Bruun, Niklas2025-06-092025-06-092025Bruun , N 2025 , Promoting collective bargaining in public procurement : Social clauses and the way forward . Working Paper , no. 4 , vol. 2025 , European trade union institute , Brussels . < https://www.etui.org/publications/promoting-collective-bargaining-public-procurement-0 >69729783http://hdl.handle.net/10138/597119The amount of work that is performed under public contracts in the EU is vast; according to the European Commission, it amounts to 14% of EU GDP. The question is how to improve the mechanisms to make sure that this work, paid out of taxpayers’ money, is done under decent working conditions. Public procurement offers one of the best opportunities in which public authorities may promote collective bargaining. Several Member States have, after 2014, introduced legislative measures in order to ensure that economic operators comply with their applicable obligations in the fields of environmental, social and labour law established by Union law, national law or collective agreements.28359685enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess513 LawKOTA2025?1 - Publication available open access by the publisher1 - Open access publication channel1 - Self archived5075487e-1a84-4bde-aed3-49bc1b7a1ab30- Ingen av författarna har en utländsk affiliation1- Publicerad utomlands0- Ingen affiliation med ett företagCommissioned reportopenAccess5075487e-1a84-4bde-aed3-49bc1b7a1ab3