Training programmes for European works councillors in Germany, in Ireland and at EU level: Transnational trade union action through education?
European Journal of Industrial Relations
2017
23
3
September
243-259
European works council ; trade union education
Workers participation and European works councils
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680117694285
English
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"In this article, we compare trade union training for European Works Council members in Ireland, in Germany and at EU level. The programmes have only limited success in fostering transnational union action. We conclude that the limited transformative impact of unions' training programmes is not for the most part due to lack of resources. Rather, their narrow pedagogical focus on technical knowledge and skills crowds out the development of knowledge about social mobilization and the construction of attitudes of solidarity between unions."
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