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Contents Sommaire 1 Foreword 2 Préface 3 Crisis, austerity, alternatives 3 Crise, austérité, alternatives 15 Occupational health and safety 15 Santé et sécurité au travail 23 Social Europe / 23 Europe sociale / Industrial relations Relations professionnelles 33 Worker participation / 33 Participation des travailleurs / Union renewal Renouveau syndical 40 Trade union training 40 Formation syndicale 45 Periodicals 45 Périodiques 48 List of books 2011-2015 48 Liste des livres 2011-2015 51 List of reports 2011-2015 51 Liste des rapports 2011-2015 53 List of Working Papers 2011-2015 53 Liste des Working Papers 2011-2015 57 List of Policy Briefs 2011-2015 57 Liste des Policy Briefs 2011-2015 60 List of guides 2011-2015 60 Liste des guides 2011-2015 62 List of Background analysis 62 Liste des Background analysis 63 E-newsletters 63 Newsletters électroniques
1 Foreword Welcome to our catalogue of publications for — Guides cover documents that are designed the period 2011-2015. This catalogue presents for trainers to support their work or that aim all ETUI publications produced in the last four to outline a question or issue in a clear and years, including some compiled by ETUI simple manner. researchers but published elsewhere. — Background analysis is intended to explain and supply background information about During this period, these publications have dealt recent EU policies. This series is only avail- with a wide range of topics (economic and finan- able online. cial crisis, European governance, Europeanisa- — Periodicals: HesaMag, a twice-yearly journal tion of industrial relations, and many more). The on occupational health and safety; Transfer, readership for our work is very diverse. Trade a quarterly publication focusing on industrial unionists, social scientists and European policy- relations, employment, and economic and makers use our publications to learn about the social policies; and SEER, a journal covering latest developments on social issues at EU level labour and social developments in eastern or to find scientific support for policy positions. Europe. — Audiovisual products and infographics: the The ETUI’s publications fall into different series: ETUI has started producing video recordings — Policy Briefs introduce a line of argument or of its events. These are published on YouTube key issue in a policy-oriented manner. They and on our web site. Increasingly, we also use are read by a large non-specialised audience, infographics to visualise in an attractive way as well as by decisionmakers and members of statistical data from ETUI research. European think-tanks, and are mainly distrib- — E-newsletters: the monthly ETUI newsletter uted electronically. alerts ten thousand contacts to our latest pub- — Working Papers present research that is either lications, events, and training courses. Other still ongoing or recently concluded. These thematic newsletters, which are circulated papers are aimed at academics, think-tanks, to a more specialised and clearly identified European institutions, trade unions and non- audience, cover the following topics: collective governmental organisations. bargaining; health and safety at work; worker — Books are intended, depending on topic and participation. goal, for a specialised audience or a larger reading public. The content of books may be Most publications are available free of charge the findings of internal ETUI research pro- from the ETUI website. Others can be ordered jects, the results of external research network directly either from the ETUI or from the pub- projects, or annual publications on specific lisher concerned. issues, e.g. Benchmarking Working Europe. — Reports are more technical documents aimed We hope that our publications will be of interest at an audience already in possession of spe- to you and of help in your own work. cialised knowledge of the area in question. In some cases, they are used to outline the Philippe Pochet, results of conferences. General Director ETUI
2 Préface Bienvenue dans notre catalogue de publications — les guides recouvrent les documents conçus pour la période 2011-2015. Ce catalogue présente pour soutenir les formateurs dans leur travail toutes les publications de l’ETUI produites durant ou pour traiter d’une question ou d’un sujet les quatre dernières années, y compris certaines précis, de façon claire et simple ; publications compilées par les chercheurs de — les Background analysis entendent expliquer l’ETUI mais publiées par d’autres éditeurs. et fournir une information de fond sur les poli- Pendant cette période, ces publications ont porté tiques européennes récentes. Il s’agit de publi- sur un large éventail de sujets (crise économique cations en ligne qui peuvent être téléchargées à et financière, gouvernance européenne, euro- partir du site internet de l’ETUI ; péanisation des relations professionnelles, etc.). — les périodiques : HesaMag, un semestriel consa- Les lecteurs de nos publications ont des profils cré à la santé et à la sécurité au travail ; Transfer, très variés. Les syndicalistes, les chercheurs en un trimestriel centré sur les relations profession- sciences sociales et les décideurs politiques euro- nelles, l’emploi et les politiques économiques péens utilisent nos publications pour connaître et sociales ; et SEER consacré aux évolutions l’évolution récente des questions sociales au sociales et du monde du travail en Europe de niveau de l’Union européenne ou pour trouver un l’Est ; support scientifique aux positions politiques. — les supports audiovisuels et infographiques : l’ETUI a commencé à produire des enregistre- Les publications de l’ETUI ont été regroupées ments vidéo de ses événements. Ceux-ci sont dans les catégories suivantes : publiés sur YouTube et sur le site internet. — les Policy Briefs ont pour but de présenter une L’ETUI utilise aussi de plus en plus d’infogra- note argumentée ou un thème clé dans une phies pour visualiser d’une manière attrayante optique de recommandations politiques. Ils les données statistiques liées à ses activités de visent le grand public non spécialisé, mais aussi recherche ; les décideurs et les groupes de réflexion euro- — les newsletters : le bulletin d’information men- péens. Ils sont distribués par voie électronique ; suel de l’ETUI fournit régulièrement des alertes — les Working Papers font état des recherches sur les événements, les publications et les cours en cours ou finalisées. Ils s’adressent à un de formation à plus de 10 000 contacts. Des public académique, aux groupes de réflexion, bulletins d’information spécifiques distribués aux institutions européennes, aux organi- à un public plus spécialisé et précis couvrent sations syndicales et aux organisations non actuellement les thèmes suivants : négociation gouvernementales ; collective, santé et sécurité au travail, participa- — les livres sont destinés à un public spécialisé ou tion des travailleurs. à un public plus large en fonction des sujets et de l’objectif. Ils sont consacrés soit aux résul- De nombreuses publications sont disponibles tats de projets de recherche internes à l’ETUI gratuitement et peuvent être téléchargées à partir et de projets de réseaux de recherche externes, du site internet de l’ETUI. D’autres publications soit à des publications annuelles sur des sujets peuvent être commandées directement à l’ETUI spécifiques, comme le Benchmarking Working ou à la maison d’édition concernée. Europe ; — les rapports sont des documents plus tech- Nous espérons que vous trouverez nos publica- niques destinés à un public spécialisé dans le tions intéressantes et utiles, et qu’elles contribue- domaine de recherche concerné. Ils présen- ront à vous aider dans votre travail. tent aussi dans certains cas les résultats de conférences ; Philippe Pochet, Directeur général de l’ETUI
