Social Policy

Making Industrial Relations work for Decent Work

PROJECT PARTNERS: Fagligt Internationalt Center (Denmark); Johannes Mihkelsoni Keskus (Estonia); Lietuvos Darbo Zmoniu Svietimo Draugija (Lithuania); Istituto Sindacale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo del Piemonte and Istituto Ricerche Economiche e Sociali (Italy); Asociatia pentru Dezvoltarea Organizatiei (Romania); Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund (Sweden); Amsterdams Instituut Voor Arbeids Studies (The Netherlands).

PERIOD: July 2011 - April 2012

MAIN AIM: The project will intensify the cooperation and mutual learning of relevant actors - employers, unions, NGOs, think thank and workers - to identify the role of as well as the tools and models for effective industrial relations, with the ultimate aim to combat precarious employment and realise decent working conditions for all. Read more in the project description.

• Recommendations booklet: Reframing Industrial Relations: young people, migrants and low-wage workers (May 2012)
• Series of briefings on decent work and industrial relations (March 2012)
  #48 Recruitment agencies and their impact on working conditions (Romania)
  #47 Combating discrimiation against migrant workers (Italy)
  #46 Protecting low wage workers (The Netherlands)
  #45 Making industrial relations work for the working poor (Italy)
  #44 Youth unemployment and the decent work deficit (Lithuania)  
  #43 Young workers and the quest for decent work (Estonia)
  #42 Being young and precarious in Denmark 
• Video: Reframing Industrial Relations: Low Wage Workers in Italy

• 20 March: Round Table in the European Parliament
• 9-10 February: Transational seminar on migrants and young people, Bucharest
• 3 February: Transational seminar on low wage sector, Amsterdam
• 21 September, 10.00-12.30: Launch event on “Achieving Decent Work & Quality Jobs through Effective Industrial relations”. More information… 

ADVISORY GROUP: An advisory group composed of representatives of relevant international, European and national organisations: Bertelsmann Stiftung, EuroCommerce, Eurofound, EPSU, ETUI, ILO Brussels Office, OSE, UNISON and UNI Europa, will accompany the project, feeding in their expertise at all relevant steps, focusing on cross-border/European issues and trends, helping to reach out trade unions and employer associations and channeling results into EU-level policy processes.

FUNDING: The project receives financial support from the European Commission's DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.