Industrial Relations, Migration, and Neoliberal Politics: The Case of the European Construction Sector
- 1 December 2007
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Politics & Society
- Vol. 35 (4), 551-581
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329207308179
Abstract
Transnational politics and labor markets are undermining national industrial relations systems in Europe. This article examines the construction industry, where the internationalization of the labor market has gone especially far. To test hypotheses about di ferences between “national systems,” the authors examine the United Kingdom, Finland, and Germany, alongside European-level policy making. Regardless of overall national institutional framework, employers seek to avoid industrial relations rules, while unions attempt to relocalize labor relations. Both use shop-floor, national, and European power resources. The authors argue that comparative industrial relations should take seriously the connection between action at the national and transnational levels.Keywords
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