Uniquement disponible en anglais Trade unions have repeatedly been challenged by neoliberal programmes implemented within Member States of the European Union (EU) and at the European level. The twenty-seven country chapters at the core of this book chart the features of the neoliberal challenge in... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Key points and policy recommendations Despite substantial minimum wage increases, in almost half of the Member States with a statutory minimum wage, these were not sufficient to safeguard the purchasing power of minimum-wage earners in the current cost-of-living... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy recommendations • A critical mass of trade union members, i.e. beyond union activists, are willing to perform less-demanding tasks in support of their union; this is an internal union resource that is currently underutilised. As union tasks differ in terms of... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Multinational companies dominate much of the economies of the new EU member states of central and eastern Europe. They usually claim to respect trade unions at home and many have signed global agreements with international union organisations. It could be hoped that... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Key points Social media such as Facebook forces unions to increase communication with members and makes rank-and-file dissent highly visible. Challenges can arise as a result of different emphases on collective and connective logics between online networks and... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy implications The risk created by expanding the labour pool to workers based in other countries can, if necessary, be dealt with by EU legislative action, for example, through substantive EU employment law. Furthermore, the risk created by expanding the labour... Lire plus

uniquement disponible en anglais Policy implications The Action Plan on the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the Porto Social Summit have created a momentum for the enhancement of the social dimension of the European Union (EU), but, so far, without much to show by way of innovation. The... Lire plus

Uniquement disponible en anglais Policy considerations EU competition law imposes limits on the scope of collective labour law, as it precludes self-employed workers from collective bargaining . There is a rising number of self-employed workers whose livelihood are characterised by increasing... Lire plus

Dans les prochains mois, la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes (CJCE) rendra son arrêt dans l'affaire EPSU Syndicat européen des services publics et Goudriaan contre Commission (C-928/19 P) qui pourrait être cruciale pour l'avenir du dialogue social européen. L'affaire EPSU trouve son... Lire plus

Ce document soutient que les syndicats des pays d'Europe centrale et orientale (PECO) devraient se concentrer non seulement sur l'amélioration de la législation formelle, sur son application, mais aussi sur la manière dont les tribunaux interprètent cette législation formelle en s'engageant dans des... Lire plus