Transnational Trade Union Cooperation in the Nordic Countries

Abstract

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Do European trade unions foster social solidarity? Evidence from multilevel data in 18 countries

“…Regulation is agreed upon through negotiations, so the state rarely needs to step in, allowing both sides a great deal of independence. Union density is high, further reinforced by the Ghent system of unemployment insurance (Gumbrell-McCormick and Hyman, 2013;Larsson et al, 2012). Unions draw significant institutional power resources from their close association with the welfare state (Korpi, 2006) and their historic connection with social democracy.…”

Obstacles to transnational trade union cooperation in Europe—results from a European survey

“…Another factor of importance for these results may be that giving a high grade to these obstacles may constrain the respondents themselves to award additional political and financial resources to the ETUC, which may be problematic in relation to the domestic interests of trade unions (cf. Larsson et al ., 2012). In any case, these issues seem to be quite sensitive, as there is an increase in missing values in the responses on the ETUC‐related items, as compared with the other obstacles listed in the questionnaire.…”

“…Thus, in the analyses, I use six categories: ‘manufacturing’, ‘construction’, ‘transportation’, ‘services’, ‘professions’ and ‘peak‐level’ confederations (cf. Larsson et al ., 2012).…”

Patterns of speech activity at ETUC Executive Committee meetings, 2005–2012

“…The five systems have been described by several authors (Larsson et al, 2012;Visser et al, 2009) and these descriptions do not have to be repeated here. However, what is particularly interesting is that there are regime-related differences in attitudes towards trade union cooperation in Europe.…”