{"title":"The Composition of German Works Councils","authors":"Helge Emmler, Wolfram Brehmer","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-51","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-51","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129171525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Militancy in a Changing Industrial Landscape","authors":"Heiner Dribbusch","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-95","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-95","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115608764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"German Collective Bargaining – from Erosion to Revitalisation ?","authors":"T. Schulten","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-11","url":null,"abstract":"Following a continuous decrease in levels of collective bargaining coverage for more than two decades, all relevant social actors in Germany now agree that something has to be done to reverse that trend. However, there are still rather different views among trade unions, employers’ associations and political actors about the right measures and instruments required for a revitalisation of collective bargaining. While the unions try to rebuild their organisational power and gain political support for the bargaining system, the employers demand further flexibilisation in order to make agreements more attractive for the companies.","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123021082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of the Jurisprudence of the Court of Justiceof the European Union on Germany’s Collective Bargaining System","authors":"Daniel Seikel, Nadine Absenger","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-123","url":null,"abstract":"How is the German model of industrial relations affected by European integration, particularly by the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ? What are the effects on the autonomy of collective bargaining ? The analysis of selected rulings shows that the impact of the Court’s jurisprudence is ambivalent. In the area of individual labour law, the rights of workers have been strengthened. In contrast, in the area of collective labour law, the Court has restricted the autonomy of collective bargaining. 1","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129116030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trade Union Membership Policy : the Key to Stronger Social Partnership","authors":"Anke Hassel, Wolfgang Schroeder","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-73","url":null,"abstract":"The organising power of trade unions is the key to the future of social partnership. However, for several decades the organising power of German trade unions has been characterised by an eroding membership base, a fragmented membership structure and an enforcement crisis in collective bargaining policy. The article analyses the membership development in the unions of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and argues for a strategic approach to membership policy. 1","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133450517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Avoiding the Union at the Workplace","authors":"M. Behrens, Heiner Dribbusch","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-31","url":null,"abstract":"Employer resistance to works councils is not a phenomenon that has been closely associated with German labour relations. While classic studies characterise the “German model” in terms of social partnership, more recent accounts seem to observe more diverse practices. Based on data provided by the WSI survey of paid union representatives (2012, 2015), this article investigates employer practices to obstruct or inhibit the election of works councils and analyses the diffusion of such strategies at the establishment level.","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129410060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Industrial Relations in Germany – Dynamics and Perspectives","authors":"M. Behrens, Heiner Dribbusch, Anke Hassel","doi":"10.5771/9783748900573-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748900573-7","url":null,"abstract":"The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) is trade-union related academic research institute� Since its foundation in 1946, the focus of the WSI has been on the improvement of life chances, social justice and fair working and living conditions� In 1995 it became part of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, a non-profit foundation of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), fostering co-determination, promoting research and supporting students� Based on sound academic analysis, the researchers of the WSI elaborate policy proposals aimed at overcoming labour market restrictions and social problems to the benefit of employees� The main fields of research of the WSI are social and labour market policy, gender studies with a focus on job inequalities and industrial and labour relations� The WSI Collective Agreement Archive is the major German information centre on developments of collectively-agreed pay and conditions� Research on Germany is complemented by active participation of scholars in international networks investigating social and labour market policies, working conditions and industrial relations at the European and global level� With this special English edition of its academic journal WSI-Mitteilungen, the WSI revisits a theme it had previously explored in a special issue on the occasion of the 2003 IIRA World Congress in Berlin� Under the title Industrial Relations in Germany – an Empirical Survey, the 2003 issue focused on the state of works councils and multi-employer collective bargaining ; the core institutional pillars which have shaped the dual system of German industrial relations� Back in 2003 the WSI was concerned with the simultaneous decline of membership in both employers’ associations and trade unions and the risks of a slow but steady erosion of collective bargaining� The institute nevertheless remained confident about the stability and flexibility of the German system of labour relations although it stressed the necessity for stabilisation measures to be taken by the bargaining parties and the government� In 2019 it is apparent that since 2003 labour relations in Germany have undergone a turbulent history� It is the aim of this special issue to contribute towards improving our","PeriodicalId":137187,"journal":{"name":"Industrial Relations in Germany","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133577202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}