EWCs' cross-national employee representative coordination: A case of trade union cooperation?

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-412

  Pulignano, Valeria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative industrial relations; Employees' representation; European Works Councils (EWCs); Multinationals; Trade union internationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944471610     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05054741     Document Type: Review

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