EUROPE - report highlights developments in electricity sector
The EIRO industrial relations observatory has produced a review of the public utilities with a particular focus on electricity. The report looks at how the sector has been affected by privatisation, liberalisation and restructuring. Based on reports from 20 European countries it highlights the impact on collective bargaining, noting that restructuring has usually proceeded by negotiation and in many cases levels of unionisation have been maintained. [Read more at > EIRO->http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/2005/02/study/tn0502101s.html] [And find the individual company reports at > EIRO->http://www