Mit der Tagung "Gewerkschaftsrechte heute" wurde das zehnjährige Jubiläum des Hugo Sinzheimer Instituts - nach pandemiebedingten Verschiebungen - am 23. und 24. Juni 2022 nachgefeiert. Gemeinsam mit Gästen aus den Gewerkschaften, der Arbeits- und Sozialgerichtsbarkeit, der Wissenschaft, den...

This article analyses the capacity of global non-state networks of civil society actors to effectively supplement weak state regulation in reducing human rights abuse by multi-national companies (MNCs). The effectiveness of NGOs used as part of a network of control finds support both in the...

Freedom of Association is the bedrock of the workers’ right to form trade unions, join them freely, and it also guarantees that these organizations will be able to function without interference from public authorities. In 1972, Bangladesh ratified the ILO Convention concerning Freedom of...

Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation;...

In what follows, I will set out my formulation of the criteria for voluntary exchange in any market, including the labor market, and consider what these criteria imply for strikes and “yellow-dog” (union-free) contracts. Next, I will show how the NLA and the NLRA violate those criteria. Then...

This article examines the state of the law relating to trade union rights to negotiate on behalf of members employed in Irish firms where the employer refuses to recognise the union(s) in question. The article examines the operation of the Industrial Relations Amendment Acts 2001-2004, which...

Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert das Aufkommen von Spartengewerkschaften und der damit einhergehenden Tarifpluralität und erörtert wirtschaftspolitische Handlungsoptionen. Wenngleich die Tarifpluralität für die betroffenen Unternehmen nicht unproblematisch ist, ist eine gesetzliche...

Trade union rights have a considerably long history in Russia. First trade unions were organized as early as in the XIX century, but it was not earlier than 1906, when the first legislative steps in regard to trade union recognition were made. In the legislation there was a particular procedure...

Legal procedure in the Pacific canneries -- Contesting contracts in northern California -- The responsive wartime state -- The seafarer strikes and the postwar progressive victory -- Politics, procedure, and Paul Herzog -- Blacklists and strikes -- The blacklist wins -- The cold war in the...

The paper uses a bilateral trade gravity model to evaluate the effects of freedom of association and collective bargaining (FACB) rights and democracy on exports, evaluating exports by labour intensity (using several classifications of industries by labour-intensity) for the 1993 to 1999 period....

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Communications Workers of America v. Beck interpreted section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to prohibit the observance of agency shop agreements. By interpreting the statute in this way, the Court avoided the question of whether union...

Die arbeitsgerichtliche Rechtsprechung der jüngeren Vergangenheit hat die Voraussetzung für mehr Tarifpluralität geschaffen. Im Zuge aktueller Tarifkonfl ikte im Luftverkehr wird die Macht von Spartengewerkschaften stark kritisiert. Für eine gesetzliche Einhegung der Tarifpluralität...

Diese Studie liefert erstmals eine interdisziplinäre Analyse der vielschichtigen Wechselbeziehungen, welche die Dynamik gegenseitiger Beziehungen zwischen Staat, Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgebern ausmachen und das aktuelle polnische Arbeitsrecht prägen. Zum einen werden die aktuellen...

The author argues for replacing the traditional union/non-union dichotomy with a more dynamic, nuanced typology of employment relationships and for viewing the contemporary workplace as an organization with multiple distinct but interacting employment models. Such a framework has clear potential...

The author argues for replacing the traditional union/non-union dichotomy with a more dynamic, nuanced typology of employment relationships and for viewing the contemporary workplace as an organization with multiple distinct but interacting employment models. Such a framework has clear potential...

Newly certified unions often experience difficulty negotiating a first agreement. To remedy this, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) proposes that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) provide for first contract arbitration. Using a panel of Canadian jurisdictions that have introduced FCA...