Rhetoric or game changer: Social dialogue and industrial relations in education midst EU governance and privatisation in Europe

With a focus on EU multi-level governance and the case systems of French-speaking Belgium, Italy, Poland and Sweden, this final report presents detailed analysis and findings adressing the project’s four research questions: ■ How have IR and arrangements for social dialogue and collective bargaining in the education sector unfolded since 2008 – at the level of EU governance and in the four case systems? ■ How are developments in IR at the European and national scales associated with patterns of education reform and privatisation? ■ How are developments in IR at the European and national scales associated with the trajectory of EU governance, and especially within the context of the European Semester cycles under Europe 2020? ■ What are the implications of our findings for the prospects of the mainstreaming of the European Pillar of Social Rights concerning education personnel’s fair working conditions, professional prerogatives, social dialogue and education quality and equity?