This paper is based on a comparative study of the UK and German operations of the McDonald's Corporation. The main focus of the paper is the interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the German system of co-determination. Commentators have suggested that industrial relations...

This paper analyses the establishment and subsequent meetings of the McDonald’s European Works Council (EWC) established under Article 13. The paper focuses on the extent to which a non-union firm can frustrate the intent of the EWC directive and especially where this is based on a voluntary...