1.Responses of trade unions and employers (associations) to growing segmentation in labour markets in European countries and the growth of vulnerable groups of workers. How are the social partners’ responses influenced by the national industrial relations and political contexts and to EU Law and policies?
2. Experiences in collective bargaining to improve employment and/or quality of work for vulnerable workers groups. Are these collective bargaining practices effective in improving the position of (specific) vulnerable groups of workers? If ‘yes’: why? If ‘not’, why not?
3. What are innovative directions and prospects in collective bargaining at EU, national, sector, and company levels on improving the position of vulnerable workers and/or combatting segmentation and social exclusion? In what way can national and EU public policy enable or hinder efficient social dialogue and self-regulation aimed at reducing the number of ‘outsiders’ in the labour market?
All five papers in this paper panel follow a multi-level and multi-disciplinary approach and are empirically based on two recent EU-projects: BARgaining for SOcial RIghts at Sectoral level (BARSORIS) and Intergenerational bargaining (iNGenBar).
The paper panel will be chaired by Prof. dr. Maarten Keune and Prof.dr. Philippe Pochet wil be discussant.