3 Crisis, austerity, alternatives Crise, austérité, alternatives Wage bargaining under the new European Authors: Economic Governance Kristin Alsos, Fafo Institute for Labour and Edited by Guy Van Gyes, HIVA and Thorsten Schul- Social Research | Ignacio Alvarez, University of ten, WSI Valladolid | Søren Kaj Andersen, FAOS, University ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-373-1, 417 pages, 20 € of Copenhagen | Szilvia Borbély, Economic and Social Research Institute of the Trade Unions | Odile Chagny, IRES, France | Jesús Cruces Aguilera, Fundación 1º de Mayo | Noélie Delahaie, IRES, France | Line Eldring, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research | Lewis Emery, Labour Research Department | Michel Husson, IRES, France | Christian Lyhne Ibsen, FAOS, University of Copenhagen | Maarten Keune, University of Amsterdam and AIAS | Salvo Leonardi, Associazione Bruno Trentin, Italy | Torsten Müller, ETUI | Reinhard Naumann, University Institute Within the framework of the new European of Lisbon (IUL) and Instituto Ruben | Kristine economic governance, neoliberal views on Nergaard, Fafo Institute for Labour and Social wages have further increased in prominence Research, Oslo | László Neumann, Institute for and have steered various reforms of collec- Political Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | tive bargaining rules and practices. As the Pekka Sauramo, Labour Institute for Economic crisis in Europe came to be largely inter- Researh, Finland | Thorsten Schulten, Economic and preted as a crisis of competitiveness, wages Social Research Institute (WSI) of the Hans Böckler were seen as the core adjustment variable for Foundation, Germany | Guy Van Gyes, KULeuven- ‘internal devaluation’, the claim being that HIVA, Belgium | Sem Vandekerckhove, HIVA-KU competitiveness could be restored through a Leuven | Catherine Vincent, IRES, France | Sepp reduction of labour costs. Zuckerstätter, Vienna Chamber of Labour in Austria This book proposes an alternative view according to which wage developments need to be strengthened through a Europe-wide coordinated reconstruction of collective bargaining as a precondition for more sustainable and more inclusive growth in Europe.
4 Divisive integration. The triumph of failed ideas A triumph of failed ideas. European models in Europe — revisited of capitalism in the crisis Edited by Steffen Lehndorff, University of Edited by Steffen Lehndorff, Duisburg-Essen University of Duisburg-Essen ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-332-8, 367 pages, 20 € ETUI 2012, ISBN 978-2-87452-246-8, 284 pages, 20 € Also available in German by VSA Verlag, 2014 The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in This book is a follow-up to the ETUI 2012 vol- mainstream media and politics, as a ‘public debt ume ‘The triumph of failed ideas’. The focus of crisis’. The present book draws a markedly dif- the book is the weight attributed to the different ferent picture. What is happening now is rooted, economic and social development paths in ten in a variety of different ways, in the destabilisa- individual EU countries, and their interaction tion of national models of capitalism due to the with the austerity regime established at EU level predominance of neoliberalism since the demise which in fact is deepening the crisis rather than of the post-war ‘golden age’. Ten country analy- paving ways out of it. ses provide insights into national ways of coping – or failing to cope – with the ongoing crisis. Authors: They reveal the extent to which the respective Dominique Anxo, Linnaeus University and CAFO | socio-economic development models are unsus- Josep Banyuls, Valencia University | Jörg Flecker, tainable, either for the country in question, or University of Vienna and FORBA | Damian Grimshaw, for other countries. Manchester Business School and EWERC | Christoph The bottom-line of the book is twofold. First, Hermann, FORBA and University of Vienna | Florence there will be no European reform agenda at all Jany-Catrice, University Lille 1 and laboratory unless each country does its own homework. Clersé-CNRS | Maria Karamessini, Panteion University Second, and equally urgent, is a new European of Social and Political Sciences | Michel Lallement, reform agenda without which alternative ap- CNAM and laboratory Lise-CNRS | Steffen Lehndorff, proaches in individual countries will inevitably IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen | Janine Leschke, be suffocated. This message, delivered by the Copenhagen Business School | Torsten Müller, ETUI | country chapters, is underscored by more Albert Recio, Autonomous University of Barcelona general chapters on the prospects of trade and IET | Jill Rubery, Manchester Business School union policy in Europe and on current auster- and EWERC | Thorsten Schulten, WSI | Annamaria ity policies and how they interact with the new Simonazzi, Sapienza University of Rome and Fondazione approaches to economic governance at the EU Giacomo Brodolini | Sotiria Theodoropoulou, ETUI | level. These insights are aimed at providing a András Tóth, Centre of European Employment Studies better understanding across borders at a time at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hans-Jürgen when European rhetoric is being used as a Urban, IG Metall | Andrew Watt, IMK | James smokescreen for national egoism. Wickham, Trinity College Dublin Authors: Dominique Anxo, Linnaeus University and CAFO | Josep Banyuls, Valencia University | Jörg Flecker, FORBA and University of Vienna | Damian Grimshaw, Manchester Business School and EWERC | Christoph Hermann, FORBA and University of Vienna | Hortenzia Hosszú, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Institute
5 of Political Science, Budapest | Florence Jany-Catrice, Authors: University Lille 1 and CNRS | Maria Karamessini, Sylvia Borbonus, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Environment and Energy | Bruno Estrada López, | Athens | Michel Lallement, CNAM and CNRS | Steffen Béla Galgóczi, ETUI | Elena Grimaccia, Italian National Lehndorff, IAQ, University of Duisburg-Essen | Janine Statistics Institute | Sven Hergovich, Austrian economist Leschke, ETUI | László Neumann, Hungarian Academy and policy adviser | Miriam Paprsek, Vienna Economics of Sciences and Institute of Political Science, Budapest | and Business University | Tommaso Rondinella, Italian Albert Recio, Autonomous University of Barcelona National Statistics Institute | Marco Torregrossa, Euro and IET | Jill Rubery, Manchester Business School and Freelancers EWERC | Annamaria Simonazzi, Sapienza University of Rome and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini | Sotiria Greening industries and creating jobs Theodoropoulou, ETUI | András Tóth, Hungarian Edited by Béla Galgóczi, ETUI Academy of Sciences and Institute of Political Science, ETUI 2012, ISBN 978-2-87452-249-9, 223 pages, 20 € Budapest | Hans-Jürgen Urban, IG Metall | Andrew