"The ETUI held a conference entitled “Getting Europe back to Work: Alternatives to Austerity” on 6 November in Brussels when ETUI and academic researchers unveiled the results of their recent work on policies for consolidating ... public finances and the impact of austerity measures on the job market and collective bargaining systems. Germany and Poland have weathered the crisis with relatively low unemployment compared to their European neighbours.The crisis has also told heavily on collective bargaining with knock-on pressure on wages in some sectors." (Quoted from article)