Drawing on data from a Europe wide project, together with existing data on equality and diversity initiatives, this book explores the work of trade unions in supporting equality and anti-discrimination policies across Europe and, in particular, the processes and collaborations involved in incorporating equality and diversity policies into trade union agendas. It considers theoretical issues of equality and diversity, the role of EU legislation, multiple discrimination and exclusion and disadvantage in the labour market in relation to the role of trade unions, and addresses central questions about the actions and challenges faced by trade unions in promoting equality in the workplace and in implementing anti-discrimination policies at local, national and European levels.

Anna Paraskevopoulou is Disadvantage and Discrimination Senior Research Fellow at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK and co-author of Undocumented Workers' Transitions. Sonia McKay is Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK. She is the co-author of Statutory Regulation and Employment Relations: The Impact of Statutory Trade Union Recognition; Undocumented Workers' Transitions: Legal Status, Migration and Work in Europe; and Life in the Shadows.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Equality and Diversity and the Role of Trade Unions: Theoretical Approach; Chapter 3 Grounds of Discrimination; Chapter 4 Types of Initiatives across Europe; Chapter 5 Trade Union Cooperation beyond National Borders; Chapter 6 Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Equality Bodies; Chapter 7 Addressing Multiple Discrimination in the Workplace; Chapter 8 Equality and Diversity under the Shadow of the Economic Crisis; Chapter 9 Conclusion - Looking to the Future;