Course Content PART I: EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS CHAPTER 1. Definition and characteristics CHAPTER 2. Establishment of the European Works Council CHAPTER 3. Composition of the European Works Council CHAPTER 4. Powers of the European Works Council CHAPTER 5. What is the special negotiating body? CHAPTER 6. Guarantees CHAPTER 7. Up-to-date applicable rules CHAPTER 8. What is negotiated in a European Works Council? CHAPTER 9. Confidential information PART II: Collective bargaining in European Works Councils CHAPTER 10. Approaching collective bargaining? CHAPTER 11. Concept, purpose and structure CHAPTER 12. The specific variables of collective bargaining CHAPTER 13. Internal functioning of the bargaining table CHAPTER 14. Negotiation techniques and tactics
