Our link list is permanently updated and therefore we would be grateful for suggestions of further interesting links.| EWC News
|
Our quaterly electronic newsletter for European works councils exists now in English
translation too. You find the issues in the on-line archive. |
| EMF Newsletter | Information on European company policy issues comes from the
European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) in Brussels. |
| ETUC Newsletter
|
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) informs on a monthly basis about
socio-political events on EU level and about its own work. |
| MOOS Newsletter |
The trade union project MOOS ("Making Offshore Outsourcing Sustainable")
publishes an electronic newsletter on outsourcing of IT jobs to the developing economies several times a year. |
| TUC Newsletter |
The "Trade Union European Information Project" of the British TUC publishes
quarterly an electronic "magazine on European affairs". |
| ETUC | The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) website offers background information on
its political positions as well as on EU directives. |
| EU
|
The official gateway to the European Union gives access to all documents of
Commission, Parliament and Council. |
| EurActiv
|
The portal "EurActiv" informs on a daily basis on EU news, highlights the
different policy positions and offers discussion forums on selected issues. |
| Social Dialogue | This website contains all documents negotiated during the last years between employers'
associations and trade unions at European level. |
| EMF
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The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) informs about the support to European works
councils in the metal sector. |
| ETLC |
The European Trade Union Liaison Committee on Tourism (ETLC) delivers information for
European works councils in this sector. |
| ETUI-REHS Education | The education department of the European trade union institute (ETUI-REHS) produced
training materials for trade unions and European works councils. |
| ETUI-REHS Research | The mode of operation of European works councils and the forms of worker participation in
individual European countries are analysed by the research department of the European trade union institute (ETUI-REHS). |
| EuroFound | The Dublin based European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
offers specific information on European works councils. |
|
EWC database ETUI-REHS |
The European trade union institute (ETUI-REHS) maintains a comprehensive online database
with EWC agreements. |
|
EWC database SDA |
The Social Development Agency (SDA) offers a statistical analysis of EWC agreements
by using its database. |
| SDA | The Social Development Agency (SDA) provides information and assistance on EU budget
lines and advisory services for European works councils. |
| UNI | Union Network International, the international federation of trade unions in the service
sector supplies current reports for European works councils. |
| DGB |
German Trade Union Confederation |
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GPA
|
Union of Salaried Private Sector Employees (Austria) |
| IG BCE |
Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (Germany) |
| IG Metall (union) | Metal Industrial Union (Germany) |
| IG Metall (EWC) | IG Metall website for European works councils |
| ÖGB | Austrian Trade Union Confederation |
| Unite |
Unite (UK), website for European works councils |
| ver.di | United Services Union (Germany) |
| BNP Paribas Club Méd General Electric General Motors Hilton IBM KBC |
| General Electric Goodyear Ryanair Siemens Technip T-Mobile |
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Arcelor
Boehringer Ingelheim
BT
EADS
Metro
Schibsted Suez Total Volker Wessels Stevin |
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ETUI-REHS |
The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI-REHS) runs a special department on health an
safety at work. A free electronic newsletter is send out several times per year. |
| OSHA |
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) maintains a comprehensive
information portal on this issue. The website is available in 20 languages and can be customised for individual needs. |
| EIRO
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Overview on the current legislation which came into force in 2001. |
| Eurofound | What are the core elements of the German "works constitution"? |
| Eurofound | Participation rights of a German works council are explained on this page. |
| Government | The German government offers English translations of the Works Constitution Act and other
important labour laws. |
| HBS | Some presentations on co-determination in Germany, prepared by the
Hans-Böckler-Foundation (HBS), outlines the set of legal rights that give employees the possibility of participating
in the shaping of their working environment. |
| Dictionary | A glossary with almost 300 terms in employment and industrial relations with detailed
explanations as well as hyperlinks to EU legislation and case law is published on-line by the European Foundation for the
Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. |
| e-europnews
|
This press office from Paris provides current information about labour relations and
