Abstract
The concept of industrial democracy is both old and generic. As such, it allows the comparative questions in an unique arrangements and ideas that have emerged in national and historical contexts. The notion of 'industrial relations' in France and 'industrial relations' in Germany are good examples. Moreover, the concept of industrial democracy opens a point of contact between 'the principles and procedures of political democracy and the industrial sphere', and introduces the key issue of this symposium celebrating the centenary of the Charter of Amiens. Are there items and specific modalities of deployment of industrial democracy, centered in the union and its activities?
