This special issue of the European Labour Law Journal is entitled ‘Testing the ‘‘Personal Work Relation’’: New Trade Union Strategies for New Forms of Employment’. It follows the publication of a Report commissioned by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and written by two of the co-editors of this issue, Nicola Countouris and Valerio De Stefano. In the wake of the launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights by the European Commission, the ETUC launched a call for tenders for this Report. In doing so, it sought to prompt a reflection among its members on the spread of non-standard forms of work and the incessant impact of the processes of digitalisation of the world of work. The Report written for the ETUC responds and engages with these crucial developments. At the same time, its scope is not limited to the elusive concept of ‘digital work’. One of the keystone ideas behind the Report is that most of the allegedly ‘new’ forms of work are the continuation of

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ELLJ特刊的序言：“测试“个人工作”关系：新的工会形式的新就业战略”

《欧洲劳动法杂志》的这一期特刊的标题是“测试“个人工作关系”：新的就业形式的新工会战略”。在此之前，该报告由欧洲工会联合会（ETUC）委托并由该期的两位共同编辑Nicola Countouris和Valerio De Stefano撰写。在欧洲委员会启动《欧洲社会权利支柱》之后，欧洲工会联合会就该报告进行了招标。在此过程中，它试图促使其成员反思非标准形式的工作的传播以及工作世界数字化进程的持续影响。为ETUC编写的报告回应并参与了这些重要的事态发展。同时，它的范围不限于难以捉摸的“数字作品”概念。报告背后的主要思想之一是，大多数所谓的“新”工作形式是