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Nordic Metal Trade Unions on the Move: Responses to Globalization and Europeanization
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Abstract Despite economic globalization, the liberalization of European markets and rapid technological changes, membership density in the trade unions in the metal sector in the Nordic countries remains exceptionally high compared to any other European region. Th... view more
Despite economic globalization, the liberalization of European markets and rapid technological changes, membership density in the trade unions in the metal sector in the Nordic countries remains exceptionally high compared to any other European region. The coverage of collective agreements has also remained intact, and unemployment is low by European standards. Nevertheless, the Nordic metal unions face a number of dilemmas. They all recognize a need to engage more actively in international, and especially European-level, policy-making, including the coordination of bargaining processes. Yet they fear that European regulation may undermine their national bargaining autonomy. They also recognize the need for a common Nordic position with regard to European policies; but differences in industrial structures and traditions of labour market regulation, alongside different national relationships to the European Union and Economic and Monetary Union, represent obstacles to closer cooperation between the Nordic metal federations. Moreover, a lasting problem is the winning of the support of their members for European and global activities.... view less
Free Keywords
Nordic Metal Trade Unions; globalization and Europeanization; metal sector;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 29-47
Journal
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 12 (2006) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680106061366
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)