Category: Italy - Germany relationships

This thematic area deals with the issues related to trade union cooperation at a transnational level. One of the main activities of the area concerns the scientific support to the cooperation project in which FIOM-CGIL of Bologna and Emilia-Romagna and various local and regional branches of IG Metall are involved. The relations between the two economic systems are analyzed and specific surveys are conducted to ascertain the need for cooperation between trade unions at a transnational level in multinational companies and along their supply chains.

The area intends to analyze the way in which globalization processes can be managed in order to prevent international competition from being faced through social and wage dumping, worsening working conditions, precarious employment relationships and negative impact on rights of both male and female workers and their organizations.

The topics under study are:

The supply chains at the transnational level;
The application of the European directives on information and consultation;
The role of Transnational company agreements;
Bargaining and participation in transformation processes;
Industrial relations at group level and along the value chain.