Equal opportunities and collective bargaining in Europe

Eurofound — European Foundation For The Improvement Of Living And Working Conditions

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Defining the issues
Working conditions
Social policy

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• Egalitarianism
• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: EUROFOUND-EUROPEAN-FOUNDATION-FOR-THE-IMPROVEMENT-OF-LIVING-AND-WORKING-CONDITIO
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• EAN13: 928276785
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Equal Opportunities and
Collective Bargaining
in Europe
7. Defining the Issues
EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS Equal Opportunities and
Collective Bargaining
in Europe
I Defining the Issues
EF/96/16/EN Equal Opportunities and
Collective Bargaining
in Europe
/. Defining the Issues
Brian Bercusson and Linda Dickens
* * • European Foundation
• _&i * for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
w I '~ir I ni lohllnctrwA/n ΠιιΜίη 1fi Irol^nrJ Lough linstown, Dublin 18, Ireland
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1996
ISBN 92-827-6785-X
© European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1996
For rights of translation or reproduction, applications should be made to the Director,
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions,
Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
Printed in Ireland PREFACE
In 1994, the Foundation, in close cooperation with the European Commission (DGV),
took the initiative to start a new project on equal opportunities and collective
bargaining. This initiative reflected the growing significance of the Social Dialogue in
the development of European Social Policy. The European Commission emphasized in
its Fourth Action Programme on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (1996-
2000) the importance of collective bargaining: 'It is important to ensure that the
equality dimension is adequately reflected throughout the layers of the Social
Dialogue'.
To support the Social Partners in their pursuit of equal opportunities the Foundation's
project will provide an overview of the current legislation and of collective bargaining
practice in relation to equal opportunities in all the 15 Member States. Examples of
good collective agreements in respect to equal opportunities are to be collected and
analysed. As the process of achieving those agreements is as important as the results,
case studies will be carried out in all Member States to investigate the collective
bargaining process. This implies not only agenda-setting and bargaining, but also the
implementation and final results of the collective agreement. Particular attention will be
paid to the involvement of women in the bargaining process.
This report is the first of a range which will be published between now and 1997. It
illuminates the concept of equal opportunities from different viewpoints and deliberates
on the consequences for collective bargaining. The qualification 'good' for a collective
agreement is analysed and implications for the research methodology are discussed.
We hope that this report will clarify the difficult issues the Social Partners have to deal
with when they add an equal opportunities perspective to their negotiations.
Clive Purkiss Hywel Jones
Director Deputy Director-General
European Commission (DGV)
Eric Verborgh
Deputy Director
European Foundation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was written by Professor Brian Bercusson, University of Manchester and
Professor Linda Dickens, University of Warwick. The authors wish to acknowledge
the contribution of other members of the Research Group, who commented on earlier
drafts of the report.
Membership of the Research Group is:
Brian Bercusson
Eva Brumlop
Linda Dickens
Yota Kravaritou
Riitta Martikainen (alternate: Virpi Köykka)
Nathalie Wuiame
Representative of the European Commission
Maria Stratigaki
Representatives of the European Foundation
Pascale Bonneton
Hubert Krieger
Isy Vromans
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