"Late last year, just months after the European Union declared the strengthening of collective bargaining to be one of its policy aims, Romania passed a new law that does just that: enables and facilitates not only collective bargaining but also trade union organising and social dialogue. This law has not appeared out of thin air but against a background of years of trade union innovation in social dialogue, critique from international organisations, and economic pressure from the EU. Romania shows how a positive overhaul of social dialogue is possible and, as such, sets an example for other EU countries."

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