European Works Councils: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will (Routledge Studies in Employment Relations, 9)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
List of contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction: employee participation in Europe......Page 18
Understanding European Works Councils......Page 30
European Works Councils and the development of a Euro-corporatist model......Page 34
European Works Councils: structures and strategies in the new Europe......Page 51
'Thriving on diversity' revisited......Page 65
Assessing the Directive in action......Page 80
The practical and legal problems of European Works Councils: reviewing the Directive......Page 84
Implementing the Directive: a view from UK business......Page 97
Negotiating European Works Councils: contours of constrained choice......Page 110
European Works Councils: management views and representatives' experiences......Page 130
Putting the European Works Council Directive into practice......Page 134
Managing European Works Councils from outside Europe......Page 149
Bringing it all back home: trade unions and the Compass Group......Page 164
Organising across borders: developing trade union networks......Page 182
The future of European Works Councils......Page 196
Connecting and communicating: European Works Council training for global labour networks......Page 200
The limits and possibilities of European Works Councils in the context of globalisation: experience in the textile, clothing and footwear sector......Page 215
Organising in the global economy: the Accor  IUF trade union rights agreement......Page 228
Index......Page 242