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European labour movements in crisis

Author : Thomas Prosser
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152613666X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book European labour movements in crisis written by Thomas Prosser and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Prosser argues that labour movements respond to European integration in a manner which instigates competition between national labour markets. It bases its hypothesis on analysis of four countries – Germany, Spain, France and Poland – and two processes: the collective bargaining practices of trade unions in the first decade of the Eurozone and the response of trade unions and social-democratic parties to austerity in Southern Europe. In the first process, although unions did not intentionally compete, there was a drift towards zero-sum outcomes which benefited national workforces in stronger structural positions. In the second process, during which a crisis resulting from the earlier actions of labour occurred, lack of solidarity reinforced effects of competition.

Confronting Crisis and Precariousness

Author : Stefan Schmalz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786610485
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Confronting Crisis and Precariousness written by Stefan Schmalz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Eurozone crisis triggered dramatic changes in European labour relations. Unemployment and precariousness increased considerably. This was further exacerbated by austerity measures, leading to declining minimum wages and layoffs in the public sector. These structural changes varied considerably by country but collectively pose challenges to organized labour as they confront neoliberal restructuring. Concurrently, recent social struggles continue to develop with unemployed and precarious workers playing a major role as protest actors. Focusing on the triangular relationship of precariousness, trade unions and social movements, this book draws on a range of exciting cases, both comparative and country case studies, in order to understand how the shadow of the crisis still haunts organized labour in Europe. The chapters in this collection each offer a unique perspective on how the results of the crisis, in Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, are leading to a variety of new social movements as a consequence of increased precariousness and also how trade unions are attempting to respond.

Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis

Author : Andreas Bieler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783482796
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Book Synopsis Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis by : Andreas Bieler

Download or read book Labour and Transnational Action in Times of Crisis written by Andreas Bieler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Processes of neoliberal globalization have put national trade unions under pressure as the transnational organization of production puts these labour movements in competition with each other. The global economic crisis has intensified these pressures further. And yet, economic and political integration processes have also provided workers with new possibilities to organize resistance. Emphasizing the importance of agency, this book analyzes transnational labour action in times of crisis, historically and now. It draws on a variety of fascinating cases, across formal and informal collectives, in order to clarify which factors facilitate or block the formation of solidarity. Moving beyond empirical description of cases to an informed understanding of collective action across borders, the volume provides an insightful theorization of transnational action.

Labor Movements in the Common Market Countries

Author : Marguerite Guzman Bouvard
Publisher : New York : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Labor Movements in the Common Market Countries written by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard and published by New York : Praeger. This book was released on 1972 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparison of labour movements in EC countries and the growth of an international trade union interest group in the face of Western Europe economic integration - describes the relations between the trade unions in the eec and the institutions of the eec, and examines the social policies of the EC, with particular respect to labour mobility, and the harmonisation of social security systems. Bibliography pp. 263 to 272, references and statistical tables.

The Crisis of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Western Europe

Author : Martin Upchurch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317036905
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crisis of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Western Europe by : Martin Upchurch

Download or read book The Crisis of Social Democratic Trade Unionism in Western Europe written by Martin Upchurch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a developing crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe; this volume outlines the crisis and examines the emerging alternatives. The authors define 'social democratic trade unionism' and its associated party-union nexus and explain how this traditional model has been threatened by social democracy's accommodation to neo-liberal restructuring and public service reform. Examining the experience of Sweden, Germany, Britain and France, the volume explores the historical rise and fall of social democratic trade unionism in each of these countries and probes the policy and practice of the European Trade Union Confederation. The authors critically examine the possibilities for a revival of social democratic unionism in terms of strategic policy and identity, offering suggestions for an alternative, radicalized political unionism. The research value of the book is highlighted by its focus on contemporary developments and its authors' intimate knowledge of the chosen countries.

Solidarity with Solidarity

Author : Idesbald Goddeeris
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739150723
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Solidarity with Solidarity written by Idesbald Goddeeris and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Iindependent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish opposition with humanitarian relief and technical assistance. Labor movements especially stepped into the limelight. A number of Western European unions were concerned about the new international tension following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the new hard-line policy of the US and saw Solidarnosc as a political instrument of clerical and neo-conservative cold warriors. This book analyzes reaction to Solidarnosc in nine Western European countries and within the international trade union confederations. It argues that Western solidarity with Solidarnosc was highly determined by its instrumental value within the national context. Trade unions openly sided with Solidarnosc when they had an interest in doing so, namely when Solidarnosc could strengthen their own program or position. But this book also reveals that reaction in allegedly reluctant countries was massive, albeit discreet, pragmatic, and humanitarian, rather than vocal, emotional, and political.

