works council
noun [C] WORKPLACEDefinition
› a group of employees elected or chosen to represent all the employees in a company in meetings with their employers: The company and works council agreed that staff could work up to eight hours per shift. Air France's works council backed the merger plan.
(Definition of works council noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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