A Decade Beyond Maastricht: The European Social Dialogue Revisited The European Social Dialogue Revisited

The discussions include incisive analyses of relevant law and legal theory¿pertinent EC Treaty provisions and directives, decisions of the Community¿s courts, existing and potential collective agreements¿as well as declarations of the social partners and from Community institutions. The text of the work programme drawn up by ETUC, UNICE, and CEEP in November 2002 is reproduced in full.

For all the contention it arouses, the European Social Dialogue has in fact achieved some real change in social policy and holds great promise for the future. This important book serves as a milestone that allows all concerned practitioners, academics, and policy makers to measure what we have accomplished and to identify the elements we must concentrate upon to ensure continuing progress.