Gli accordi transnazionali d’impresa sulle ristrutturazioni a livello

Transnational restructuring is the most important subject of transnational company agreements (Tcas) at the Eu level. Ewcs, European Trade Union Federations (Etufs) and other union organisations have negotiated and signed a growing number of European restructuring agreements since 2000. This article presents an inventory of these agreements, concentrating on the substantive ones. They generally provide guarantees against plant closures and for employment protection, guarantees for the employees transferred within or outside the company (including similar employment conditions and rights), as well as measures to avoid forced redundancies. Some also include procedural rules about the consultation of the employee representatives and the monitoring of the agreement. They required a delegation of the capacity to negotiate from the national to the European level and at least three types of coordination: between the national level and the European level, between the Ewc and national trade unions, between the Ewc and one or several Etufs. This coordination has evolved over time. There has been a growing involvement of the Etufs, which have adopted internal mandating rules and are now recognized by a growing number of companies as signatory parties of Tcas.