European Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy

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Abbreviations ABB Asea Brown Boveri APA Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup BBC Brown Boveri Corporation CCOO Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (Spain) CDU Christlich Demokratische Union (Germany) CEEP European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest CFDT Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (France) CFE-CGC Confédération Française de l’Encadrement-CGC CFTC Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (France) CGE Compagnie Générale d’Electricité CGIL Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro CGT Confédération Général du Travail (France) CGTP Confederação geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses CISL Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori COBAS Comitati di Base (Italy) CSC métal Christian Metalworkers’ Union (Belgium) CSC Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens (Belgium) DAG Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft DG (European Commission) Directorate-General DGB Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ECB European Central Bank [xi] EEC European Economic Community EFBWW European Federation of Building and Woodworkers EFTA European Free Trade Association EMCEF European Mine, Chemical, and Energy Workers’ Federation EMF European Metalworkers’ Federation EMU European Monetary Union EMWU European Migrant Workers’ Union (Germany) ERT European Round Table of Industrialists ETUC European Trade Union Confederation ETUF-TCL European Trade Union Federation–Textiles Clothing Leather ETUI European Trade Union Institute EWC European works council FGTB Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique FIOM Federazione Impiegati Operai Metallurgici (Italy) FNV Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (The Netherlands ) FO Force Ouvrière (France) GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GE General Electric (U.S.) GEC General Electric Company (U.K.) GM General Motors GMB General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union (U.K.) GPMU Graphical, Paper and Media Union (U.K.) GWC Group works council HICP Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices ICF International Federation of Chemical and General Workers’ Unions IG Industriegewerkschaft IG BAU IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt IIRA International Industrial Relations Association ILO International Labour Organisation IMF International Metalworkers’ Federation INFO-Institut Institute for Organizational Development and Corporate Politics (Germany) INSEE Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (France) IRES Institut de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (France) xii Abbreviations LO Landsorganisationen i Sverige MEDEF Mouvement des Entreprises de France MEP Member of the European Parliament MP Member of [national] parliament NEAT Neue Eisenbahn Alpentransversalen NRW North Rhine–Westphalia OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OSE Observatoire Social Européen (Belgium) PCF Parti Communiste Français PRC Partito della Rifondazione Comunista (Italy) RSU Rappresentanze Sindacali Unitarie (Italy) SMIC Salaire minimum interprofessionnelle de croissance (France) SMUV Swiss Metal and Watchmakers’ Union SNB EWC Special Negotiation Body SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français SPD Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands TCE Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe TEC Treaty establishing the European Community TEU Treaty establishing the European Union TUC British Trades Union Congress UAEPME Union Européenne de l’Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises UGT[P] União Geral de Trabalhadores [Portugal] UGT[S] Union General de Trabajadores [Spain] UIL Unione Italiana del Lavoro UMP Union for a Popular Movement (France) UN United Nations UNICE Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe USWA United Steelworkers of America VAW Vereinigte Aluminium-Werke WCC World company council WWC World works council WSI Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (Germany) Abbreviations xiii This page intentionally left blank. E u r o p e a n U n i o n s This page intentionally left blank. ...