Towards a European minimum wage – different forms of networking among unions and employers’ organisations in the EU
countries such as France, Spain or Portugal already have statutory minimum wages. In these countries, a coordination of EU minimum wages could be much simpler than in the first group of countries. After [...] After an intense discussion, on December 6 th 2021, the EU labour ministers agreed on introducing minimum standards with two votes (Denmark and Hungary) against the regulation and two abstentions (Austria [...] has been in contact in relation to the EU Minimum Wage Directive”. We focused on three sectors: road transport, construction and cleaning as sectors where minimum wage regulations have a high relevance due