Setting out to examine the operation of European Works Councils in the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany, this book concentrates on eight large undertakings in the metalworking and chemical industries, in each case looking at a parent company and a foreign subsidiary.
This book explores the prospects for the emergence of a distinctly European pattern in industrial relations, in which European-level organisations representing employers and trade unions gain in importance.
This guide to the different forms of employee representation in each of the 12 Community countries, looks at the different legal, political and economic conditions in which trade unions operate and the full details of legislation on workers' rights