Watt, ETUI | James Wickham, Employment Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin Europe’s energy transformation in the austerity trap Edited by Béla Galgóczi, ETUI ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-364-9, 173 pages, 20 € How the objective of a resource-efficient low car- bon economy is to be reached and how the tran- sition is managed are the key issues addressed by this publication. The two main focuses are industrial policy and employment prospects on the road to a green economy that retains its industrial base. Our planetary limits demand a radical transi- Any lasting recovery of the real economy will tion from the energy-intensive economic model necessarily take the shape of a more resource- based on the extraction of finite resources, efficient production model. While we argue which has been dominant since the first indus- that only a more ambitious and comprehensive trial revolution, to a model that is both sustain- European climate policy framework would have able and equitable. a chance of delivering the broader 2050 climate Unfortunately however, energy transformation targets, this does not mean that Europe has to in Europe has, after a promising start, fallen give up its industrial base and its related compe- hostage to austerity and to the main philosophy tences. Several chapters of this book argue that underpinning the crisis management policies the option of attaining a low-carbon economy in which overall competitiveness is reduced through ‘deindustrialisation’ would prevent to the much narrower concept of cost-com- Europe from preserving its competitiveness and petitiveness. Regulatory uncertainty, design knowledge base, which are also essential for failures built into incentive systems, and unjust exploiting the potential of the emerging eco-in- distribution of the costs, have also contributed dustry. While decoupling economic growth from to the reversal of progress in energy transfor- resource use is also possible with an industrial mation currently observable across Europe. In base that is more energy-and resource-efficient, this book three country case studies highlight this does require a fundamental shift in terms the different facets of these conflicts, while of how the economy is managed and how busi- additional light is thrown on the situation by ness decisions are made. Sustainable industrial an account of the lack of progress in achieving and structural policies are needed also in order energy efficiency. to ensure that this revolutionary process takes place in a socially balanced manner.
6 Authors: he recommends as an alternative and better Béla Galgóczi, ETUI | Éloi Laurent, OFCE | Alain Mestre, indicator in the context of the Alert Mechanism Syndex | Philippe Morvannou, Syndex | Guido Nelissen, Reports to be issued by the European Commis- ACV-CSC METEA | Tommaso Rondinella, Istat’s sion in the future. Secretariat to the Presidency | Philipp Schepelmann, Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy in Exiting from the crisis: towards a model of more Wuppertal | Marco Torregrossa, independent consultant equitable and sustainable growth and EU legal advisor | Peter Wilke, Wilke, Maack and Edited by David Coats, The Smith InstituteI Partner, Hamburg | Annika Wolff, Wilke, Maack und ETUI 2011, ISBN 978-2-87452-218-5, 278 pages, 20 € Partner, Hamburg Also available in French, Italian and Russian Macroeconomic imbalances and comparative advantages in the Euro Area Stefan Collignon, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies ETUI 2012, ISBN 978-2-87452-274-1, 139 pages, 15 € The global economy is still struggling to emerge from the worst financial crisis and global recession since the Second World War. In this context, TUAC, ETUI, GURN and ITUC created a Task Force to define the parameters of a new The emergence of macroeconomic imbalances growth model. This publication which is the among EU member states is often seen as a major initial result of its work, takes up the challenge underlying factor of the recent European debt of developing progressive alternatives to the crisis. In order to identify and tackle these imbal- failed neo-liberal model that has dominated eco- ances, the European authorities established, in nomic policy for over three decades. It consists 2011, a new surveillance tool incorporating rules of contributions by more than 30 authors, all to prevent future imbalances and labelled the with links to the global labour movement, and a Excessive Imbalance Procedure (EIP). preface by Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz. Stefan Collignon argues that the premises of The different chapters analyse the causes and the Excessive Imbalance Procedure are in fact implications of the crisis and propose alternative wrong, and its implementation therefore mis- ways toward more equitable and sustainable guided, in that they take for granted the policy models of growth. A comprehensive approach is framework of the nation state whereas the Euro taken and the topics addressed include: the need Area economy is, in reality, integrated into a for a new approach to macroeconomic policy single market with a single currency, such that to promote strong and stable growth and high so-called ‘foreign’ debt is, effectively, debt to employment; developing alternative welfare other residents in the Euro Area. measures to GDP; how to re-regulate financial The author demonstrates, furthermore, that markets so that they serve the real economy; a strict adherence to the EIP could, in conjunction development model for the global South; a new with other new economic governance instru- approach to labour markets that ensures that ments, entail devastating consequences for they deliver decent jobs and promote greater peripheral countries in the European Union. equality; the need for a comprehensive set of Following his observation that current indicators policies to make economic activity ecologically used by the Commission fail to provide a correct sustainable. or accurate assessment of imbalances in the Euro Area, the author devises a new ‘Competi- Authors: tive Index’, calculated as the difference between Jim Baker, Council of Global Unions | Peter Bakvis, actual and equilibrium unit labour costs, which TUC — Ron Blackwell, AFLCIO | Sharan Burrow, ITUC |
