Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining membership numbers and influence. This article shows that not only the restructuring of the economy but also the trade union policies and organizational forms themselves contributed...

Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining membership numbers and influence. This article shows that not only the restructuring of the economy but also the trade union policies and organizational forms themselves contributed...

Seit der EU-Osterweiterung veraendern sich die Handlungsbedingungen der Gewerkschaften in Mittelosteuropa. Die Praegekraft des kommunistischen Erbes und der Dilemmata der Transformation lassen nach. Am Beispiel der Gewerkschaft Solidarnosc wird der organisatorische Wandel der Gewerkschaften...

Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining membership numbers and influence. This article shows that not only the restructuring of the economy but also the trade union policies and organizational forms themselves contributed...