Last month, Padraig Flynn, the European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and industrial relations, officially launched EIROnline, a major new database on industrial relations in Europe. It is produced by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in Dublin.
"I am convinced the EIROnline will be an invaluable resource for social partners, governments and EU institutions, not to mention all EU citizens with an interest in industrial relations," said Mr Flynn.
EIROnline is a database which can now be accessed directly through a website on the Worldwide Web. It contains information and analysis on the most important events and issues in industrial relations in the 15 EU member states and Norway, and at the overall European level. Up to 100 up-to-date records are added every month, building up a thorough and wide-ranging picture of
industrial relations in Europe. The database contains news and in-depth features, plus comparative overviews of how particular issues are dealt with in the industrial relations systems of the 16 countries.
Bernie Malone (Dublin, PES) commented: "Up-to-date information on industrial relations trends will be of vital importance if we are to meet the challenges of EMU and of reducing employment."
Website address. Http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/