Towards a European minimum wage – different forms of networking among unions and employers’ organisations in the EU
statutory legal provisions. Given the differences in industrial relation systems in the European member states, the proposed directive encountered both opposition and support. On the one hand the Scandinavian [...] abstentions (Austria and Germany). In the last minute, Sweden decided to back the draft law, showing how member states are open to change their mind in order to find joint positions. Given this scenario, we would [...] standardized questionnaire, which was sent to 102 trade unions and 121 employers organisations in 20 member states and to organisations at the EU transnational level, we wanted to map a network of actors.