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Contesting the Development of European Works Councils in the Chemicals Sector

Author(s) -

Jeremy Waddington

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

european journal of industrial relations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.251

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1461-7129

pISSN - 0959-6801

DOI - 10.1177/0959680106068916

Subject(s) - contest , directive , transparency (behavior) , institution , political science , industrial relations , public administration , member states , business , public relations , economic system , economics , international trade , european union , law , computer science , programming language

The Directive on European Works Councils (EWCs) introduced areas in which management and employee representatives could contest the development of the institution. This article reviews the outcome of this contestation within the chemicals sector, examining the agenda, the ‘Europeanization’ of representatives, company transparency and integration of EWCs into wider industrial relations networks. It shows that neither the expectations of critics of the Directive nor of those who emphasized its potential have been realized.

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