Im abgelaufenen Jahr registrierte das WSI 225 Arbeitskämpfe. In deren Verlauf gab es mehrere tausend Arbeitsniederlegungen mit insgesamt 930.000 Streikenden. Rechnerisch fielen dadurch 674.000 Arbeitstage aus. Damit hat sich das Arbeitskampfgeschehen in Deutschland auf einem im Vergleich der...

The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labour market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent ?market-clearing? real wage levels and structures. It is shown...

Since the mid-1990s the German system of collective bargaining with its traditional dominance of sector-level agreements has been faced by a process of creeping erosion. While the bargaining coverage has shown a steady decline, a far-reaching decentralisation has increasingly undermined the...

Considering the degree of political and economic integration in Europe, trade unions can no longer stick to purely national strategies. Since the 1980s the key political projects of European integration have played a major role to force the neoliberal reorganisation of European capitalism...