Workers Participation In Western Europe

Report on workers participation in Western Europe - compares the structure of works councils and committees in EC countries and other European countries and covers workers representation on the governing boards of certain enterprises, profit sharing schemes, etc. Bibliography pp. 83 to 103, and statistical tables.

Comparison of workers participation trends in Western Europe - compares the structure of works councils and committees in EC countries and other European countries and covers workers representation on the management boards of certain enterprises, profit sharing schemes, etc. ILO mentioned. Bibliography pp. 86 and 87.

Report on collective bargaining and workers participation trends in Western European countries, USA, Canada and Japan - discusses trade union patterns, employers organizations, codetermination, works councils and other characteristics regarding systems of workers representation and labour relations. References.

Comprises a series of papers which analyse developments in worker participation and industrial relations over the last 20 years, and which consider policy options both in Europe and worldwide. Part 1 examines the present state of direct and indirect participation in Western Europe, part 2 provides details of developments in individual countries of Western Europe, and part 3 considers the role of universities in supporting trade unions to develop policies on democratic participation. Looks at forms of financial participation.

Monograph presenting a comparison of migrant worker political participation and political behaviour in Western Europe - covers home country migration policies, labour policies in France, Germany, Federal Republic and Switzerland, legal status, participation in central government and local government advisory committees, political partys, voting, trade unions, employees associations, interest groups, strikes, civil rights demonstrations and trends. ILO mentioned. Select bibliography pp. 205 to 216 and references.

This book, originally published in 1977, is a comparative study of worker participation in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Britain. The first part of the book treats employee participation in general terms and examines its meaning and scope. The second part then examines the major themes of representative establishment councils and employee representation through an analysis of the relevant statutes and common law of the countries concerned, and by exploring the legal and other problems which have arisen in each. It also examines how these laws are applied in practice and the opinions of those concerned.

First published in 1985 Industrial Relations in Europe examines the development of trade unions and their relations with the employers and employers’ organisations in a number of Western European countries in the 1980s. The shared characteristics of these systems are common heritage of political democracy, market economies, the right of employers to manage the business for which they are responsible and the right of employees to belong to unions which are free to bargain and to seek political goals which will advance the interests of their members. With case studies from Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, Norway etc. the volume showcases the major structural changes brought about by technological, economic and social factors which had significant implications for trade unions and traditional patterns of industrial relations. A major response was the erosion of centralized processes of decision making and a return to the individual, local initiative and an increased interest in entrepreneurship. This book is a must read for scholars of political economy, industrial economy and economics in general.