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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957087803321

Autore

Waddington Jeremy

Titolo

European works councils : a transnational industrial relations institution in the making / / by Jeremy Waddington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2010

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-91349-1

1-136-91350-5

1-282-88249-X

9786612882494

0-203-84353-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in employment relations

Disciplina

331.094

Soggetti

Industrial relations - Europe

Works councils - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 The Articulation Activities of European Industry Federations; 3 EWC Agreements: The Impact of the Directive on Coverage, Barriers, and Content; 4 Information, Consultation, and Company Restructuring: Views on the Core EWC Agenda; 5 EWC Infrastructure: Articulation in the Context of Communication, Training, and Collective Identity; 6 Beyond the Formal Information and Consultation Agenda; 7 From Review to Recast: Contesting the Revision of the Directive

8 Conclusion: Towards a Transnational Industrial Relations Institution Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The creation of European Works Councils is arguably the most important measure taken in global industrial relations in recent years. Adopted with the primary goal of facilitating European-level workers' participation in information-sharing and consultation in multinational companies, EWCs have also been central to a wide-ranging process of institution-building at the European level. European Works Councils



charts the growth in the number of EWCs and the development of practices associated with EWCs between 1994, when legislation on EWCs was adopted, and 2009, when the initial legisla