Title | Three Scenarios For Industrial Relations In Europe |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2015 |
Authors | Hyman, Richard |
Journal | International Labour Review |
Volume | 154 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 5 - 14 |
Date Published | 2015/// |
Keywords | employment, EU, Europe, European Union, industrial relations, informal economy, labor relations, market economy, trade unionism, trend |
Abstract | The author outlines three scenarios for the future of industrial relations in Europe. The first – perhaps the most realistic – projects continuing erosion of national industrial relations systems and conditions of employment, in line with current trends. The second envisages that “elite reform” from above will succeed in re-engineering industrial relations and workers' protection according to an ideal social policy agenda – an unlikely prospect given the overriding importance of financial considerations and globalized competition. The third scenario centres on a counter-movement from below which presents trade unions with the daunting challenge of mobilizing the discontented far beyond their traditional constituency. |