36. Where, on a merger or an amalgamation of employee organizations or a transfer of jurisdiction among employee organizations otherwise than as a result of revocation of certification, any question arises concerning the rights, privileges and duties of an employee organization under this Part or under a collective agreement or arbitral award in respect of a bargaining unit or an employee therein, the Board, on application to it by any employee organization affected, shall examine the question and may, in accordance with any regulations made by it in respect thereof, declare or determine what rights, privileges and duties, if any, have b ...[+++]een acquired or are retained, as the case may be, by that employee organization.

8. Takes the view that concentrative operations often anticipate restructurings; calls on the Commission to revise the procedures relating to concentrations which are based exclusively on the principle of free competition in order to take account of issues relating to employment and land use planning, and to make its agreement dependent upon a merger project that defends employment and respects the rights of employees; calls also for employees and their trade unions to have a statutory rights to access records and to be heard and for the Commission to be under a statutory obligation to reply to their opinions and proposals;

12. Offers its support to workers who are victims of restructuring in many sectors, and in particular steel-making; expects the European Council to take decisions to combat companies' restructuring and relocation measures, which are destructive in terms of employment and regional planning; calls for the rights and powers of workers and their trade union organisations to be enhanced, particularly in cases of mergers and restructuring (right of veto), as well as for the establishment of a 'Monitoring centre for industrial change';

We should also increase the employees’ and union organisations’ rights and powers on the boards of European companies and perhaps even give them a right of veto in the event of restructurings or mergers.

11. Deplores the fact that no decision was taken to combat mergers and/or concentrations of undertakings or their relocation, developments which have a serious impact on jobs and regional planning; calls for the revision of the directives on European works councils and collective redundancies so that the rights and powers of wage-earners and their trade union organisations are strengthened; would like to see a ‘Monitoring Centre for Industrial Change’ established;

– A review of the directives on Euroworks councils and collective redundancies to reinforce the rights and powers of employees and their trade unions, particularly in the event of mergers and restructuring;