This paper investigates different varieties of so called organised decentralisation of collective bargaining in Germany …-channel system and on framework agreements that allow company level bargaining as long as minimum stipulations are observed. Finally … have a new role. The Netherlands exhibit some, very limited, elements of disorganisation and stable bargaining coverage …

pillars of the model: sectoral collective bargaining and firm-level codetermination. Relative to the United States, Germany … outsources collective bargaining to the sectoral level, resulting in higher coverage and the avoidance of firm … unemployment, but may also erode bargaining coverage and increase inequality. Meanwhile, firm-level codetermination through worker …