Trade Unions in the European Union: A Handbook

With the establishment of the Social Chapter, 1993 will mark the beginning of a much more comprehensive process of integration than was first envisaged under the rubric of the "Single Market". This new economic environment has enormous implications for trade unions across Europe. "Trade Unions in the European Community" provides a guide to the different forms of employee representation in each of the twelve Community countries, to the different legal, political and economic conditions in which trade unions operate, and to the full details of EC legislation on workers' rights. The authors provide statistical and factual information as well as comparative studies, making this text a reference work both for British trade unionists and for academics in industrial relations, labour law and human resources management.