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The essays presented here are an outcome of an international and comparative conference, organised and sponsored by the newly established Hugo Sinzheimer Institute of Labour Law (HSI), Frankfurt am Main, which took place in Frankfurt in January 2011 at the premises of IG Metall, the worldâs largest trade union. The book offers an overview of trade union rights in each of seven industrial countries: Belgium, Hungary, England, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States. A concluding chapter by Manfred Weiss (whose 70th birthday was honoured at the conference) notes the futility of a âharmonizationâ approach, stressing rather a strategy of accepting variety which nevertheless embraces close cooperation. Issues covered include the following: \n\ndirect and indirect recognition of the rights of the unions at the workplace; \nthe right of access of trade union representatives not employed in the establishment; \ncompetition from non-unionized firms and low labour cost operations; \nnew styles of management hostile to trade unions; \nemployersâ use of the courts to prevent industrial action illegalized by new legislation; \nrelations among trade unions, works councils, workersâ representatives, and employersâ organizations; \nthe role of the union at a time of change of company ownership; and \neffects of public resistance to cuts in public services and to job losses. |
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