Histoire et perspectives de la coordination salariale à l’échelle de l’Union européenne
History and Perspectives of the Salary Coordination at the Scale of the European Union

Summary/Abstract: At national level, the wage has historically been central to union identity. However, at European Union level, the Euro-unions relinquished the topic of pay for many years, accepting the convergence on wage restraint that emerged in the 1980s. The present article will analyse the ways in which they are now seeking to (re)construct the Europeanisation of the wage via initiatives to coordinate national collective bargaining in the sectors, and more recently, by formulating a new demand for a European minimum wage. In the times of europact and European economic governance, will these strategies enable the Euro-unions to acquire sufficient legitimacy to intervene in the field of wages at the supranational level?

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