7 Esther Busser, ITUC | Thomas Carlen, LO Sweden | Climate change: Implications for employment. David Coats, The Smith Institute | Claire Courteille, Key findings from the intergovernmental panel on ITUC | Sébastien Dupuch, FO | John Evans, TUAC | climate change fifth assessment report Béla Galgóczi, ETUI | Pierre Habbard, TUAC | Mike Scott, freelance journalist Frank Hoffer, ILO-ACTRAV | James Howard, ITUC | ETUI and European Climate Foundation, 2014, 20 pages / EN, FR, ES Andrew Jackson, Canadian Labour Congress | Anousheh Karvar, CFDT | Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect | Adhemar Mineiro, TUCA | John Monks, ETUC | Rory O’Farrell, ETUI | Kwabena Otoo, Ghana TUC | Tim Climate Change: Page, TUC | Thomas Palley, New America Foundation | Implications for Employment Anabella Rosemberg, ITUC/TUAC | Patuan Samosir, ITUC | Roland Schneider, TUAC | Joseph Stiglitz, Key Findings from the Columbia University | Raymond Torres, ILO IILS | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report Lora Verheecke, TUAC | Sigurt Vitols, WZB and ETUI | Key Findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report Andrew Watt, ETUI This guide is one of a series of summaries of the Guides Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for stakeholders synthesising the most pertinent findings of AR5 Towards a social-ecological transition. Solidarity in for workers and employment. the age of environmental challenge Éloi Laurent, OFCE, and Philippe Pochet, ETUI ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-382-3, 40 pages Reports Also available in French published by Les Petits matins in cooperation with the Veblen Institute under the following title: Pour une transition Vocational education and training and sociale-écologique – égalités, emploi, protection sociale the Great Recession: supporting young people in a time of crisis Report 131 Jason Heyes, University of Sheffield Towards a social-ecological transition ETUI 2014, ISBN 978-2-87452-317-5, 62 pages, 15 € Solidarity in the age of environmental challenge This report examines developments in Voca- — Éloi Laurent and Philippe Pochet tional Education and Training (VET) since the start of the recent economic crisis. It focuses on initial VET and labour market measures aimed primarily at young people. The report inves- tigates the extent to which participation rates The primary aim of this short guide is to tie the in VET and employer support for apprentice- ecological transition firmly to the simultaneous ships in EU member states have changed since demand for social progress. As the authors see 2008. It also examines the content of recent it, such social progress must be erected upon government policies and changes relating to the the tripod of equality, employment and social administration and organisation of vocational protection. These are the three pillars of the training provision, comparing and evaluating edifice required to produce a social-ecological developments in a variety of EU countries. The transition. Simply put, the social-ecological report assesses the implications of policies and transition answers environmental change with actions at national and European levels for the social progress. achievement of EU social policy goals and the labour market transitions of young people.
8 Public funding for green energy in a context Free movement of labour in Europe: a solution for of crisis better labour allocation? Report 130 Working Paper 2015.06 Mike Scott, freelance journalist Béla Galgóczi, ETUI and Janine Leschke, Copenhagen ETUI 2013, ISBN 978-2-87452-301-4, 32 pages, 15 € Business School ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 32 pages This summary report looks at how the finan- cial and economic crisis has affected financial Using empirical evidence, this Working Paper support by public authorities for renewable describes the main trends in post-enlargement energy in six EU countries (Germany, Spain, east/west intra-EU labour mobility. It looks Italy, UK, Sweden and Bulgaria). The report at how different population groups, nationals, examines the policy and regulatory frame- EU8 and EU21 migrants have been affected by work, the current situation for renewable en- the turbulent processes of opening up national ergy in Europe and the jobs impact the sector labour markets and subsequently by the crisis. has had and could have in future, against the background of the continuing need to combat Beyond the CEE ‘black box’: crisis and industrial climate change and move to a low-carbon relations in the new EU member states economy. The different types of funding in- Working Paper 2015.05 struments are explored, with a focus on those Magdalena Bernaciak, ETUI that encourage innovation. ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 50 pages This Working Paper maps out developments of Working Papers industrial relations in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) during the period 2008-2014. It looks The public-private sector pay debate in Europe at wage trends and public sector austerity Working Paper 2015.08 measures, collective bargaining practices, social Torsten Müller (ETUI) and Thorsten Schulten (WSI) dialogue performance and the incidence of ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 57 pages strikes and protests. This Working Paper critically reviews the ‘Better regulation’: a bureaucratic simplification empirical evidence and the basic assumptions with a political agenda on which European and national policymakers Working Paper 2015.04 base their strategy of cutting and freezing public Eric van den Abeele, University of Mons sector pay as one central element of the current ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 88 pages / EN, FR crisis management. This Working Paper aims to shed light on the The Transatlantic Trade and Investment machinations behind recent developments Partnership (TTIP): a controversial agreement and regarding the Better Regulation agenda. How dangerous for workers should we interpret the Commission’s insistence Working Paper 2015.07 on relentlessly attacking its own legislation? Claude Serfati, IRES Why does it constantly refer to the costs, yet ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 31 pages never once mention the benefits? This Working Paper on the Transatlantic Trade ‘Mieux légiférer’ : une simplification bureaucratique and Investment Partnership (TTIP) highlights à visée politique the controversial benefits of speeding up free Working Paper 2015.04 trade and puts the negotiations between the EU Eric van den Abeele, université de Mons and the US in the context of the fall-out of the ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 88 pages /EN, FR financial crisis. Ce Working Paper propose un décryptage de ce que cachent les évolutions récentes de l’agenda Meilleure réglementation. Comment interpréter l’obstination de la Commission à attaquer sans relâche sa propre législation ? Pourquoi ne
9 l’évoque-t-elle qu’en termes de coûts, et jamais in the workplace and, in combination with other de bénéfices ? reforms, the pauperisation of workers, thus vio- lating the fundamental rights of workers, as laid Spain’s labour market reforms: the road to down in the Treaty. employment – or to unemployment? Working Paper 2015.03 The Euro crisis and its impact on national Laszlo Horwitz, GIZ and Martin Myant, ETUI and European social policies ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 35 pages Working Paper 2013.05 Christophe Degryse, Maria Jepsen and This Working Paper looks at recent structural Philippe Pochet, ETUI reforms of the Spanish labour market and evalu- ETUI 2013, ISSN 1994-4446, 44 pages ates them against the government’s stated objec- tives to reduce unemployment. This critical Working Paper looks at the series of political choices, circumstances and windows The TTIP’s impact: bringing in the missing issue of opportunity that have enabled one particular Working Paper 2015.01 vision of the model of EU monetary union to gain Martin Myant, ETUI and Ronan O’Brien, independent acceptance. In the context of this model, politi- researcher cal union is not considered an accessible way to ETUI 2015, ISSN 1994-4446, 41 pages manage the crisis, for the rescue of the euro is regarded as feasible only in a more competitive This Working Paper reviews the findings of the economy. most prominent studies on the economic impact The social dimension, accordingly, becomes the of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment