EIRObserver [Eurofound magazine]

EIRObserver was the bi-monthly bulletin of the European Industrial Relations Observatory. This observatory was merged with EWCO (European Working Conditions Observatory) to form the EurWORK: the European Observatory of Working Life.

It contains an edited selection of feature and news items, based on some of the reports supplied for the EIROnline database over each two-month period. On top of this, EIRO also conducts comparative research on specific themes.This issue of EIRObserver contains the following topics:

+ Managerial and professional unions agree to cooperate in social dialogue [EU]
+ Ninth ETUC Congress calls for a European system of industrial relations [EU]
+ Collective bargaining in 1998 reviewed [France]
+ Interim report on 1999 collective bargaining round [Germany]
+ Paper sets scene for trade union debate on partnership [Ireland]
+ Metalworking agreement renewed [Italy]
+ Self-employed people without employees seek place in consultation [Netherlands]
+ Broader representation for social partners on public committees [Norway]
+ Equal pay introduced for temporary agency workers [Spain]
+ Trade unions open doors to the self-employed [Sweden]
+ Industrial relations implications of the British Steel/Hoogovens merger [United Kingdom and Netherlands]
+ EIROnline - the Observatory's database on the Web [EIRO]
+ Posted workers and the implementation of the Directive [Supplement]