ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the three relevant organizations that analyse policy for the federations: the Hans Bockler Foundation in Germany, Arbejderbevaegelsens Erhvervsrad in Denmark and The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in the United States, to compare the unions' analysis of reforms that are located at the interface of social and labour market policy. In all three countries, there are intensive contacts between labour unions and policy counselling. The organizations conduct their own research in the field of unions' interests. Afterwards they provide results for unions and the public. The organizations seldom conduct research on the direct request of the unions. In order to compare labour unions' analysis of labour market policy, the chapter focuses on the agenda setting and policy change phases of the policy cycle. The analysis of the agenda setting and policy change phase offers the best way to study the role of unions and institutions in the development of new policies.