adjustment variable. In this regard, the state- Partnership (TTIP), focussing on those commis- ments made by the President of the European sioned by the European Commission and by the Central Bank announcing the death of the German government. European Social Model, are merely the anticipa- tion of a reality that is the outcome of a political Labour law reforms in Europe: adjusting choice, based on a set of economic prescriptions employment protection legislation for the worse and which takes for granted the impossibility of Working Paper 2014.02 attaining true political union. Isabelle Schömann, ETUI ETUI 2014, ISSN 1994-4446, 58 pages Working time reforms in times of crisis EN, DE, ES, FR Working Paper 2013.04 Carole Lang, Isabelle Schömann and This Working Paper is intended to map reforms Stefan Clauwaert, ETUI of employment protection law in the member ETUI 2013, ISSN 1994-4446, 29 pages states with the aim of addressing these legal EN, FR changes in the context of the crisis, but also in the context of the deregulation agenda of the This Working Paper extends and complements European Commission. the analysis of pre-2012 anti-crisis measures The report critically addresses the large-scale de- published in the earlier ETUI Working Paper regulation of employment protection law in the ‘The crisis and national labour law reforms: a EU member states, which basically started under mapping exercise’ which dealt with anti-crisis the umbrella of flexicurity, in particular the EU’s measures on working time taken before Febru- so-called ‘better regulation agenda’, its follow-up ary 2012. ‘smart regulation agenda’ and, finally, the Com- Using a country-by-country analysis of reforms mission’s annual country-specific recommenda- in the area of working time, the authors of this tions and the memoranda of understanding with paper confirm that most of the working time programme countries within the framework of reforms adopted by EU Member States during so-called anti-crisis measures. The report shows the crisis leveraged the crisis as a – false – ex- that the EU Commission’s deregulation doctrine cuse to legitimate the introduction of legislation not only contradicts primary and secondary detrimental to workers. European hard law on employment protection, but it also helped to exacerbate precariousness
10 Atypical forms of employment contracts in times historical overview of how this new European of crisis economic governance came about and what the Working Paper 2013.03 new structures for surveillance, coordination Carole Lang, Isabelle Schömann and and sanctions (Euro-Plus Pact, Fiscal Compact, Stefan Clauwaert, ETUI European Stability Mechanism, and so on) mean ETUI 2013, ISSN 1994-4446, 27 pages for the European project. EN, FR Intra-EU labour migration after Eastern This Working Paper builds on previous re- enlargement and during the crisis search undertaken by the ETUI on the impact Working Paper 2012.13 of the economic and financial crisis on labour Béla Galgóczi and Janine Leschke, ETUI law reforms in EU Member States. It maps the ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 27 pages landscape and evolutions in the regulation of atypical employment contracts, analysing how This Working Paper looks at recent trends in some of these evolutions can be related to the labour migration from new EU member states to context of the economic and financial crisis. the EU15, with a focus on the impact of the crisis The paper uses a country-by-country analysis, pin- on intra-EU labour mobility. Based on data from pointing the main trends and tendencies regarding the European Labour Force Survey, the findings of atypical employment and how the crisis has been the study contradict expectations, previously ex- used to push through reforms in this area. pressed in the literature, according to which deep recessions will result in a slowdown in migration European enlargement and the economic crisis: flows. When looking at the direct impact of the cri- impact and lasting effects sis, the authors find that, in terms of both employ- Working Paper 2013.01 ment and unemployment rates, EU10 migrants Rebecca Zahn, University of Stirling in the majority of EU15 countries were harder hit ETUI 2010, ISBN 1994-4446, 53 pages by the crisis than were nationals and thus appear to have served, at least partially, as labour market This Working Paper looks at the effects of the buffers. Other important issues addressed in the economic crisis on the enlarged European Union paper include the use of posted workers and (bo- and the European Social Model. Starting from an gus) self-employment to circumvent restrictions analysis of the well-known Viking and Laval deci- on labour mobility imposed by transitional meas- sions of the European Court of Justice from 2007 ures, and the mismatch between the skills of EU10 and 2008, the author of the report sees increas- migrants and the jobs they take in the EU15. ing tensions between EU member states over ‘social dumping’, austerity packages and growing See also: inequality between workers. This development EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times. Skills results in citizens questioning the benefits of fur- Mismatch, Return and Policy Responses ther European integration and threatens the very Edited by Béla Galgóczi, ETUI, Janine Leschke, ETUI, and existence of the European social model. Andrew Watt (IMK - Hans-Böckler Foundation) Ashgate 2012, ISBN 978-1-4094-3450-4, 308 pages, 54 £ The new European economic governance Working Paper 2012.14 European labour market policies in (the) crisis Christophe Degryse, ETUI Working Paper 2012.12 ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4454, 84 pages Jochen Clasen, University of Edinburgh, Daniel Clegg, EN, DE University of Edinburgh, and Jon Kvist, University of Southern Denmark For more than two years, the European Union ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 30 pages has been endeavouring to cope with an unprec- edented public debt crisis. Under pressure from This Working Paper examines the nature of im- the financial markets, the EU and its member pact of the economic and political challenges en- states have put in place a new set of regulations, gendered by the ‘Great Recession’ on labour mar- procedures and institutions that have come to be ket policy reforms in Europe. The authors thus known as the ‘new European economic govern- consider the question of whether the economic ance’. This Working Paper provides a thorough crisis has also brought a labour market policy
