Building on experience-A win-win approach to transnational industrial relations in multinational companies

In recent years, Transnational Company Agreements (TCA) have become an increasing practice in multinational companies (MNCs). This is the result of the internationalisation of industrial relations in which European and International trade unions on the one hand, and some MNCs, on the other hand, have found a common ground for action. Over the last decade, TCAs drew the attention of EU Institutions and ILO too.

Against this background, the ETUC and BusinessEurope developed the joint project “Building on experiences: a win-win approach to transnational industrial relations in multinational companies”. This project, for the first time ever, put trade unions, employers’ organisations and companies around the table and initiated a debate, building on results of discussions internal to their organisations and previous projects on TCAs carried-out by both the ETUC and BusinessEurope over the recent years. All interviews and discussions held throughout the project contributed to inform both the enclosed final report – drafted by two independent experts, Marie-Nöelle Lopez and Stefania Marassi – as well as the political conclusions drawn together by ETUC and BusinessEurope which close the text.