Consolidation of power groups to go ahead - with or without union consent

According to an anonymous source close to L-6, trade unions at the company were granted veto rights on any organizational changes and are now using them to put pressure on the Ministry. However, this is about to change as the Treasury has drafted new guidelines which overturns the union's right of veto. The number of employee representatives on supervisory boards is also set to decrease. However, employees will maintain their employment guarantees. This means that in order to reduce the currently excessive staffing levels, power distributors will have to offer workers generous voluntary lay-off schemes. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) T.J.