TY - JOUR T1 - Three Scenarios For Industrial Relations In Europe JF - International Labour Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Richard Hyman KW - employment KW - EU KW - Europe KW - European Union KW - industrial relations KW - informal economy KW - labor relations KW - market economy KW - trade unionism KW - trend AB -

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.

VL - 154 L2 - eng CP - 1 ER -