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"Strike activity within the European Community was markedly lower in the 1980s compared with the levels experienced in the 1970s. Over the same period, deindustrialization proceeded apace. The findings of this article suggest that up to 20% of the reduction in work stoppages may simply have been due to the shrinkage of the manufacturing sector. Moreover, a concurrent finding is that strike-proneness within the expanding service industries did not fall in line with that of other areas of activity. These results suggest the need for a careful reappraisal of the meaningfulness of conventional macroeconomic strike models."

"Favourable labour market outcomes are essential for economic and social cohesion within the newly enlarged European Union. However, Eurobarometer evidence indicates that many in the 10 incoming countries are not convinced that membership will deliver such a result. Also, there is no unambiguous theoretical framework that suggests otherwise. A more optimistic scenario can be obtained by reference to the experiences of earlier low-income Community entrants during their first years of membership, although long-term convergence has remained elusive."

"The European Union (EU) aspires to be the most competitive, full employment economy in the world and has set a number of ambitious targets to be met by 2010 in order that it can achieve this goal. At the same time, it is pursuing an enlargement policy that will witness the accession of an increasing number of less developed nations. This article explores some of the tensions that exist between these two goals as these are manifest in labour market indicators and finds the likelihood of meeting the deadline set for success remote."