Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht, Gewerkschaften auf empirischer Grundlage ökonomisch zu untersuchen. Zum einen wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche Faktoren die Mitgliederstärke und das Verhalten von Gewerkschaften beeinflussen. Die statistisch-ökonometrische Überprüfung von 12 ökonomischen...

Unter dem Motto „Wir sind viele. Wir sind eins.“ ruft der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB) auch in diesem Jahr wieder dazu auf, am „Tag der Arbeit“ für mehr Gerechtigkeit zu demonstrieren. Die große Öffentlichkeitswirkung dieses Tags verdeckt, dass die Gewerkschaften in der...

Die IG Metall will in der kommenden Tarifrunde neben der Forderung nach einer Einkommenserhöhung um 6% die Arbeitszeit wieder zum zentralen Thema machen. Gefordert wird für alle Beschäftigten ein individueller Anspruch auf Reduzierung der wöchentlichen Arbeitszeit auf bis zu 28 Stunden für...

Die Gewerkschaft "Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr" (ÖTV) und ihr Vorsitzender Heinz Kluncker galten in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren als überaus mächtig: Mit dem legendären zweistelligen Lohnabschluss von 1974 brachten sie sogar Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt in Bedrängnis. Karl...

Die Gewerkschaft "Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr" (ÖTV) und ihr Vorsitzender Heinz Kluncker galten in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren als überaus mächtig: Mit dem legendären zweistelligen Lohnabschluss von 1974 brachten sie sogar Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt in Bedrängnis. Karl...

Countries with strong industrial relations institutions and well-established social dialogue often perform well in terms of economic growth and social cohesion. The weak and fragmented bargaining and low levels of union coverage in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) raise concerns about these...

"Why do we always assume it was the New Right that was at the centre of constructing neoliberalism? How might corporatism have advanced neoliberalism? And, more controversially, were the trade unions only victims of neoliberal change, or did they play a more contradictory role? In How Labour...

Trade unions face major challenges in developing effective responses to the growing international scope, integration and complexity of multinational companies' operations. There is marked variation in trade unions' responses, which may be local and national or cross-border in nature. Focusing on...

Trade unions have transformed from male-dominated organisations rooted in manufacturing to majority-female organisations serving predominantly white-collar workers, often in the public sector. Adopting a comparative case study approach using nationally representative linked employer-employee...

Collective bargaining over labour conditions between unions and employers is a key labour market institution in democratic societies, guaranteed by international and national law. Its coverage, organization and impact have varied over time and across countries. Inclusive bargaining, conducted by...

This paper aims at contributing to the discussions on the challenge of transitioning from precarious informal employment to more protected employment. This paper looks into a rather under-researched area - the role of trade unions in facilitating this process of 'transitioning' as well as in...

Labour market developments in Germany can be separated into two major shocks: German reunification in the early 1990s, and the Hartz reforms in the early 2000s. In this paper it is argued that these two shocks divide the German wage bargaining system into the old labour market system, which is...

Purpose - This study sets out to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows the work of Shishko and Rostker (1976) in using the GLSS6 data by...

Across Europe, there are many differing opinions on whether workplace employee representation should be encouraged or discouraged. Yet there is very little evidence on the variations in workplace employee representation across Europe or the reasons for this. We use a workplace survey covering 27...

Trade unions face major challenges in developing effective responses to the growing international scope, integration and complexity of multinational companies' operations. There is marked variation in trade unions' responses, which may be local and national or cross-border in nature. Focusing on...

Aus der Kooperation der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung mit dem israelischen Marco Center for Political Economics ist ein "Länderbericht Ägypten" hervorgegangen. Er befasst sich mit Armut und Einkommensverteilung, Bildung und Arbeitsmarkt, Emigration, den Arbeitsbeziehungen und Handelsabkommen.

Unions make differences to employee satisfaction that correspond to their effects on individual economic advantage. Panel data reveal how changes in economic circumstance and changes in job satisfaction are linked to changes in union coverage. When individuals move into a union covered job they...

If input markets are competitive and output per firm declines with the number of firms (business stealing effect), there will be excessive entry into a Cournot oligopoly for a homogeneous commodity. However, input markets are often imperfectly competitive and the price of labor is determined by...

This paper explores the link between the presence of unions in the workplace, the adoption of decentralized labor agreements and technical efficiency, using a large sample of Italian manufacturing firms. We apply the Data Envelopment Analysis, and its robust version based on bootstrap theory, to...

Gewerkschaften wird häufig ein baldiges Verschwinden prophezeit. Sie wären das Opfer von Strukturwandel, Globalisierung, dezentralisierten Tarifverhandlungen und veränderten Einstellungen der Arbeitnehmer. Doch sind eher der demografische Wandel, die schwierige Rekrutierung junger...

This paper looks at the financial resources of trades unions in the UK, both updating previous work and attempting to understand the management of first and second order collective action problems. First order problems refer to the problems of initiating collective action and second order...

This article deals with the Brazilian labour movement during Workers' Party governments, discussing its organizational reconfiguration and its ability to influence politics. It identifies the main actions and demands put forward by the trade union movement after the arrival of the PT to the...

In this paper, we study how foreign ownership of Swedish companies affects employment and wages. To study these effects, we specify a model based on the assumption that the Swedish labour market can be described as one where trade unions and employers bargain over employment and wages. Our...

Gewerkschaften wird häufig ein baldiges Verschwinden prophezeit. Sie wären das Opfer von Strukturwandel, Globalisierung, dezentralisierten Tarifverhandlungen und veränderten Einstellungen der Arbeitnehmer. Doch sind eher der demografische Wandel, die schwierige Rekrutierung junger...

Im Jahr 2001 schlossen sich fünf Gewerkschaften zur Vereinten Dienstleis­tungsgewerkschaft (ver.di) zusammen. Fünfzehn Jahre nach der Gründung fällt die ver.di-Bilanz eher gemischt aus. Die Anzahl der Mitglieder sank um 27 Prozent und die Tarifbindung ging in einzelnen Tarifbereichen...

There is a growing literature on global Chinese companies, but this tends to be at a very general level. There is little research to date on the effect of Chinese involvement on workers and their unions. Although focussed on one company, SINOHYDRO, this paper addresses questions of importance to...

Introduction : an inquiry into labor in Israel in the 21st century -- Neoliberalism, neocorporatism and worker representation -- The rise of labor activism -- The old structures : corrupt, fossilized, irrelevant? -- Taking the struggle beyond the workplace -- Renegotiating the role of the...