Europäische Betriebsräte: Bedingungen für ihre Handlungsfähigkeit und ihre Rolle bei europäischen Streik- und Protestaktionen

Rampeltshammer, Luitpold; Dehnen, Veronika

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-92505-9_8

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“…In contrast, institutional logics at GME (and later GM/Opel) widely mirror US-American labour relations, which are relatively conflictual (e.g. Rampeltshammer and Dehnen, 2010). Thus, at GM/Opel we expect that labour has needed to invest more of its own attempts to successfully coordinate labour activities at transnational level.…”

Section: Two Cases Of Labour Transnationalism: Gm/opel and Volkswagenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Employee representatives responded to management strategies of establishing standardised platforms for certain models at different plants and whipsawing techniques to put pressure on labour costs by intensified cross-border cooperation. Furthermore, the EWC negotiated and concluded several EFAs between 2000 and 2008 with the company’s management (Bartmann and Blum-Geenen, 2007; Da Costa and Rehfeldt, 2007; Rampeltshammer and Dehnen, 2010). Ongoing restructuring and cost-cutting measures were implemented by management, often without consulting labour representatives and against what was agreed in framework agreements.…”

Section: Labour Transnationalism At Gm/opel and Vwmentioning

confidence: 99%

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When does solidarity end? Transnational labour cooperation during and after the crisis – the GM/Opel case revisited

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Glassner

Dittmar

et al. 2015

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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The General Motors (GM) case stands out for its transnational employee cooperation. During the crisis the 'national turn' of union politics seems to have eroded solidarity and mutual trust relations. In this article the authors suggest disentangling the behaviour of labour representatives and their attitudes, identities and feelings to develop a more sophisticated perspective on labour transnationalism. Concepts of sociological neo-institutionalism and empirical evidence from two automobile companies (GM/Opel and Volkswagen) in Germany, the UK and Poland are used to investigate the conditions under which transnational solidarity occurs and prevails. The authors conclude that solidarity in both companies has not come to an end and contributes to repertoires of contention in future labour conflicts.

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Section: Two Cases Of Labour Transnationalism: Gm/opel and Volkswagenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Labour Transnationalism At Gm/opel and Vwmentioning

confidence: 99%