EU issues. Subscribers receive daily e-mail news, profound background information and documents for download. |
| EIRO
|
The European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) maintains a database with
information about industrial relations in 20 countries and on EU level. |
| EWCO
|
The European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) provides regular news updates and
European working conditions surveys. |
| FedEE | The Federation of European Employers (FedEE) offers a collection of national labour laws
in 29 European countries. |
| FU Berlin | There is a database about national and international trade union politics at the
Free University of Berlin. |
| FAQ
|
Frequently asked questions about the European Company Statute approved in October 2001. |
| SE Europe
|
Informationen on Workers' participation at board level in the European Company (SE) and at
board level in the individual EU countries (working papers, political statements and legal texts). |
| ETUCO |
The European Trade Union College (ETUCO) operates an online-forum on European Works
Council issues. |
| LabourForum | The online-forum on the future of work set up by "DGB Bildungwerk", the
training organisation of the German Confederation of Trade Unions, contains issues like globalization and European Works
Councils. |
| NELP
|
The Network European Learning Processes (NELP) aims to elaborate the specifics of
European learning in view of the dynamics of globalization. |
| SIETAR
|
The Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) is the
world's largest interdisciplinary network for professionals working in the intercultural field. |
| AgirE |
Ten research and consultancy institutions from eight countries examine in the AgirE project
("Anticipating for an Innovative Management of Restructuring in Europe") innovative measures for an early
anticipation of restructurings and its social consequences. |
| EMCC
|
The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) offers an exchange of practice,
information and ideas on management and anticipation of change. |
| ERM | The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) provides news and analysis on company
restructuring in Europe. All information is based on the analysis of daily newspapers and the business press in 18 EU
member states. |
| IRENE | The International Restructuring Education Network Europe (IRENE) dedicates to the
information exchange on how corporate restructuring is affecting employees in different regions of the world. |
| TRACE | The Trade Unions anticipating Change in Europe (TRACE) project wants to improve the know
how for workplace representatives and trade union officers regarding Europeanwide corporate restructuring. |
| attac
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The "attac" movement aims at a world economy on the basis of solidarity. |
| CoC | The "Round Table Codes of Conduct" (CoC) is a forum on monitoring and
verification of codes of conduct based on concrete examples. |
| Digital Bridge | The "Digital Bridge" Initiative acts against the exclusion of the developing
nations from the global information society. |
| GERM | The research group GERM runs a website with numerous documents on globalisation. |
| GRI | The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) helps to develop and disseminate globally
applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. |
| Global
Workplace |
This website put a main emphasis on workers' rights and globalisation. |
| MOOS | "Making Offshore Outsourcing Sustainable" (MOOS) is the title of a trade union
project focusing on the transfer of IT jobs to the developing economies. |
| WEED | The association "World Economy, Ecology & Development" (WEED) wants to
strengthen the awareness of the causes for the worldwide poverty and environmental problems. |
| Minimum Wage | A review of minimum wage rates all over Europe can be found on the website of the
Federation of European Employers (FedEE). |
| Bargaining database | Trade unions from Germany, UK, France and Italy have collected information about the
collective agreement situation in the insurance sector of their four countries. A password is required for the access. |
| Wageindicator
|
National and international pay comparisons for different occupational groups can be
carried out with the interactive "Wageindicator". |
| WorkSMART |
On this portal the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) answers questions on employee-employer relationship issues in the UK. |
| EMIRE | The online database EMIRE provides the translation of specific
industrial relation terms from English into German or reverse. |
| int.unity | The British Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the German Unified Services Union
(ver.di) together has developed a language translation software for English - German. It is available for download
on the website of the project int.unity to everybody interested. |
| Logos | The online dictionary from Logos includes
more than 200 languages. |
| QuickDic | With the assistance of QuickDic it is possible to
translate individual words from English into German or reverse. |
| ETUC
|
Contact links to all member-organisations of the European Trade Union Confederation |
| FU Berlin | Database on all EU- and CEE-Countries. |
| CF.AC.UK | Interface to trade union organisations all over the world. |
