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Stan De Spiegelaere

Stan De Spiegelaere is a policy and research director at UNI Europa and guest professor at the University of Ghent.
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When too few employers means too low wages

Stan De Spiegelaere and Oliver Roethig

Collective bargaining can redress the vulnerability of workers who find themselves in a buyers’ labour market.

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Collective bargaining: Romania shows the way

Oliver Roethig and Stan De Spiegelaere

Romania’s recent law strengthening collective bargaining offers a way forward for the European Union.

Reversing the procurement race to the bottom

Oliver Roethig and Stan De Spiegelaere

Companies must be denied contracts if they refuse to respect workers’ rights.

It’s time to talk about democracy at work

Stan De Spiegelaere

Democracy at work has many benefits but above all it is a matter of human dignity.

An Unlikely Cure For Populism: Workplace Democracy

Stan De Spiegelaere

Trump in the White House, Orban in Hungary, the Law and Justice party in Poland, the AfD in Germany, Erdoğan in Turkey… It seems like

Top Of The Christmas Wish List: A Working Time Reduction

Stan De Spiegelaere

In our family, Christmas means sending and receiving wish lists. This year, my cousin took a very honest approach and wished for (among other things)

Do We Need Another Renault To Wake Us Up?

Stan De Spiegelaere

Exactly 20 years ago today, the very first European-wide strike was organized. In all Renault plants workers suspended work for one hour in protest against

Let’s Give A New Boost To European Works Councils

Stan De Spiegelaere

The social policy track record of the European Union is bleak at best. But in one field the EU did make a marked difference: in

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WSI Minimum Wage Report 2025

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