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Publications

2018: Ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven: Environmental Review (The Senator for Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports – Provided by U Langhorst)

Is There Such A Thing As A Good Brexit? (R Martin)

2016: Barriers and building blocks to the growth of the Social Economy and Social Partnership Enterprises in Europe (J Merritt T Brooks)

2012:  What Can Trade Unions Learn from the Mondragon Cooperative Movement, Spain (T Brooks, P Kimber, G Pattison, S Tausanoglu)

2011: Role of Trade Unions and Regional Government in North-Rhine Westphalia (T Brooks, G Hillebrand)

2009: The National Minimum Wage; Italian Trade Unions – Change and Crisis, 1967-74 (B Bye)

2008: Regions and the Role of Trade Unions: Lessons on social partnership, worker participation and industrial democracy in Spain, France, Germany and Italy.

What is Labour For? Can We Learn from the German Experience? (B Bye)

2007: The Threat of Private Equity (R Martin)

2006: Age Discrimination (C Lumber)

2004: The Law and Workers’ Rights in the UK and Germany (R Martin)

Global Off-shoring (R Martin)

2001: Ford Supplier Revolution in Europe and North America (C Lumber)

1998: Working Time in Europe: Denmark

Working Time in Europe: Netherlands

The Bremen Programme for Defence Conversion

Defence Diversification – Network For Change

1997: The Attack on the French Welfare State

Employee Share Ownership – participation in UK and Germany

1996: The German Health Service – the Bremen Experience

1995:

Works Council Study Visit – Hannover and Franckfurt

1994:

The Danish Pension System: a Trade Union Response

German Defence Conversion: Experiences in Bremen & North-Rhine Westphalia

Defence Conversion and the KONVER Programme in North-Rhine Westphalia and south and west England

Promoting Employment in Upper Normandy – CGT Policy

1993:

Regional Development, Local Economies and the Role of Trade Unions

European Works Councils

Pension Funds, Trade Unions and the European Experience (R Minns)

Health & Safety Representation in Europe

The Rise of Racism & Right-wing Extremism

France – Trade Unions, Employers, Collective Bargaining and Workplace Determination (B Bye)

Italy – Trade Unions, Employers, Collective Bargaining and Workplace Determination (B Bye)

1992:

Report on the Comparative Health & Safety Seminar, The French Connection (H&S Law in the  workplace – British and French experience)

1991:

Defence Conversion – The Bremen Case (C Sieling)