Trade Union Rights at the Workplace

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-411-3460-8
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 79, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 177 g

Reihe: Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations

The essays presented here are an outcome of an international and comparative conference, organised and sponsored by the newly established Hugo Sinzheimer Institute of Labour Law (HSI), Frankfurt am Main, which took place in Frankfurt in January 2011 at the premises of IG Metall, the world’s largest trade union. The book offers an overview of trade union rights in each of seven industrial countries: Belgium, Hungary, England, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States. A concluding chapter by Manfred Weiss (whose 70th birthday was honoured at the conference) notes the futility of a ‘harmonization’ approach, stressing rather a strategy of accepting variety which nevertheless embraces close cooperation. Issues covered include the following:

direct and indirect recognition of the rights of the unions at the workplace;
the right of access of trade union representatives not employed in the establishment;
competition from non-unionized firms and low labour cost operations;
new styles of management hostile to trade unions;
employers’ use of the courts to prevent industrial action illegalized by new legislation;
relations among trade unions, works councils, workers’ representatives, and employers’ organizations;
the role of the union at a time of change of company ownership; and
effects of public resistance to cuts in public services and to job losses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanpain, Roger

Weitere Mitwirkende

Klebe, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Tarifvertragsrecht, Arbeitskampf- und Schlichtungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of abbreviations. Editorial; T. Klebe, M. Schmidt, B. Waas.. 1. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in France; J.-P. Laborde. 2. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in Belgium; R. Blanpain. 3. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in England; B. Hepple, G. Morris. 4. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in the Netherlands; E. Verhulp. 5. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in the United States; J. Bellace. 6. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in Germany; W. Däubler. 7. Trade Union Rights at the Workplace in Hungary; C. Kollonay-Lehoczky. 8 . Drawing a Synthesis: A Mission Impossible; M. Weiss.