This paper presents empirical data on the perceptions of national level social partnership in Ireland. It looks at the impact of the Irish social partnership process on the union-member relationship and the implications of the different views at workplace level of national partnership agreements

Ever since the European Court of Justice delivered its Laval judgment on 18 December 2007, the name of this small Latvian company has become notorious. The sole mention of ‘Viking and Laval' has become short-hand for those critical of a certain idea of Europe giving primacy to economic...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- 1. Enhancing social partners' and social dialogue's roles and capacity in the new world of work: Overview -- 2. Strengthening the representativeness of the social partners and their institutional capacity to shape...

Social dialogue, one of the main components of decent work, is the process of information and opinion exchange amongst employer, worker, and government representatives to consult, negotiate, and reach agreements on issues that concern them, which reflects the global diversity of the labour...