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1 online resource (248 pages) illustrations |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- 1. Decentralisation of Collective Bargaining : Comparing Institutional Change and Company Practices in Europe -- 2. Decentralised Bargaining and the Role of Law -- 3. Decentralisation of Collective Bargaining in the Manufacturing Sector -- 4. Decentralisation of Collective Bargaining in the Retail Sector -- 5. Interplay between State and Collective Bargaining , Comparing France and Spain -- 6. Does Decentralisation Lead to New Relationships between Trade Unions and Works Councils? Germany and the Netherlands Compared -- 7. Trade Union Participation and Influence in Decentralised Collective Bargaining -- Authors -- List of Tables and Figures -- Index |
| Summary |
One of the main challenges in labour relations in Europe is the ongoing decentralisation of collective bargaining from national and sectoral levels to company levels. Decentralisation might be an answer to business needs in competitiveness and organisational flexibility. However, it risks erosion of collective bargaining structures, more inequality in employment conditions and fragmentation in trade unions' powers. Based on recent qualitative research, this book shows high varieties across European countries and economic sectors in degrees, forms and impacts of decentralisation. The authors explore, in interdisciplinary and multi-level perspectives, continuity and change in regulating and practicing collective bargaining in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden. In cross-country comparisons, company case studies in manufacturing and retail show the divergent effects of national regimes and social partners' power resources on trade unions' strategies and influence in company bargaining |
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Social and Political Sciences |
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SPS |
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Contemporary Society |
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CONTEMP SOC |
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Economics and Finance |
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ECON & FIN |
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Politics and Government |
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POL & GOV |
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Labour relations, Trade unions, Collective bargaining |
| Notes |
"Amsterdam University Press" |
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1. Decentralisation of collective bargaining: comparing institutional change and company practices in Europe (Frank Tros) 2. Decentralised bargaining and the role of law (Niels Jansen) 3. Decentralisation of collective bargaining in the manufacturing sector (Thomas Haipeter, Ilaria Armaroli, Andrea Iossa, Mia Rönnmar) 4. Decentralisation of collective bargaining in the retail sector (Valentina Paolucci, Jan Czarzasty, Ana Belen Muñoz Ruiz, Nuria Ramos Martín) 5. Interplay between state and collective bargaining, comparing France and Spain (Ana Belén Muñoz Ruiz, Nuria Ramos Martín, Catherine Vincent) 6. Does decentralisation leads to new relationships between trade unions and works councils ? Germany and the Netherlands compared (Sophie Rosenbohm, Frank Tros ) 7. Trade union participation and influence in decentralised collective bargaining (Mia Rönnmar, Marcus Kahmann, Andrea Iossa, Jan Czarzasty, Valentina Paolucci) Authors Index |
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Collective bargaining -- European Union countries
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Collective bargaining -- European Union countries -- Case studies
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Labor unions -- European Union countries
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Wages -- European Union countries
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Sociology: work and labour.
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Employment and labour law.
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HISTORY / Europe / General.
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LAW / Labor & Employment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Collective bargaining
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Labor unions
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Wages
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Sociology: work and labour.
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Trade unions.
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Employment and labour law: general.
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European Union countries
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tros, Frank editor
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| ISBN |
9048560241 |
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9789048560240 |
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