The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) has published a report analysing employment relations in firms who contract out part of their value chain, looking at out/insourcing and off/in shoring. The report studies workers’ participation in outsourcing decisions as well as its impact on working conditions and employment relations in the parent company. The researchers found both sector level collective bargaining institutions and supportive national institutions are essential to upholding decent working conditions. The report also recommends more policy measures aimed at addressing chain liability provisions.
English: http://www.etui.org/Publications2/Books/The-outsourcing-challenge …
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.