Dialogue social et négociation collective

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 they would play a positive role, bringing better... 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 established unions. Union success on social media... 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 pool to workers based in non-EU countries can be... 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 precariousness and whose working conditions could be... Lire plus

Ce numéro spécial, le troisième d’une série consacrée par la revue Transfer à « l’état du syndicalisme en Europe », examine l’activité internationale des syndicats européens. À l’heure actuelle, les syndicats en Europe opèrent dans un environnement institutionnel complexe présentant des niveaux multiples, allant du lieu de travail, où la... Lire plus