under the second alternative, an agreement is valid if not opposed by non-signatory unions that received at least 50 % of the votes cast in the first round of the most recent works council elections.