Despite declining bargaining power, unions continue to generate a wage premium. Some feel collective bargaining has had its day. Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have recently called for the removal of bargaining rights from workers in the name of wage and employment flexibility, yet...

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 decline of collective actions; the...

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 influence in the economy and society or whether, given and because of the crisis of neoliberalism, they may be on the cusp of a...

Eine Auswertung von Daten des European Social Survey für 16 europäische Länder zeigt, dass der gewerkschaftliche Organisationsgrad zuletzt zwischen knapp 5 Prozent in Ungarn und 69,1 Prozent in Dänemark lag. Deutschland liegt mit 15,6 Prozent im Mittelfeld, hinter dem Vereinigten Königreich...