Building Labor Solidarity in Precarious Times: The Danger of Union Paternalism

Paret, Marcel

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“…Small and more radical trade unions, often of a syndicalist or anarcho-syndicalist orientation, usually have the greatest experience in such activities. On the other hand, large union headquarters are often conservative, have a paternalistic attitude towards people outside the traditional labour market (Paret, 2019), and their hierarchical structure makes it difficult to enter the environments of workers employed on temporary contracts (Urbański, 2014: 216). In Poland, an example of the former type of union is the Employee Initiative IP, which often supports workers employed by employment agencies or on mandate contracts.…”

Section: Self-defence Attempts and The Importance Of Trade Unionsmentioning

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The precariat pandemic: Exploitation overshadowed by COVID-19 and workers’ strategies in Poland

Żuk

2022

Econ. labour relat. rev.

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Based on the material obtained from focus group interviews conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the article analyses the mechanisms used by employers towards employees, as well as the adaptation strategies applied by those in precarious employment in Poland. The authors’ considerations refer to anti-worker changes introduced under the pretext of the pandemic in the capitalist labour market: layoffs and cuts in wages, manifestations of discrimination against precarious workers and the potential attitudes of employee self-defence. The authors conclude that it is almost certain that under the conditions of post-pandemic capitalism, the number of the precariat will grow and the neoliberal system will want to retain as many of the anti-worker solutions introduced in the shadow of the pandemic as possible. JEL codes J70, J81, J28

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Section: Self-defence Attempts and The Importance Of Trade Unionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The precariat pandemic: Exploitation overshadowed by COVID-19 and workers’ strategies in Poland

Żuk

2022

Econ. labour relat. rev.

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“…The decline of the trade union movement leads to the atomization of workers and adversely affects the ability to jointly defend their rights. Although in some cases strong trade unions may pursue a paternalistic policy towards the unemployed or informally employed, which in turn may lead to ambiguous consequences (Paret, 2018).…”

Section: Labour Market Employment and Precariatmentioning

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Entrepreneurshp at the labour market: a case of precariat and informal employment

Volchik¹,

Maslyukova²

2019

JESI

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The concept of precariat is becoming the increasingly important subject of interdisciplinary research that involves both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The formation of the precariat is associated with the neoliberal reforms carried out in the last decades, as well as significant institutional and technological changes. The process of precarisation is accompanied by an increase in insecurity, instability, and flexibility, which is most characteristic of informal and precarious work. Our paper analyzes the relationship between informal employment as a proxy precariat and unemployment rates, industrial production index and real wages using the structural VAR approach for monthly data in the period 2010-2018. The relationship between the variables is checked by imposing restrictions on the recursive scheme (Cholesky identification) as well as the recursive identification scheme (Cholesky decomposition) in the SVAR model. Our analysis of the impulse response caused by the positive shock of informal employment confirmed that in the short term, the increase in the share of people employed in the informal sector causes, above all, a decline in real wages. There are weak responses from the industrial production index, which leads to the conclusion about the leveling effect of institutions and institutions. In addition, the paper employs the process of modeling the development of informal employment using the ARIMA model. Our results showing the trends in the development of informal employment demonstrate the existence of cyclical resilience which negatively affects economic development and requires structural reforms.

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Die Rolle industrieller Beziehungen im Globalen Süden für soziales Upgrading in Wertschöpfungsketten

Teipen¹,

Mehl²

2021

IndBez

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Anhand vergleichender Fallstudien in vier Branchen (Automobil, Bekleidung, Elektronikgüter, IT-Dienstleistungen) und sechs Schwellen- und Entwicklungsländern (Indien, Bangladesch, China, Vietnam, Brasilien, Südafrika) zeigen wir den Einfluss industriespezifischer Governance-Formen sowie nationaler Systeme industrieller Beziehungen auf soziales Upgrading auf. Erfolgreiches soziales Upgrading hängt demzufolge entscheidend davon ab, ob nationale Gewerkschaften über ausreichende assoziative und institutionelle Macht verfügen, um sich in Transformationsauseinandersetzungen gegenüber dominanten nationalen Koalitionen behaupten zu können.

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Building Labor Solidarity in Precarious Times: The Danger of Union Paternalism

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

The precariat pandemic: Exploitation overshadowed by COVID-19 and workers’ strategies in Poland

The precariat pandemic: Exploitation overshadowed by COVID-19 and workers’ strategies in Poland

Entrepreneurshp at the labour market: a case of precariat and informal employment

Die Rolle industrieller Beziehungen im Globalen Süden für soziales Upgrading in Wertschöpfungsketten

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