Towards a ‘European’ works council

Doug Miller
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Doug Miller: Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Trade Union Studies, Division of Government and Politics, University of Northumbria, UK.

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 1999, vol. 5, issue 3, 344-365

Abstract: Early critiques of the new procedures for information and consultation within multinationals in the EU pose serious questions as to whether such structures have the potential for being either ‘European’ or a works council. This article attempts to clarify some of the dimensions of a transnationality which delegates would like to see prevail within their European works councils. Such elements as ‘a level playing field’; the EWC as a learning organisation, awareness of constituencies, solidarity and multilingualism and multiculturalism have been advanced as a key set of organisational features of a transnational worker body seeking to transcend national culture. The development of such values and practices may be achievable via a new trade union pedagogy: However, given the absence of any steer within the Directive on training the European trade union movement would appear to be at a critical juncture as the opportunity for a revision arises.

Date: 1999
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