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"This article reviews research into how European trade unions have responded to workplace racism against minority and migrant workers in the more difficult economic and political situation following the 2008 recession. Its main focus is on research carried out in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy and the UK in 2003–2005, 2008–2009 and 2013. Union pressure for equal treatment had already weakened somewhat before the crisis. Subsequently, unemployment levels for ethnic minority and migrant workers rose much faster than for ‘national majority' workers, and levels of tension in the workplace have often increased. The article distinguishes four main union responses: denial of racism and protection of the interests of national majority workers; the demand that minorities assimilate without special provisions; recognition of the need for minorities to have some special services and support; and the adoption of positive measures to promote equal treatment."

"This article presents the results of a European study on racism conducted inBrussels, London and Paris in the retail and public transport sectors. The resultsprovide evidence that there is not just persistent, direct racism, but also systematicindirect discrimination. The article analyses the main forms of racism at the workplacein labour relations and with customers. Finally, the author discusses thecollective conditions for combating racism, which in particular require us tochange our view of racism as an individual experience that prevents any feeling ofaccountability or collective action."

"This article considers how trade unions respond to systemic racism at work. Based on case studies in the UK, Belgium and France, it identifies a gap between the national-level anti-racist policies of several European trade unions and local-level union workplace practices: direct racism is often denied and indirect racism rarely challenged. It describes and analyses this gap arguing that unions must more consciously champion anti-racism and recommends a leadership role for workplace representatives."