With the working world constantly changing, those active in the labour market face ever new challenges that can only be successfully overcome by concerted action. How companies and their workforces shape their local working environment and working conditions is in many places determined by the complex institutional structures of collective labour relations. These are in turn the result of negotiations between the employers' associations and trade unions at the sectoral and regional level and by management and co-determination bodies at the level of the establishment.
Labour Economics and Collective Bargaining Policy
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