'… this book is an important contribution to labour law literature that is highly thought-provoking and an essential acquisition for labour lawyers and policy-makers operating in the area of labour market regulation.' David Cabrelli, Edinburgh Law Review
1. Introduction; 2. The national context: historical developments; 3. Europeanisation and European labour law; 4. Europeanisation and the CJEU; 5. The national context: trade unions, migrant workers and the European Union enlargements; 6. Austria; 7. Germany; 8. Ireland; 9. Sweden; 10. The UK; 11. Analysis of trade union responses; 12. Trade unions, new member state workers and Europeanisation: effects and opportunities; 13. The kind of laws the unions ought to want; 14. Conclusion.