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WISUTIL - Background and Explanation of the Project . WISUTIL conference, Vienna, Austria 26-27 September2011 Maarten van Klaveren (AIAS). The name W age I ndicator S upport for Bargaining in the Util ities Sector The aims
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WISUTIL - Background and Explanation of the Project WISUTIL conference, Vienna, Austria 26-27 September2011 Maarten van Klaveren (AIAS)
The name WageIndicatorSupport for Bargaining in the Utilities Sector The aims to contribute to a debate about collective bargaining strategies of unions at national and European levels, focusing on the effects on wages, working conditions, occupational structures and skills Partners University of Amsterdam/Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), coordinator European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) WageIndicator Foundation, Amsterdam FORBA research institute, Vienna Introducing WISUTIL project
Funding EU budget heading: Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue(nr VS/2010/0382) Duration 1 November 2010 - 31 October 2011 Nov. 2010: Start WageIndicator web-survey Nov. 2010 – EPSU affiliates invited rank and file to Jul. 2011: complete the survey Dec. 2010: Start up conference Dec. 2010, Mar. 2011 Newsletters Sep. 2011: Final conference in Vienna Oct. 2011: Finalising report for EPSU (downloadable) Introducing WISUTIL project
Sources used: Data from 5,361 respondents of the WageIndicator web-survey on work and wages in 13 EU countries The AIAS/MNE database for the energy, water and waste multinational companies Update PIQUE project (2007-2009, coordinated by FORBA) aiming to investigate the relationship between employment, productivity and quality of public services in the process of liberalisation and privatisation Issues of the monthly AIAS-ETUI Collective Bargaining Newsletter, covering the years 2008-current Publications and reports, like those of PSIRU Sources for WISUTIL report
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