Since the revitalisation of the European integration process by the Delors Commission, European institutions have been encouraging social dialogue and the emergence of a European system of industrial relations. The Barroso Commission's response to the Eurozone crisis is a source of concern for...

1. Emerging from the crisis : the transformation of public service employment relations? / Stephen Bach and Lorenzo Bordogna -- 2. Greece : public service employment relations: adjustment and reforms / Christos A. Ioannou -- 3. Spain : rationalization without modernization: public service...

The article compares changes in the European Works Councils (EWCs) at Ford and General Motors Europe during the financial and economic crisis. Previously, both were highly active and effective. Although both otherwise displayed quite different characteristics before the crisis, their reactions...