The Labourmarkethas become slightly more flexiblethrough changes in arbitration arrangements and opt-outs for individualfirmsfrom collective-bargaining agreements.
But Alan Flitcroft, a football finance expert at Ernst and Young, told BBC Sport that problems with individualbargaining in Italy and Spain had softened the EC's stance.
Recently, the NLRB sanctioned a policy that threatens to balkanize American businesses with a multiplicity an individualbargaining units, differentiated solely by the specific task they perform or the location within the shop that they perform it.