The Politics of Labour Movement Revitalization: The Need for a Revitalized Perspective

Baccaro, Lucio; Hamann, Kerstin; Turner, Lowell

doi:10.1177/0959680103009001455

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“…Para ello, deberían tener en cuenta el amplio rechazo social que el actual «corpo-ratismo de crisis» (Urban, 2012: 229) provoca y que se extiende a los sindicatos participantes. No obstante, rechazar totalmente el poder institucional podría ser una grave error puesto que bien utilizado sirve para impulsar y mantener medidas que mejoren la posición sindical (Baccaro et al, 2003). Por tanto, la participación institucional es causa del debilitamiento y una precondición para el fortalecimiento, donde el resultado dependerá en última instancia de cómo se utilice.…”

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Estrategias para la recuperación de poder sindical en España

Calleja¹

2017

Lan Harremanak

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Estrategias para la recuperación de poder sindical en España

Calleja¹

2017

Lan Harremanak

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“…A contrary argument is also possible. In recent years, we can observe an international orientation among British trade unions (Baccaro et al, 2003), as a means of compensating for their weakness at home. Conversely, unions from coordinated economies may be reluctant to engage in transnational cooperation because of the priority of protecting national markets.…”

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The Emergence of a European Labour Protest Movement?

Gajewska

2008

European Journal of Industrial Relations

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■ This article considers what a transnational, and specifically European labour movement, would mean in the context of European integration, and whether there are prospects for its development. There are certainly structures and sporadic actions, so the question is whether they can develop further into a movement. I will summarize the literature on the integration of labour in the EU, which commonly argues that it is divided and incapable of action. These obstacles can be considered in a different light when the strand of social movement approaches is applied. Then I will present two cases of transnational European collective action with a focus on the managing of difference and on developing into a social movement. To summarize I will assess the future of labour mobilization in transnational context and conclude with a tentative explanation.

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“…Works councils have been regarded as a cause of union conservatism in the development of revitalization strategies. Two reasons are often advanced to explain this (Baccaro, Hamann, & Turner, 2003;Frege & Kelly, 2004). The first is that, in the past, membership recruitment was organized mainly by works councils and therefore was not part of unions' core business.…”

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Union Renewal and Business Strategies - Strategic Codetermination of Works Councils and the Campaign “Better Not Cheaper” of the German Metalworkers’ Union

Haipeter¹

2013

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The trade union campaign "Better not cheaper" of the German metalworkers' union IG Metall is one of the most famous attempts of union revitalization in Germany and at the same time a new approach of unions to influence business strategies. Focusing on the activation of works councils, the aim of the campaign is to cope with the problem of disorganized decentralization of collective bargaining by developing concepts for a renewal of business strategies in the firms. The paper is based on a research project recently finished. In the project 16 case studies of plants which have been part of the campaign have been made and a survey among union locals was conducted. The paper analyzes the effects of the campaign on works councils' codetermination, on labor relations and on business strategies. The author concludes that the results of the campaign have been mixed up to now. On the one hand, the campaign has proven to be successful in activating the works councils to challenge management concepts, to enhance competencies and resources and, most important, to develop new forms of expert participation of employees. On the other hand, the scope of strategic codetermination and of the renewal of business concepts has been rather narrow, and membership effects for the union have been only sporadic and indirect. Therefore, the campaign should provide strategic competencies for the works councils more systematically, and the fight for new business strategies should go hand in hand with membership campaigns in the plants.

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The Politics of Labour Movement Revitalization: The Need for a Revitalized Perspective

Cited by 125 publications

References 9 publications

Estrategias para la recuperación de poder sindical en España

Estrategias para la recuperación de poder sindical en España

The Emergence of a European Labour Protest Movement?

Union Renewal and Business Strategies - Strategic Codetermination of Works Councils and the Campaign “Better Not Cheaper” of the German Metalworkers’ Union

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