Laboratories of the new Europe: trade unions, employee interest representation and participation in foreign investment enterprises in central and eastern Europe

Eckhard Voss
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Eckhard Voss: Researcher and adviser on international affairs, Wilke, Maack and Partner, Hamburg

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2006, vol. 12, issue 4, 577-591

Abstract: This article examines a number of aspects of the industrial relations practices of foreign investors in central and eastern Europe, focusing on trade union structures, employee interest representation, and consultation and social dialogue at the company level. Based on evidence from selected companies in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, the paper argues that the experiences of multinational companies with regard to employee interest representation and shop-floor trade unionism should be regarded as ‘laboratories of learning processes' which are not only having an impact on the ongoing transformation of industrial relations and corporate cultures in the new Member States but also on the whole of Europe, most notably the future shape of institutionalised employee participation.

Keywords: central and eastern Europe; information and consultation; employee participation; employee interest representation; new Member States; foreign investment enterprises; social dialogue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890601200408

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