Description
The latest edition of the ETUI's annual report on collective bargaining in Europe, covering 2001 and the first few months of 2002, contains contributions from a total of 19 European countries, including four EU applicant countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).
Members of the European network of collective bargaining experts present, in their respective national reports, details of economic developments and wage and working time trends, as well as information about the europeanisation of industrial relations, increasing flexibility of working conditions, the gender dimension and, finally, a glance ahead to expected developments in 2002. A first comparative chapter brings together information from all the national reports in order to supply a European overview of developments. This chapter indicates, among other things, that wage developments remained moderate in 2001-2002, while working time was becoming increasingly flexible throughout Europe and the European coordination of collective bargaining was making headway thanks to the impetus given by the European trade union structures. Combining a wealth of information from national sources with descriptions of European developments on the collective bargaining front, this report constitutes a practical reference guide for trade unionists, employers, researchers and anyone with an interest in collective bargaining issues and developments.
