an article by Maarten Keune (Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Marcello Pedaci (Università di Teramo, Italy) published in European Journal of Industrial Relations Volume 26 Issue 2 (June 2020)
Abstract
We present comparative research on precarious work and trade union strategies in three sectors (construction, industrial cleaning, temporary agency work) across seven European countries.
Specific sectors have a profile of precarious work that is remarkably similar across countries, originating from similar employer strategies and work organisations. This results in unions facing comparable challenges concerning precarious work at sectoral level and developing comparable sectoral strategies to combat precarious work.
The success of these strategies depends to a large extent on the available power resources. Between sectors within single countries, we observe some similarities but also very substantial differences in their institutional configuration and in actors’ constellations, power resources and repertoires of action.
National institutional contexts seem much less significant than often assumed.
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Labels:
Europe, industrial_relations, labour_market, non-standard_forms_of_employment, precarious_work, sectors, trade_unions,
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