•Most won't talk to unions, even about general issues, on an international basis
•Exceptions
–Recession of early 1980s seemed to induce more companies to try multinational consultations
Exception
COCA-COLA NEGOTIATED
AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL UNION OF FOOD AND ALLIED WORKERS OVER THE STATUS
OF COMPANY'S GUATAMALAN BOTTLING SUBSIDIARY BUT THIS DID NOT LEAD TO LASTING
RELATIONSHIP
LATE 1980S FRENCH
COMPANIES (SOME NATIONALIZED) BSN, BULL GROUP, THOMSON HAVE TAKEN LEAD IN
ESTABLISHING FORMAL EU-WIDE LABOR-MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION WITH EUROPEAN TRADE
UNION SECRETARIATS