Employee Relations: Volume 32 Issue 6

International trade union networks, European works' councils and international labour regimes

Paul Stewart

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce this special issue on “International trade union networks, European works' councils and international labour regimes”.

Dimensions of internationalism and the politics of the labour movement: Understanding the political and organisational aspects of labour networking and co‐ordination

Miguel Martínez Lucio

Much is being claimed in terms of new forms of trade union networking and co‐ordination at the international level during the past two decades. However, there is a need to ground…

Internationalising industrial disputes: the case of the Maritime Union of Australia

Caroline Smith

The purpose of this paper is to examine the capacity for trade unions to mobilise internationally by considering how stevedores in Australia successfully internationalised a major…

Trade unions and transnational regulation in Europe: developments and limitations

Valeria Pulignano

The purpose of this paper is to consider the situation of workers' rights in the context of European Works Councils (EWCs) in the metalworking sector.

The European works council as a multidimensional contested terrain

Holm‐Detlev Köhler, Sergio González Begega

This article aims to develop an original conceptual approach for the research and analysis of European works councils (EWCs) through a critical examination of the theoretical…

Workers' experiences of skill, training and participation in lean and high performance workplaces in Britain and Italy

Paul Stewart, Andy Danford, Mike Richardson, Valeria Pulignano

The article aims to report on research into managerial practices at the workplace level in Britain and Italy in the automobile and aerospace industries. These are examined with…