11 reform crisis in its wake. The three research- Job quality in the crisis – an update of the Job ers studied six EU member states (the Czech Quality Index (JQI) Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain and Working Paper 2012.07 the United Kingdom) and observed different re- Janine Leschke, ETUI, Andrew Watt, ETUI and Mairéad sponse patterns depending on the interpretative Finn, The Economic and Social Research Institute framing – or ‘narrative’ – of the crisis. in Dublin ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 51 pages What did they expect? Lessons for Europe from a retrospective ex-ante evaluation of the first Greek This Working Paper is an update of the syn- bail-out programme thetic job quality index (JQI) for the EU27 Working Paper 2012.10 countries which has been created in 2008 (see Sotiria Theodoropoulou, ETUI, and Andrew Watt, ETUI ETUI Working Paper 2008.03 and 2008.07) in ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 41 pages an attempt to shed light on the question of how European countries compare with each other The original Greek adjustment programme, as and how they are developing over time in terms spelled out in the Memorandum of Understanding of job quality. The results point out that the cri- signed in May 2010, contained, from the outset, sis seems to have affected different dimensions the seeds of its own failure. This is the conclusion of job quality in different ways. Overall, there of the authors of the present Working Paper which is a decline in measured job quality and job assesses, on its own premises, the original adjust- quality levels in Europe remain highly diverse. ment programme that was agreed for the Greek There is a clear increase in the use of part-time bail-out. This analysis provides valuable lessons and fixed-term contracts and/or in the extent to for the adjustment programmes of other bailed out which workers reported that they were working member states (Ireland or Portugal) or those cur- in such jobs involuntarily. Moreover, the num- rently in ‘the shadow of a bail-out’ (Spain or Italy). bers of workers who are afraid to lose their job have increased markedly which are clear signs Work less to pollute less? What contribution can of the declining bargaining power of labour or must working time reduction play in reducing brought on by the crisis. carbon emissions? Working Paper 2012.08 The crisis and national labour law reforms: Andrew Watt, ETUI a mapping exercise ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 28 pages Working Paper 2012.04 Stefan Clauwaert and Isabelle Schömann, ETUI This Working Paper asks whether we can, and ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 19 pages / EN, FR, DE, IT, ES whether we must, work less to pollute less. After examining different scenarios, the only strategy This Working Paper maps the labour law that appears commensurate with the normative reforms in various European countries either views set out in the paper, i.e. meeting emissions triggered by the crisis or introduced using the targets while maintaining employment – seems crisis – falsely – as an excuse. Such reforms to be a combination of radical efforts to acceler- generally render existing labour law provi- ate the decoupling of emissions from economic sions more flexible and loosen minimum growth and considerably more substantial standards, shifting the emphasis to soft law reductions in average working hours than have (deregulation). been the norm in recent decades. The author In some countries it consists only of piecemeal argues that only if the required decoupling although significant deregulatory measures, acceleration can be achieved, our children and while in others it involves far-reaching overhauls grandchildren can enjoy decent living standards of the whole labour code. Furthermore, in and high levels of employment, along with con- several countries fundamental changes are be- siderably greater free time, while dramatically ing made to industrial relations structures and reducing Europe’s carbon emissions. processes which might jeopardise social dialogue and collective bargaining there.
12 La crise et les réformes nationales du droit impact of the crisis on employment, unem- du travail : bilan ployment, earnings and inequality varied Working Paper 2012.04 considerably. This Working Paper analyses Stefan Clauwaert et Isabelle Schömann, ETUI the variation in the consequences of the crisis ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 22 pages / FR, EN, DE, IT, ES among the member states of the EU. First, it discusses some theoretical views on the Ce Working Paper dresse le relevé des réformes impact of the crisis on earnings and income du droit du travail dans différents pays européens, distribution. Next, it gives a concise overview provoquées par la crise ou introduites en invo- of empirical studies, based on data from pre- quant à tort la crise comme excuse. De manière vious business cycles. générale, ces réformes rendent les dispositions du droit du travail plus flexibles et entraînent un Pensions after the financial and economic crisis: assouplissement des normes minimales, en met- a comparative analysis of recent reforms in Europe tant l’accent sur le soft law (dérégulation). Working Paper 2011.07 Dans certains pays, il ne s’agit que de mesures pro- David Natali, OSE and University of Bologna-Forlí gressives, mais significatives, de dérégulation alors ETUI 2011, ISSN 1994-4446, 32 pages que dans d’autres, la réforme entraîne une remise en question profonde de l’ensemble du droit du This Working Paper sheds light on the initial travail. En outre, dans plusieurs pays, des change- impact of the economic and financial crisis ments fondamentaux ont également été apportés on pensions policy across Europe, and as- aux structures et aux processus des relations sesses the first measures proposed and/or industrielles, qui sont susceptibles de remettre en introduced in four EU countries. The author cause le dialogue social et la négociation collective. argues that while the impact on different pen- sion models naturally varies, some common Has the economic crisis contributed to more trends can be identified: short-term measures segmentation in labour market and welfare to grant additional protection for the elderly outcomes? at risk of poverty, raising of the statutory Working Paper 2012.02 retirement age, incentives for active ageing. Janine Leschke, ETUI The role of private pension funds has been ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 49 pages at the core of a renewed and intense debate, with opposite strategies having been pursued This Working Paper analyses whether in the four countries. developments on the labour market and in the welfare system during the economic crisis can be The economic crisis – challenge or opportunity seen as perpetuating the trend towards labour for gender equality in social policy outcomes? market segmentation or whether the crisis may A comparison of Denmark, Germany and the UK actually have contributed to containing some Working Paper 2011.04 of the divisions forged in recent decades. The Janine Leschke and Maria Jepsen, ETUI emphasis is placed on (involuntary) part-time ETUI 2011, ISSN 1994-4446, 67 pages and temporary employment. With regard to labour market developments, the author This new Working Paper aims to assess the demonstrates a further segmentation during impact of the current financial and economic the crisis, in particular for youth and people crisis on gender equality in terms of labour with low educational levels who have been market and welfare outcomes. disproportionately affected by unemployment. The authors undertake an in-depth examination of three European countries The impact of the crisis on earnings and income with differing welfare state configurations distribution in the EU and different prevailing gender regimes: Working Paper 2012.01 Denmark (universal bread-winner model), Paul de Beer, AIAS Germany and the United Kingdom (dual ETUI 2012, ISSN 1994-4446, 37 pages earner/female part-time career). Although the economic crisis that started in 2008 hit all EU member states hard, the
