This paper examines the past, present and future trajectory of unions and the union movement in Britain to analyse whether collectively they remain on the margins of in-fluence in the economy and society or whether, given and because of the crisis of neo-liberalism, they may be on the cusp of a...

Der Artikel gibt einen ueberblick ueber arbeitsmarktoekonomische Studien zu Gewerkschaften und Tarifvertragsbeziehungen in Deutschland. Diese Studien untersuchen ein vielfaeltiges Spektrum an Fragestellungen. Hierzu zaehlen die Determinanten der Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft und der Tarifbindung...

Der Beitrag skizziert die Entwicklung der Arbeitsbeziehungen in Deutschland seit dem erstmaligen Erscheinen der Zeitschrift „Industrielle Beziehungen“ aus arbeitsrechtlichem Blickwinkel. Dabei zeigt sich, dass es im Koalitionsrecht, im Tarifvertragsrecht, im Arbeitskampfrecht und im...

This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the de-cline of collective actions;...

A basic feature of the industry wage model presented here is a distinction between unionized industries, with collective bargaining and thus a rigid setting framework, and non-unionized industries, where wage determination is more competitive.

El objetivo de este trabajo es el de analizar un periodo de la historia de España desde la óptica de la acción sindical en una de las principales empresas del país. El trabajo se inicia con una introducción en la que se contextualizan los principales acontecimientos políticos y...

The Greek industrial relations system for the past decades, mainly in the private sector, has been based on Law 1876 of 1990, which introduced free collective bargaining and independent dispute resolution. Due to the financial crisis, new legislation modified the existing legal framework and led...

This paper develops a theoretical model that may shed some light on the decline of strike activity in many Western economies in recent years. The model’s focus is on protracted strikes that are used in pursuit of wage demands. It proposes that strikes adversely affect employment, particularly...

Information provision is an important part of all mechanisms which give employees voice at work. This paper considers the law on information disclosure for joint consultation and collective bargaining in three countries, Germany, France, and the UK, chosen for their distinctive legal and...