Gemeinwohl als Altlast und Ressource. Das Beispiel der Deutschen Telekom AG

Still a Coordinated Model? Market Liberalization and the Transformation of Employment Relations in the German Telecommunications Industry

“…U nion and works council influence looks particularly strong when com pared to m ore liberal coun tries such as the U nited States and Australia, where bargaining rights have traditionally been weaker and bargaining coverage has declined m ore dramatically over the past two decades (see the articles by Keefe and by Ross and Bamber in this issue). Germ an works councils' form al role in m anagem ent decision-making is unlikely to be contested in the near future, as m anagers rely on these bargaining structures to gain worker acceptance for, and cooperation with, new m easures that reorganize core jobs (Blutner et al 2002). Employers also rem ain largely com m itted to the apprenticeship training system, as apprentices are valued as a source of relatively low-cost labor and skills.…”