Der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund
Der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund is the Confederation of German Trade Unions, which links eight sectoral unions, including giants such as ver.di — itself a union of more than two million workers in all kinds of services — IG Metall and Transnet.
With rapid change occurring in national government administrations throughout Europe, DGB asked us to contribute to a cross-country study, supported by the European Commission, comparing the experiences of Britain, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
We presented our report, which looked at changes throughout the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development but focused in particular on British reforms, at an international conference in Düsseldorf.