Commission launches new industrial relations database
A major new database on industrial relations in Europe, EIROnline, was officially launched on 22 January 1998 by Mr. Padraig Flynn, European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and industrial relations. "I am convinced that EIROnline will be an invaluable resource for social partners, governments and European Union institutions, not to mention all EU citizens with an interest in industrial relations" said Mr. Flynn. The EIROnline database contains information on and analysis of the most important events and issues in industrial relations in the 15 EU Member States and Norway, and at the European level. Up to 100 records are added every month, building up a thorough and wide-ranging picture of industrial relations in Europe. The database contains both shorter news items and more in-depth features, plus comparative overviews of how particular issues are dealt with in the industrial relations systems of the 16 countries. The system has been developed and is managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, an autonomous body of the European Union, created in 1975 to assist in the formulation of policy on social and work-related matters.