European Union - European Industrial Relations?: Global Challenge, National Development and Transitional Dynamics (Routledge Studies in the European Economy)

This book explores the prospects for the emergence of a distinctly European pattern in industrial relations, in which European-level organizations representing employers and trade unions gain in importance. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Notes on contributors......Page 9 Preface......Page 11 INTRODUCTION: GLOBAL TRENDS AND THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT......Page 16 ON COURSE FOR EUROPEAN LABOUR RELATIONS? THE PROSPECTS FOR THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 36 NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: THE VIEW FROM A GERMAN STANDPOINT......Page 62 THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING POST-MAASTRICHT......Page 80 THE PERSISTENCE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS IN EUROPE......Page 87 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: PATTERNS, DYNAMICS AND LIMITS OF TRANSNATIONALISATION......Page 96 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT EUROPEAN LEVEL: A SECTORAL EMPLOYERS' VIEWPOINT......Page 136 EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THE VIEW OF THE TUC......Page 148 EUROPE AND THE CBI......Page 154 EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: AN EMPLOYER'S VIEWPOINT......Page 163 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE STANDPOINT OF IG METALL......Page 172 THE EUROPEAN TRADES UNION CONFEDERATION......Page 184 EUROPEAN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT SECTORAL LEVEL: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE EUROPEAN METALWORKERS' FEDERATION......Page 195 THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (CEEP)......Page 203 THE UNION OF INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN EUROPE;UNICE......Page 209 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: AN ASSESSMENT OF FRENCH INITIATIVES......Page 222 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: THE ROLE OF THE NEGOTIATED OPTION......Page 238 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES......Page 249 US LABOUR RELATIONS AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA......Page 270 THE DEBATES ON THE 'SOCIAL DIMENSION' IN THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT......Page 285 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN JAPAN: A CHALLENGE FOR EUROPE......Page 300 Index......Page 312 Economics, Finance, Business & Industry Book Cover 1 Title 4 Contents 5 Notes on contributors 9 Preface 11 INTRODUCTION: GLOBAL TRENDS AND THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT 16 ON COURSE FOR EUROPEAN LABOUR RELATIONS? THE PROSPECTS FOR THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 36 NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR EUROPEAN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: THE VIEW FROM A GERMAN STANDPOINT 62 THE EUROPEAN DIMENSION TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING POST-MAASTRICHT 80 THE PERSISTENCE OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS IN EUROPE 87 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: PATTERNS, DYNAMICS AND LIMITS OF TRANSNATIONALISATION 96 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT EUROPEAN LEVEL: A SECTORAL EMPLOYERS' VIEWPOINT 136 EUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THE VIEW OF THE TUC 148 EUROPE AND THE CBI 154 EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: AN EMPLOYER'S VIEWPOINT 163 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE STANDPOINT OF IG METALL 172 THE EUROPEAN TRADES UNION CONFEDERATION 184 EUROPEAN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AT SECTORAL LEVEL: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE EUROPEAN METALWORKERS' FEDERATION 195 THE EUROPEAN CENTRE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (CEEP) 203 THE UNION OF INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN EUROPE;UNICE 209 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: AN ASSESSMENT OF FRENCH INITIATIVES 222 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: THE ROLE OF THE NEGOTIATED OPTION 238 EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES 249 US LABOUR RELATIONS AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AREA 270 THE DEBATES ON THE 'SOCIAL DIMENSION' IN THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 285 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN JAPAN: A CHALLENGE FOR EUROPE 300 Index 312 This book explores the prospects for the emergence of a distinctly European pattern of industrial relations, in which the European-level organisations representing employers and trade unions gain in importance vis-a-vis their national organisations. In particular, the impact of the 'Social Chapter' to the Maastricht Treaty is considered. The study also considers the likelihood of European-level collective bargaining, and what effect mandatory European Works Councils might have on existing national systems of employee representation, and offers a trilateral comparison between industrial relatio The Protocol on Social Policy authorised the member states belonging to the European Union (EU) at the time to take decisions by a qualified majority in important areas of social policy in order to make further progress in implementing the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers. 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