Jeremy Waddington is Emeritus Professor of Industrial
Relations, University of Manchester
Torsten Müller is Senior Researcher at the ETUI, Brussels
Kurt Vandaele is Senior Researcher at the ETUI, Brussels
Trade unions have repeatedly been challenged by neoliberal programmes implemented within Member States of theEuropean Union (EU) and at the European level. The twentyseven country chapters at the core of this book chart the features of the neoliberal challenge in the EU Member States and the measures implemented by unions in their attempts to adapt to changed circumstances since 2000.