This annual review highlights the most significant developments that took place in industrial relations in the EU Member States and Norway in 2009, both at national and EU level. It first sets out the political context, then goes on to examine levels of coverage of collective bargaining, and...

Since 1997, the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) has followed and analysed developments in industrial relations in the 15 EU Member States & Norway and at EU level. Coverage of the candidate countries started in 2002. This overview compares some key aspects of industrial...

This report makes a first, exploratory attempt at examining the extent and nature of negotiating activity within EWCs. It focuses on examples of written joint texts concerning issues other than the EWC’s own constitution or internal affairs and looks in detail at 14 joint texts. The report...