Stepping up to strike: a union mobilization case study of Polish migrant workers in the Netherlands

Berntsen, Lisa

doi:10.1177/1024258914567427

Cited by 14 publications

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“…Workplace meetings seem crucial in gaining the support of workers, even though new ICTs play a role in preparing and complementing those meetings. As some studies seem to identify, face-to-face meetings take on particular importance in workplaces with a weak or non-existent union presence (Berntsen, 2015). Furthermore, the survey carried out by Kerr and Waddington (2014) regarding the utility of the respective communication strategies attributed the highest score to the local representative.…”

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confidence: 99%

The use of new ICTs in trade union protests – five European cases

Rego

Sprenger²,

Kirov

et al. 2016

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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Despite the interest in the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) by trade unions, little is known about how new ICTs have changed trade union protest. In a period of austerity, in which new groups – including labour-related ones – have shown impressive mobilization using social media, we focus on a cross-country approach, looking at the impact of trade union strikes and protest in the public sector. Our findings show that new ICTs are being used at all stages of strike action and union protests in general, but do not allow us to assert that unions have changed the way they act in a fundamental way.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of new ICTs in trade union protests – five European cases

Rego

Sprenger²,

Kirov

et al. 2016

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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Section: Mapping the Shape Of The Pan‐european Labour Marketmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…While this study focuses on the German setting, other studies point to similar negative labour rights when workers are posted to another EU Member State via subcontracting or temporary work agencies. Studies in the Netherlands, France and Finland have revealed similar precarious working conditions for posted workers (Berntsen, 2015;Lillie et al 2014;Lefebvre, 2006). Employer behaviour is fairly similar in all examined countries in the sense that firms can easily circumvent the posting framework, which is made possible by the ambiguous rule system surrounding posted workers and their work environments.…”

Section: Mapping the Shape Of The Pan-european Labour Marketmentioning

confidence: 85%

The Political Economy of Borders in a 'Borderless' European Labour Market

Wagner

2015

J of Common Market Studies

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The reconfiguration of political space lies at the heart of the European project and is the subject of manifold studies on the new shape of the European Union, but relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which borders are de-and reconstructed in a pan-European labour market. In a pan-European labour market, state borders shift. Postings made via subcontractors and agencies providing temporary workers also rearrange the borders of the firm. However, we know very little about how these bordering practices interact within the pan-European labour market. This study argues that while borders have become porous, their porousness is one-directional, in the sense that it is in favour of capital but impacts negatively on labour rights. In developing a framework for understanding the relationship between changes in sovereign borders and changes in employment relations in the EU, this article integrates insights from international relations, political economy and border research.

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“…The literature on migrant organising has detailed many successful cases of organising and mobilising precarious migrant workers (Milkman, 2006;Berntsen, 2015;Connolly et al, 2017;Benvegnu et al, 2018). Posted workers, however, are more difficult to organise than other forms of precarious migrants.…”

Section: Migrant Worker Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%