When Does Solidarity End? Transnationales Gewerkschaftshandeln in der Automobilproduktion vor und während der Krise

Trade union politics as a countermovement? A Polaniyan perspective

“…Similar approaches have on the shop floor-level (especially in the automotive industry) been pursued for quite some years under the title of 'sharing the pain'-strategies. Here, mass layoffs or other concessions were split between several plants of the company, in order to protect single subsidiaries from closing down (Pernicka et al, 2015).…”