Improving Collective Bargaining in European Union. Comparison of Different Industrial Relations Regimes

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The project ImproCollBar, promoted by CITUB aims to expand the expertise in the field of industrial relations in 7 EU member-states (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy and Romania) through comparative research of the factors and mechanisms that improve the scope and coverage of collective bargaining in different industrial relations regimes in the context of the proposed European Directive for Minimum Wages and the Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis and research on collective bargaining at EU level will be done in comparative terms by cross-case analysis of 7 EU Members States from diverse European regions in the context of the EU initiative on adequate minimum wages for all workers, in light of the Commission proposal for a Directive on Minimum Wages adopted in 2020. In addition, the project aims to contribute and promote the exchange of information, experience and knowledge among the main actors involved in the industrial relations (social partner organizations) in order to develop and reinforce better industrial relations in Europe related, in particular, to the functioning and effects of the coordination of collective bargaining across different levels and territories. The project outcomes will contribute for the re-thinking of the strategies of the national trade unions related to improving collective bargaining in general. The project will include various research activities, collection of large-scale data of industrial regimes, case study reports and comparative analysis, carrying out of two European events - a Round table and a Final conference. The dissemination of the results will be through publications of all the research and analysis documents – 5 Country reports, a Comparative report and Map of successful practices of collective bargaining, the websites of the beneficiary and associated organisations. The main target groups are workers, trade unions and employers’ organisations at national and EU levels and national and EU policymakers