Anthony Carew has been Honorary Visiting Reader in International Labour Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He was Research Fellow in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex, a Rockefeller Fellow at the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labour and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit and a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam.

• 1. Introduction 2. The European Labour Movement in General: Some Facts and Figures 3. Union Organisation in the Plant 4. Union Conference 5. General Councils and National Executives 6. Full-Time Union Officials 7. Collective Bargaining 8. Conclusion. Appendix: 1. Trade Union Membership 2. Major Centres of Employment in Metalworking and Textiles 3. Major Trade Union Organisations in Europe.

Anthony Carew has been Honorary Visiting Reader in International Labour Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He was Research Fellow in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex, a Rockefeller Fellow at the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labour and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit and a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam.

• 1. Introduction 2. The European Labour Movement in General: Some Facts and Figures 3. Union Organisation in the Plant 4. Union Conference 5. General Councils and National Executives 6. Full-Time Union Officials 7. Collective Bargaining 8. Conclusion. Appendix: 1. Trade Union Membership 2. Major Centres of Employment in Metalworking and Textiles 3. Major Trade Union Organisations in Europe.

Anthony Carew has been Honorary Visiting Reader in International Labour Studies at the University of Manchester since 2004. He was Research Fellow in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of Sussex, a Rockefeller Fellow at the Walter P. Reuther Library of Labour and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit and a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam.

• 1. Introduction 2. The European Labour Movement in General: Some Facts and Figures 3. Union Organisation in the Plant 4. Union Conference 5. General Councils and National Executives 6. Full-Time Union Officials 7. Collective Bargaining 8. Conclusion. Appendix: 1. Trade Union Membership 2. Major Centres of Employment in Metalworking and Textiles 3. Major Trade Union Organisations in Europe.