Trade Union Cooperation in Europe

Bengt Furåker is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has published extensively on issues in the labour market and working life.Bengt Larsson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses on industrial relations in Europe and wage determination in Sweden.

• 1. Why and How to Study Trade Union Cooperation in Europe?.- 2. Patterns of transnational trade union cooperation in Europe.- 3. The European Trade Union Movement and the Issue of Statutory Minimum Wages.- 4. Revision of the EU Posting of Workers Directive, Social Dumping and Trade Unions’ Position.- 5. Concluding Discussion.