ITUC Frontlines April 2013 provides an analysis of the actions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to weaken collective bargaining...Despite proclaiming to have no significant expertise in labour markets, the IMF nevertheless has a toolkit of conditionality, recommendations and rationale that all attack collective bargaining, trade unions and social dialogue. Collective bargaining, a cornerstone of the relationship between a worker and employer, is threatened with elimination...This...report provides empirical evidence demonstrating there is no sound economic case for this attack on workers’ rights...At present, this full frontal assault is most obvious in European countries where policy makers claim they are trying to cut labour costs to improve international competitiveness and help countries export their way out of deep recessions.