The Brave New World of European Labor

Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178920593X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Brave New World of European Labor written by Andrew Martin and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European union movements played a central role in promoting a "Europeanmodel of society", a humane industrial relations system, high labor standards, generous welfare states, and collective political representation which reached its pinnacle in the post-World War II era. The recent shift to lower growth, rising unemployment, renewed European integration, neo-liberalism, and globalization has challenged this "European Model" and the unions' place in it. These essays, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, examine responses of six major European union movements to the dramatic changes in economic and political conditions in the last two decades. They are the result of a group research effort and are based on a common framework which lends it quite an exceptional coherence.

EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times

Author : Béla Galgóczi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317140230
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times by : Béla Galgóczi

Download or read book EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times written by Béla Galgóczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on the free movement of labour within the EU has gained new momentum in the wake of the economic crisis. Building on the earlier Ashgate publication EU Labour Migration Since Enlargement, the editors have assembled a team of experts from across Europe to shed light on the critical issues raised by internal labour mobility within the EU in the context of economic crisis and labour market pressures. The book's chapters tease out the links between economic developments, regulatory frameworks and migration patterns in different European countries. A central focus is on issues of skills and skills mismatch and how they relate to migration forms, duration and individual decisions to stay or return. Based on detailed analysis of European and national-level sources, the results presented clearly contradict assumptions about a "knowledge driven migration". Rather, over-qualification and the corresponding underutilisation of migrant workers' skills emerge as a pervasive phenomenon. At the same time the characteristics of migrants - not just skills, but socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes - and also their labour market integration are shown to be very diverse and to vary substantially between different sending and receiving countries. This calls for a differentiated analysis and raises complex issues for policymakers. Examples where policy has contributed to positive outcomes for both migrants and domestic workforces are identified. Unique in analysing labour migration flows within the European Union in a comparative manner putting skills into the centre and taking account of the effects of the economic crisis, while addressing policy concerns this is a valuable resource for academics, policymakers and practitioners alike.

Social Movements and Organized Labour

Author : Jürgen R. Grote
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317053672
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Social Movements and Organized Labour written by Jürgen R. Grote and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance for the functioning and the eventual amendment of democratic capitalism. The chapters provide a well-balanced mix of theoretical and empirical accounts on the political, social and economic catalysts behind the changing motives finding expression in a multitude of novel types of joint collective action and inter-organizational alliances. The contributors to this volume go beyond attempting to place unions, movements, crises, precariousness, protests and coalitions at the centre of the research. Instead, they focus on actors who themselves transcend clear-cut social camps. They look at the values and motives underlying collective action by both types of actors as much as at their structural and strategic properties, and inter-organizational relations and networks. This creates a fresh, genuine and historically valid account of the incompatibilities and the commonalities of movements and unions, and of prospects for inter-organizational learning.

Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis

Author : Nicola Countouris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110751309X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Resocialising Europe in a Time of Crisis written by Nicola Countouris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terms such as 'Social Europe' and 'European Social Model' have long resided in the political and regulatory lexicon of European integration. But in recent years, and in spite of the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the EU social profile has entered a profound period of crisis. The ECJ judgments of Viking and Laval exemplify the unresolved tension between the EU's strong market imperatives and its fragile social aspirations while the ongoing economic crisis, while the various 'bail out' packages are producing a constant retrenchment of social rights. The status quo is one in which workers appear to shoulder most of the risks attendant on making and executing arrangements for the doing of work. Chapters in this book advocate a reversal of this trend in favour of fair mutualization, so as to disperse these risks and share them more equitably between employers, the state, and society at large.

The Labour Movement in Europe

Author : Walter Kendall
Publisher : London : Allen Lane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The Labour Movement in Europe written by Walter Kendall and published by London : Allen Lane. This book was released on 1975 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph comprising a comparison of trends in respect of labour movements, trade unions and socialist political partys in seven EC countries - includes a bibliography pp. 421 to 441, diagrams, references and statistical tables.

A triumph of failed ideas: European models of capitalism in the crisis

Author : Steffen Lehndorff
Publisher : ETUI
ISBN 13 : 2874522465
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book A triumph of failed ideas: European models of capitalism in the crisis written by Steffen Lehndorff and published by ETUI. This book was released on 2012 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current crisis in Europe is being labelled, in mainstream media and politics, as a ‘public debt crisis’. The present book draws a markedly different picture. What is happening now is rooted, in a variety of different ways, in the destabilisation of national models of capitalism due to the predominance of neoliberalism since the demise of the post-war ‘golden age’. Ten country analyses provide insights into national ways of coping – or failing to cope – with the ongoing crisis. They reveal the extent to which the respective socio-economic development models are unsustainable, either for the country in question, or for other countries. The bottom-line of the book is twofold. First, there will be no European reform agenda at all unless each country does its own homework. Second, and equally urgent, is a new European reform agenda without which alternative approaches in individual countries will inevitably be suffocated. This message, delivered by the country chapters, is underscored by more general chapters on the prospects of trade union policy in Europe and on current austerity policies and how they interact with the new approaches to economic governance at the EU level. These insights are aimed at providing a better understanding across borders at a time when European rhetoric is being used as a smokescreen for national egoism.

EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times

Author : Béla Galgóczi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317140222
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times by : Béla Galgóczi

Download or read book EU Labour Migration in Troubled Times written by Béla Galgóczi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on the free movement of labour within the EU has gained new momentum in the wake of the economic crisis. Building on the earlier Ashgate publication EU Labour Migration Since Enlargement, the editors have assembled a team of experts from across Europe to shed light on the critical issues raised by internal labour mobility within the EU in the context of economic crisis and labour market pressures. The book's chapters tease out the links between economic developments, regulatory frameworks and migration patterns in different European countries. A central focus is on issues of skills and skills mismatch and how they relate to migration forms, duration and individual decisions to stay or return. Based on detailed analysis of European and national-level sources, the results presented clearly contradict assumptions about a "knowledge driven migration". Rather, over-qualification and the corresponding underutilisation of migrant workers' skills emerge as a pervasive phenomenon. At the same time the characteristics of migrants - not just skills, but socio-demographic characteristics and attitudes - and also their labour market integration are shown to be very diverse and to vary substantially between different sending and receiving countries. This calls for a differentiated analysis and raises complex issues for policymakers. Examples where policy has contributed to positive outcomes for both migrants and domestic workforces are identified. Unique in analysing labour migration flows within the European Union in a comparative manner putting skills into the centre and taking account of the effects of the economic crisis, while addressing policy concerns this is a valuable resource for academics, policymakers and practitioners alike.

Trade Unions in Western Europe

Author : Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191664693
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Trade Unions in Western Europe written by Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade unions in most of Europe are on the defensive: in recent decades they have lost membership, sometimes drastically; their collective bargaining power has declined, as has their influence on government; and in many countries, their public respect is much diminished. This book explores the challenges facing trade unions and their responses in ten west European countries: Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy. Based on a substantial number of interviews with key union representatives and academic experts in each country, together with the collection of a large amount of union documentation and background material, the book gives an account of how trade unionism has evolved in each country, the main recent challenges that unions have faced, and their responses. The book engages with the debates of the past two decades on union modernization and revitalization, and more generally with theories of institutional change and the literature on varieties of capitalism. Some observers ask whether unions remain relevant socio-economic actors, but challenging times can stimulate new thinking, and hence provide new opportunities. This book aims to show why trade unions are (still) important subjects for scientific analysis: first, as a means of collective 'voice' allowing employees to challenge management control and bringing a measure of balance to the employment relationship; second, as a form of 'countervailing power' to the socio-economic dominance of capital; and third, their potential as a 'sword of justice' to defend the weak, vulnerable and disadvantaged, express a set of values in opposition to the dominant political economy, and offer aspirations for a different—and better—form of society.

Labor in State-Socialist Europe, 1945–1989

Author : Marsha Siefert
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633863384
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Labor in State-Socialist Europe, 1945–1989 written by Marsha Siefert and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labor regimes under communism in East-Central Europe were complex, shifting, and ambiguous. This collection of sixteen essays offers new conceptual and empirical ways to understand their history from the end of World War II to 1989, and to think about how their experiences relate to debates about labor history, both European and global. The authors reconsider the history of state socialism by re-examining the policies and problems of communist regimes and recovering the voices of the workers who built them. The contributors look at work and workers in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. They explore the often contentious relationship between politics and labor policy, dealing with diverse topics including workers’ safety and risks; labor rights and protests; working women’s politics and professions; migrant workers and social welfare; attempts to control workers’ behavior and stem unemployment; and cases of incomplete, compromised, or even abandoned processes of proletarianization. Workers are presented as active agents in resisting and supporting changes in labor policies, in choosing allegiances, and in defining the very nature of work.

The Politics of West German Trade Unions

Author : Andrei Markovits
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317230752
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of West German Trade Unions written by Andrei Markovits and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1986, this book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement both before and after 1945, the study explains the extent to which organized labour solidified and challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority. It examines the metalworkers’ union, the construction workers’ union, the printers’ union and the chemical workers’ union and shows how the industrial reality of each organisation helped shape its political outlook and strategic thinking. This book will be of particular interest to students of trade unions, industrial relations and political economy in West Germany.

The Force of Labour

Author : Stefan Berger
Publisher : Berg Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Force of Labour written by Stefan Berger and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 1995-01-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview and comparative analysis of European labour movements from 1900 to 1990. The authors examine the links between workers and organized labour in seven European countries and focus on areas such as the role of the state, labour markets, and occupa