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Trade Union responses to precarious employment in Germany
[working paper]
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Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Abstract Content: Introduction; 1. Precariousness in the German labour market; 1.1 Forms of atypical and precarious employment; 1.2 Dimensions of precarious employment; 1.3 Summary: Incidence of precarious employment in Germany; 2. Trade union strategies against precarious employment - an overview; 2.1 Chang... view more
Content: Introduction; 1. Precariousness in the German labour market; 1.1 Forms of atypical and precarious employment; 1.2 Dimensions of precarious employment; 1.3 Summary: Incidence of precarious employment in Germany; 2. Trade union strategies against precarious employment - an overview; 2.1 Change of legislation in order to limit, prevent or even forbid certain forms of precarious employment; 2.2 Collective agreements to improve the conditions of precarious employment and to limit its use; 2.3 Organising workers in precarious employment and giving them practical help and assistance; 2.4 "Good work" as a trade union counter model against precarious employment; 3. Trade union strategies against precarious employment – four case studies; 3.1 Tackling low wages; 3.2 Temporary Agency work: Limiting and regulating; 3.3 Representing dependent self-employed workers; 3.4 Apprentices: More training capacities and takeovers; 4. Conclusion.... view less
Keywords
collective agreement; low wage; type of employment; trade union; self-employed person; apprentice; temporary work; flexibility
Classification
Labor Market Research
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
63 p.
Series
WSI-Diskussionspapier, 178
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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