Benchmarking working Europe 2012
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels ; European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2012
132 p.
collective bargaining ; comparison ; economic recession ; labour law ; labour market ; macroeconomics ; occupational safety and health ; social policy ; social protection ; statistics ; trade union document ; workers participation
Business economics
English
Bibliogr.
978-2-87452-262-8
03.04-16138
" Since 2001, the ETUC and ETUI have produced Benchmarking Working Europe for the European Social Summit to draw attention to the state of working Europe. This publication aims to provide a genuine benchmarking exercise applied to the world of labour and social affairs grounded in effective labour and social rights. It establishes what progress – or lack of it – has taken place in selected areas of significance for social Europe and of importance to the trade unions.
This year's edition of Benchmarking Working Europe focuses on what we see as one of the root causes of the great recession, namely the issue of inequalities going far beyond income inequality. Growing inequalities lead to growing feelings of injustice and lack of social cohesion both within and across countries, and at the same time, to a loss of human potential in its broadest sense. In this respect, this publication raises serious concerns as to the current direction of social and labour rights in the European Union. "
Paper;Digital
Legal deposit : D/2012/10.574/14
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