13 Why trade unions seek to coordinate wages Through its annual ‘country-specific recom- and collective bargaining in the Eurozone: mendations’ (CSRs), the EU is imposing past developments and future prospects drastic reforms on member states in for Working Paper 2011.03 example wage-setting, pension systems, etc. Vera Glassner and Philippe Pochet, ETUI This publication provides the latest overview ETUI 2011, 1994-4446, 32 pages and comparison of the CSRs in the social field since 2011 and was updated with the recently In the run-up to European Monetary Union proposed CSRs for 2015-2016 adopted by the (EMU) trade unions across Europe began to Council in June 2015. coordinate their bargaining policies transnation- ally. This paper provides an overview of the efforts Tackling tax evasion, avoidance and tax heavens made by European and national trade unions to Background analysis 2015.02 coordinate collective bargaining and wage forma- Paul Sweeney, former chief economist Irish Congress of tion at the sectoral and intersectoral levels to date, Trade Unions embedding them in the broader framework of a ETUI 2015, 48 pages European industrial relations system. It concludes with a brief discussion of the likely implications This Background analysis examines the vast for the trade unions’ transnational bargaining enterprise of tax avoidance and evasion and sets coordination policies of the plans to further cen- out a summary of some of the major tax avoid- tralise economic policies in the Eurozone. ance schemes. It analyses what is being done to curb both of these – evasion and avoidance – and Withdrawal symptoms: an assessment of concludes by making 20 concrete recommenda- the austerity packages in Europe tions for further action to reform the tax system Working Paper 2011.02 in Europe to make it fit for the 21st Century. Sotiria Theodoropoulou and Andrew Watt, ETUI ETUI 2011, ISSN 1994-4446, 40 pages An examination of tax shifting and ‘harmful taxes’ Background analysis 2015.01 Based on a survey of national experts, this Work- Paul Sweeney, former chief economist Irish Congress of ing Paper evaluates from a European and national Trade Unions comparative perspective the austerity packages ETUI 2015, 64 pages that the governments of EU member states have announced and implemented following the recent This Background analysis examines the concept financial crisis and the Great Recession. The of tax shifting and makes a critical assessment as study raises serious doubts about the drive for to what ‘tax shifting’ aims to achieve. It also sets austerity being embarked upon by EU countries. out what a good tax system might look like and It is widely believed in policymaking circles that provides an overview of the development of both austerity is necessary for consolidation, and tax rates and tax revenues for the past decades. consolidation necessary for growth and jobs. In contrast, the authors believe that Europe needs Youth Guarantees and recent developments on to grow out of its public-sector deficits and debts, measures against youth unemployment. which resulted from the spectacular failings of an A mapping exercise unregulated private sector, especially in finance. Background analysis 2013.04 To do that it needs to invest. And it should em- Margherita Bussi and Leonard Geyer bark on that course without delay. ETUI 2013, 49 pages In April 2013, the Council adopted a Recom- Background analysis mendation for a European Youth Guarantee (EYG). This Background analysis outlines the The country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in EYG and discusses possible challenges to its the social field. An overview and comparison. success. Further, it provides an overview of Update including the CSRs 2015-2016 the implementation of the EYG and the exist- Background analysis 2015.03 ence of recent labour market policies targeting Stefan Clauwaert, ETUI young people in the 28 member states until ETUI 2015, 123 pages mid-November 2013. Wherever possible,
14 the perspectives of national trade unions are See also: included. Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015 The two pack on economic governance: Edited by David Natali and Bart Vanhercke, OSE an initial analysis ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-374-8, 297 pages, 20 €/ EN, FR Background analysis 2013.03 Sergio De la Parra Social developments in the European Union 2013 ETUI 2013, 29 pages Edited by David Natali, OSE ETUI 2014, ISBN 978-2-87452-321-2, 263 pages, 20 €/ EN, FR This Background analysis provides a first critical assessment of the two regulations on European Social developments in the European Union 2012 economic governance (known as the ‘two pack’) Edited by David Natali and Bart Vanhercke, OSE which were adopted in May 2013. The two pack ETUI 2013, ISBN, 299 pages, 20 € /EN, FR aims to further strengthen EU-level surveillance of national budgets. The analysis looks at the Social developments in the European Union 2011 legislative process that led to the adoption of the Edited by David Natali and Bart Vanhercke, OSE two pack and tries to answer questions about the ETUI 2012, ISBN 978-2-87452-270-3, 285 pages, 20 € / EN, FR impact on austerity policies and growth and on the room for manoeuvre for member states to Benchmarking Working Europe 2015 define their budgetary policies. Edited by the ETUC and ETUI ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-334-2, 80 pages, 25 € The country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in the social field. An overview, comparison and Benchmarking Working Europe 2014 update including the CSRs 2014-2015 Edited by the ETUC and ETUI Background analysis 2014 ETUI 2014, ISBN 978-2-87452-307-6, 132 pages, 25 € Stefan Clauwaert ETUI 2014 Benchmarking Working Europe 2013 Edited by the ETUC and ETUI This Background analysis provides an update ETUI 2013, ISBN 978-2-87452-284-0, 116 pages, 20 € of the Background analysis 2013.02 providing overview of specific recommendations to the Benchmarking Working Europe 2012 EU Member States in the field of employment Edited by the ETUC and ETUI and social policies. It includes a brief ‘statistical’ ETUI 2012, ISBN 978-2-87452-262-8, 132 pages, 20 € comparison between the CSRs for 2014 and those presented by the Commission and adopted The country-specific recommendations (CSRs) by the European Council in 2011, 2012 and 2013. in the field of health and safety at work and labour inspection services. An overview The country-specific recommendations (CSRs) in Background analysis 2013.01 the social field. An overview and initial comparison Stefan Clauwaert Background analysis 2013.02 ETUI 2013, 44 pages Stefan Clauwaert ETUI 2013, 40 pages Austerity, rights and democracy: a guide for trade unions As part of the European Semester, the main Alina Caia, CNSLR-FRATIA, Isabelle Ourny, ÖGB, pillar of Europe’s new economic governance, Christos Triantafillou, INE-GSEE, Antoine Cochet the Commission puts forward every year the ETUI 2014, 82 pages, EN, FR, ES, FI, IT, PT, RO ‘country-specific recommendations’ (CSRs). This Background analysis provides an overview Trade unions and the fight against poverty of specific recommendations to the EU member and social exclusion states in the field of employment and social ETUI 2011, ISBN 978-2-87452-188-1 (pdf), 128 pages / EN, FR policies. It also includes a brief ‘statistical’ com- parison between the CSRs for 2013-14 and those presented by the Commission and adopted by the European Council in 2011 and 2012.
