This book offers a comprehensive comparative overview of the development, structure, and policies of trade unions in all the 27 Member States of the EU from 2000 to 2020. It presents an in-depth analysis of the neoliberal challenges facing these organizations and their strategic and policy responses.
A Transnational Industrial Relations Institution in the Making
Focusing on the evolution of European works councils, this book evaluates their role as pioneering transnational institutions for employee participation. Utilizing survey data, it reveals that these councils often fall short of the European Commission's intended goals and are undergoing a prolonged developmental process with uncertain outcomes.
Focusing on trade union mergers in Britain and Germany, and drawing on interviews with senior policy-makers, this book addresses reasons for mergers, examines the conclusion processes, and analyses costs and benefits for post-merger organisations.
An ongoing series of mergers has resulted in almost continual change in the structure of British trade unions. By contrast, the German trade union structure was a model of stability between 1950 and 1989. Drawing on evidence from four case studies, this comparative analysis traces the development of the merger process in the two countries by reference to pre-merger debates and positioning, the procedures whereby mergers were brought about, and merger outcomes.