Collective Bargaining, Working Time
Negotiating and campaigning on working time
After pay, working time is core collective bargaining issue but is also an important area of employment regulated by national and European legislation. EPSU has been very active in defending and calling for proper implementation of the Working Time Directive and is involved in current debates on working time. The why and how of working time reduction is a guide produced for EPSU by the European Trade Union Institute and examines long-term trends in working time, the arguments for reducing it and examples of how this has been achieved.
Relevance
Sep. 15, 2006
European integration - analysis of the role of trade unions and EPSU in Economic and Monetary Union
An interesting article as been published in an academic journal which analysis the role of trade union responses to changing production relations that accompanied the process of European integration and
Mar. 28, 2008
Ver.di says arbitration proposals would mean further cut in real pay for workers - further strike action likely
(28 March 2008) After five rounds of negotiations unions and employers agreed earlier this month to appoint an arbitration committee to come up with proposals to help resolve their differences
Jul. 30, 2005
Collective Bargaining - useful links
- [Online European industrial relations dictionary->www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/] ETUC web pages on: - [collective bargaining->http://www.etuc.org/r/792] - [social dialogue->http://www.etuc.org/r/59] [ETUC web pages on key legal cases on collective bargaining->http://www.etuc.org/r/846] [ETUI page on key