15 Occupational health and safety Santé et sécurité au travail Les rouages de la politique de santé et sécurité The art of preventive health and safety dans l’Union européenne. Histoire, institutions in Europe et acteurs Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro, University of Granada Laurent Vogel, ETUI ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-333-5, 60 pages, 20 € /EN, FR, ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-368-7, 88 pages, 10 € / FR, EN DE, ES European Trade Union Institute Bd du Roi Albert II, 5 1210 Bruxelles Belgique +32 (0)2 224 04 70 etui@etui.org www.etui.org Les rouages de la politique rt of de santé et sécurité The vaentive pre h dans l’Union européenne healtsafety Histoire, institutions and urope in E et acteurs — Alfredo Menénd ez-Navar ro — Laurent Vogel Chargé de recherche, Institut syndical européen 52-368-7 4/38 Ce guide donne un aperçu de l’historique, This book stemming from the exhibition ‘The des principaux acteurs et des outils essentiels art of preventive health and safety in Europe’ de la politique communautaire de santé et presents historical and vintage posters from sécurité au travail. Il entend contribuer à une various European countries showing how meilleure compréhension de cette politique graphic design has been used to promote et permettre une intervention plus efficace health and safety prevention in more than sur la scène européenne. 20 different cultural environments. The workings of the health and safety at work La promotion de la santé et de la sécurité policy in the European Union au travail: tout un art! History, institutions and actors Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro, université de Grenade Laurent Vogel, ETUI ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-354-0, 60 pages, 20 € /EN, FR, ETUI 2015, ISBN ISBN 978-2-87452-370-0, 88 pages DE, ES Forthcoming La publication de l’Institut syndical européen pour l’exposition « La promotion de la santé et de la sécurité au travail : tout un art ! » présente des affiches historiques et vintage
16 de différents pays européens qui montrent com- The asbestos lie. The past and present ment la conception graphique a été utilisée pour of an industrial catastrophe promouvoir la santé et la sécurité dans plus de Maria Roselli vingt environnements culturels différents. ETUI 2014, ISBN 978-2-87452-313-7, 180 pages, 20 € Les risques du travail. Pour ne pas perdre sa vie à la gagner Edited by Annie Thébaut-Mony, Inserm / Philippe Dave- zies, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1 / Laurent Vogel, ETUI / Serge Volkoff, Centre d’études et de l’emploi La Découverte 2015, ISBN 9782707178404, 608 pages, 28 € On 3 June 2013 the Swiss billionaire Stephan Schmidheiny was sentenced by an Italian appeal court to 18 years’ imprisonment for causing the death of more than 3000 people, employees of, or people living close to, the Eternit factories in Italy. For hundreds of thousands of asbestos victims the world over, this is an extremely Cet ouvrage présente de manière accessible à un important judgment, for it signifies an end to the large public les connaissances les plus récentes impunity enjoyed by the magnates of the asbes- sur les risques du travail, dans tous les secteurs. tos industry. Yet how is it that this highly lucra- Mobilisant une équipe internationale de spé- tive business was able to prosper unimpeded in cialistes et prenant en compte des expériences Europe throughout the 20th century? This book conduites dans de nombreux pays, il constitue retraces the history of one of the most powerful à la fois une référence incontournable pour families of Swiss industrialists who, starting out réfléchir à l’avenir de la prévention et un outil from a modest roof-tiling production plant, grew pratique proposant des pistes d’action. to become one of the most important groups worldwide in the building materials sector. Electromagnetic fields in working life. A guide to risk assessment Preventing work cancers. A workplace Kjell Hansson Mild and Monica Sandström, Umeå health priority University Marie-Anne Mengeot, with Tony Musu ETUI 2015, ISBN 978-2-87452-336-6, 31 pages and Laurent Vogel ETUI 2014, ISBN 978-2-87452-311-3, 80 pages, 10 € / EN, FR Guide Electromagnetic fields in working life A guide to risk assessment – Kjell Hansson Mild Monica Sandström The Guide presents an overview of occupational exposure to electromagnetic field according to Cancers are the main cause of death by poor frequency: static fields, low, intermediate and working conditions in Europe, but have received radio frequencies. scant regard from Community policies of the past decade. The political context is against ef- fective prevention of long-term factors that do
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