Trade Unions Today and Tomorrow

Contents: Georges Spyropoulos: Foreword - Mathias Hinterscheid: The role of trade unions in the coming decade: The point of view of the European Confederation of Trade Unions - Bertil Bolin: Trade unions and the crisis - Georges Spyropoulos: The role of trade unions in a changing world - Jens Lind: Crisis and conflicts between state and trade union movement: the Danish experience - Denis Segrestin: Trade unions versus power: the French socialist experience after 1981 - A. Wagner: Trade unions between "exit" and "voice": a new portrait of Swiss unionism - J.C. van Ham/J.Paauwe/A.R.T. Williams: Adapting to change: the case of the trade unions in the Netherlands - Ross Fakiolas: The Greek trade unions: past experience, present problems and future outlook - Manuel Ludevid: The labour movement and social change in Spain (1975-1985) - Michael P. Jackson: The British miners' strikes of 1974 and 1984: a comparison of the role and strategy of the Miners' Union - Georges Spyropoulos: Internationalisation of economy: a new challenge to trade unions - Michael Rose: Economic nationalism versus class solidarity: the perspectives of active trade union members - Peter Enderwick: Trends in the internationalisation of production and the trade union response - Kurt P. Tudyka: Crisis situation for multinational corporation trade union councils - Rolf Jürgen Grote: Tripartism and European integration.

The Editor: Georges Spyropoulos studied law at the Universities of Athens (Diploma of Law), Nancy and Paris (Doctor's degree Ph.D.) in law, Laureate of the University of Paris. Spend 28 years with the International Labour Office (1957-1985). His last position in the ILO was Director of the Working Conditions and Environment Department (1980-1985). Presently, he is a consultant of the International Institute for Labour Studies of the ILO and member of the Board of Trusties and Chairman of the Programme Committee of the European Centre for Work and Society (Maastricht, Netherlands). He is the author of several books and a great number of articles on topics such as freedom of association, collective agreements, labour relations, participation, social aspects of European integrating, quality of working life, working conditions, etc.