EXPORTING LABOR RELATIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC? INSIGHTS ON LABOR RELATIONS POLICIES OF GERMAN CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S.<sup>1</sup>

Fichter, Michael

doi:10.1111/j.1743-4580.2011.00328.x

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“…In such cases, GFAs deliver little power for unions on the ground. Another important finding about GFAs is that even in the case of agreements with a strong language, TNC headquarters are often unwilling or unable to enforce their provisions on subsidiaries (Fichter, 2011;McCallum, 2014). In such cases, where unions in locations such as India or the USA are seeking union recognition, a substantial international pressure campaign has still been required, and often with inconclusive results.…”

Section: Spatial Reach Versus Grounded Struggles: Trade Unions and Tncsmentioning

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Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

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2015

Space and Polity

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This article explores a geographical dilemma at the heart of union organizing in transnational corporations; namely, how to circulate union power across different spaces when existing labour struggles are generally restricted to single sites. Reflecting on the experience of the International Transport Workers' Federation, this paper argues that single site campaigns have been crucial to its organizing programme. Analysing cases involving dock workers in India and logistics workers in Turkey, it is noted that these struggles are resource intensive but potentially transformational, and should be theorized as 'resonant places' in a wider global organizing strategy.

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Section: Spatial Reach Versus Grounded Struggles: Trade Unions and Tncsmentioning

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Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Anderson¹

2015

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“…In other cases they adjust to the lower standards operating in the USA. A continuation of this negative trend is likely if there is no effective response by unions (Cooke 2001;Fichter 2011).…”

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Global Framework Agreements in a Union-Hostile Environment: The Case of the USA

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Stevis

2013

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Implementing global framework agreements: the limits of social partnership

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McCallum

2015

Global Networks

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Global Networks 15, supplemental issue (2015) S65-S85.Abstract Global framework agreements, negotiated between representatives of transnational corporations and trade unions, are a form of private regulation of labour relations on a global scale. Conceived and promoted by the global union federations, their numbers have increased considerably over the past two decades. However, as empirical research has shown, their record of implementation has been poor. We attribute this to them having been negotiated within the limits of a labour-management relationship based on 'social partnership'. This highly institutionalized setting of dialogue contrasts markedly with the widespread incidence of contested labour relations in subsidiaries of transnational corporations and in particular throughout their global production networks. Yet, workers and their unions at such sites, where global framework agreements are most needed, have mostly not been involved in their negotiation. Instead of relying on 'social partnership', we argue for unions to embrace a 'conflict partnership' approach, one that recognizes and addresses the tension between dialogue and conflict in labour relations. To highlight our arguments, we present two contrasting case studies from the service sector.

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EXPORTING LABOR RELATIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC? INSIGHTS ON LABOR RELATIONS POLICIES OF GERMAN CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S.¹

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Global Framework Agreements in a Union-Hostile Environment: The Case of the USA

Implementing global framework agreements: the limits of social partnership

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EXPORTING LABOR RELATIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC? INSIGHTS ON LABOR RELATIONS POLICIES OF GERMAN CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S.1

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Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Towards resonant places: reflections on the organizing strategy of the International Transport Workers’ Federation

Global Framework Agreements in a Union-Hostile Environment: The Case of the USA

Implementing global framework agreements: the limits of social partnership

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EXPORTING LABOR RELATIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC? INSIGHTS ON LABOR RELATIONS POLICIES OF GERMAN CORPORATIONS IN THE U.S.¹