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Mitbestimmung international

This site provides online access in English to a selection of articles that have recently appeared in Mitbestimmung, the monthly magazine of the Hans Boeckler Foundation. The articles cover employee related issues across Europe and industrial relations developments in Germany.

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On a collision course with the unions

From ThyssenKrupp to T-Mobile USA, German companies in the southern US are steering a collision course with the unions. By Stefan Scheytt more...

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Warda's Goal

The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers´ Unions (ICEM) is hoping to complete a merger with the International Metalworkers' Federation and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation by 2012. By Stefan Scheytt more...

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Every man for himself

Tensions between the national employee representatives of European aircraft manufacturers Airbus have made it hard for them to come up with a transnational response to the company's globalisation strategy. By Marcus Engler. more...

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A turning point in energy policy

According to Michael Vassiliadis, chairman of the IG BCE trade union, nuclear power does not offer a viable transition to renewable energy. That is why "energy policy needs to make a fresh start, giving priority to electricity from renewables but also relying on modern coal and gas power stations." By Michael Vassiliadis more...

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The European Company sets the pace for social dialogue

With the truckmaker MAN and the market research company GfK recently choosing the legal form of a European Company there are good reasons for an exchange of views about the strengths and weakness of employee involvement in European Companies. By Mario Müller and Cornelia Girndt. more...

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Employee participation - the professionals

Legislation has increased the responsibility of company supervisory boards. Interviews with the union experts on employee participation reveal how these new regulations have changed the demanding work of the employee representatives who sit on these monitoring bodies. By Mario Müller more...

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"A basic misconception"

Herbert Brücker, of the Institute for Employment Research, explains to Kay Meiners and Ingo Zander why an increase in the labour supply doesn't necessarily mean greater pressure on wages - and why the trade unions would also have benefited if labour markets had opened up earlier. more...

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Union calls time on unrealistic sales targets

Germany's united service trade union ver.di had more than pay rises in its sights in the recently-concluded bargaining round for the banking sector. As Berlin-based journalist Jost Maurin reports, a key issue was business practices that are costing customers money - and customer advisers their peace of mind. more...


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