1st Edition
Workplace Equality in Europe The Role of Trade Unions
1. Introduction
2. Equality and Diversity and the Role of Trade Unions:Theoretical Approach
3. Grounds of Discrimination
4. Types of Initiatives across Europe
5. Trade Union Cooperation beyond National Borders
6. Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Equality Bodies
7. Addressing Multiple Discrimination in the Workplace
8. Equality and Diversity under the Shadow of the Economic Crisis
9. Conclusion – Looking to the Future
Biography
Anna Paraskevopoulou is Disadvantage and Discrimination Senior Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK and co-author of Undocumented Workers' Transitions. Sonia McKay is Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK. She is the co-author of Statutory Regulation and Employment Relations: The Impact of Statutory Trade Union Recognition; Undocumented Workers' Transitions: Legal Status, Migration and Work in Europe; and Life in the Shadows.
"Their book provides an important insight into cross-national similarities and differences, and the way in which unions use the opportunity structure provided by the European Union." – Susan Milner, University of Bath, UK
