what does works council mean?

WORKS COUNCIL as NOUN

Meaning
- (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc
- also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc
Hypernyms(s) works council is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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