Project description:
The main ambition of the Bargaining for Equality project (BFORE) is to identify and analyse collective bargaining processes and practices across Europe that help tackle income inequality and ensure fair wages for all workers. To this end, the project will first examine the interplay between minimum wage regimes, wage structures, collective bargaining systems and inequality, accounting for recent developments, policy and social partner initiatives. Second, BFORE will investigate in detail what kind of agreements are settled, as well as the impact of bargaining practices, processes, strategies and structures on workers’ incomes. Special attention will be paid to the interrelation between sector- and company-level wage bargaining and to workers in the low-wage segment. Third, BFORE will highlight challenges and gaps, and propose an agenda for strengthening collective bargaining systems across Europe.