Table of contents
Preface V
1 Introduction .................................................................................... 1
2 The Dutch transport sector: economic characteristics
AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS ................................................... 3
2.1 Road transport 3
2.2 Aviation 5
3 Collective actors, representativeness and recognition....7
3.1 Employers’ associations and labour unions in road transport 7
3.2 Employers and labour unions in aviation 10
3.3 Employers and labour unions in air traffic control 12
4 Collective bargaining in the transport sector...................15
4.1 Collective bargaining in the Netherlands 15
4.2 Collective bargaining in road transport 16
4.3 A case study of collective bargaining in road haulage of freight 19
4.4 Collective bargaining in aviation 23
4.5 Collective bargaining in air traffic control 24
4.6 A case study of collective bargaining at KLM. 25
5 The competencies of works’ councils ..................................... 29
5.1 Information and consultation rights in the Netherlands 29
5.2 The role of labour unions in firm-level representation in road haulage and
at KLM 30
6 The regulation and practice of industrial disputes ........... 33
6.1 The regulatory framework of industrial disputes 33
6.2 Industrial disputes in road transport and aviation 33
7 Conclusion......................................................................................37
Bibliography ..................................................................................................39
Appendix 1 Interviews...............................................................................40
Appendix 2 List of abbreviations............................................................41