ABSTRACT
The structure of collective bargaining dates from the law of February 1950, the foundation on which a number of amendments have been placed recently. There is considerable dispute about the role and effectiveness of collective bargaining in France. Collective bargaining in Germany in the past twenty-five years has been based on the Collective Agreements Act of April 1949 which became the law for the territory of the post-war German Federal Republic. The system of collective bargaining in the Netherlands has been changing from one of comparative stability in industrial relations, with a highly centralised system of collective bargaining, much influenced by attempts at an incomes policy, to one which reflects stirring and unrest at the rank-and-file level. Collective bargaining follows the pattern common in the adjacent country of Britain, with bargaining at various levels such as the firm, the district and the industrial level.
