June 1999

1. Publication

   Symposium on the social and labour consequences of technological developments, deregulation and privatization of transport. Report SDPT/1999

   15 June 1999

   Highlights recent developments in technology, deregulation, privatization, employment, working conditions and working environment in air, road, and rail transport.

2. Publication

   Women workers and working conditions in retailing: A comparative study of the situation in a foreign-controlled retail enterprise and a nationally owned retailer in Canada (MULTI 79)

   10 June 1999

   Finds that both the foreign-owned and nationally owned enterprises applied the principles of participatory management, and observes that there were more similarities than differences as regards conditions of work. Includes an overview of the retail sector in Canada.

3. Publication

   European works councils in multinational enterprises: Background, working and experience (MULTI 83)

   08 June 1999

   Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 84. Deals with the genesis of the Council Directive 94/45/EC and describes the establishment of a works council or of a procedure for the purposes of informing and consulting employees. Discusses the subsidiary requirements regarding information and consultation in case where no agreement has been reached. Analyses the possibility of concluding pre-existing agreements (1994-1996). Includes the text of the Directive (1994 and 1997), the state of transposition of the 1994 Directive into national law, a list of companies which have concluded voluntary agreements and, finally, experience with Article 13 agreements, as evaluated by the ETUC.

4. Publication

   Improve your business. Basics. Trainer’s Guide. International edition

   01 June 1999

   Companion volume to "Improve Your Business" (IYB). Covers training needs, planning and conducting IYB training, suggested follow-up to IYB training and monitoring and evaluation of IYB training. This Trainer's Guide takes trainers step by step through the setting up of a 40-hour course using the materials in the book Improve Your Business: Basics.

May 1999

1. Publication

   People’s security. Globalizing social progress

   31 May 1999

2. Publication

   Japanese multinationals in Australia: Employment policies and industrial relations, 1990-97 (MULTI 85)

   26 May 1999

   Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 85

3. Publication

   Labour dispute resolution: An introductory guide (EASMAT/BANGKOK)

   26 May 1999

   Provides an overview of dispute prevention and resolution and makes distinctions between negotiation and bargaining, conciliation, arbitration and adjudication in dispute resolution.

4. Publication

   Improve your business. Basics. International edition

   11 May 1999

   Companion volume to "Improve Your Business: trainers' guide". Includes theoretical questions and answers.

March 1999

1. Publication

   The impact of multinational enterprises on employment, training and regional development in Namibia and Zimbabwe: A preliminary assessment (MULTI 84)

   25 March 1999

   Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 84. Analyses the economic contributions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to the Namibian and Zimbabwean economies. Looks at certain social aspects and compares the volume, distribution and contributions of MNE capital to the two countries' economies before and after economic liberalization.

2. Publication

   Migrant workers. Report 87 III (1B)

   02 March 1999