works council

works council (plural works councils)

1. An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.

   Synonym: employees' council

   Hypernyms: council < group, organization

   Coordinate terms: yellow union, labor union, trade union, union

• “works council”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “works council” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “works council”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “works council” (US) / “works council” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.