Trade Unions and Community
Trade Unions and Community

Author: Dorothee Schneider

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780252020575

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Contains photocopies of the author's notes (handwritten and in typescript), as well as copies of newspaper articles, letters, and other research material used for the book published in 1994 under the same title.

"The Distress is Impossible to Convey"

Author: Ravi Ahuja

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-08-10

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3110682230

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Asian industrial competition, from Japan, China but also India, attracted greater public attention in Europe during the inter-war period than ever before. Indian industrial employment became the subject not only of extensive official enquiries, intensified legislation, a growing number of academic studies and of more popular writings, but also of debates within and between European trade unions.

Trade Unionism Since 1945
Trade Unionism Since 1945

Author: Craig Phelan

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9783039114108

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Overview This book offers the detailed historical background required for a holistic appreciation of current problems faced and the possibilities for revitalisation. In two volumes it provides introductory overviews of trade union development since the end of World War II in 26 countries from every corner of the globe. Each chapter explains the main contours of trade union growth and development in one country from the pivotal year 1945 to the present. Each chapter assesses the often dynamic expansion of trade unionism in the 1950s and 1960s; the role of trade unionism in the movements for national liberation in the Global South and the erection of social welfare systems in the developed North; the economic shocks that resulted in membership decline and loss of political influence from the late 1970s onward; the economic restructuring and growing labour market diversity of the 1980s and 1990s that undercut the traditional bases of trade union membership; and the historical roots of the contemporary political and economic context in which revitalisation efforts are taking place.

The German Working Class 1888 - 1933
The German Working Class 1888 - 1933

Author: Richard J. Evans

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1000007669

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When it was originally published in 1982, this book presented pioneering new research into the everyday life of the German working class in the crucial decades between the accession of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Nazi seizure of power. The authors document working-class attitudes to bourgeois convention, authority and the law in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. The book includes studies of industrial sabotage, pilfering at work, working-class drinking habits, illegitimate motherhood and the violence of adolescent ‘cliques’ in pre-Hitlerian Berlin.

The Development of Trade Unionism in Great Britain and Germany, 1880-1914
The Development of Trade Unionism in Great Britain and Germany, 1880-1914

Author: Wolfgang J. Mommsen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-06-14

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1351815245

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This stimulating collection of essays by distinguished British, American, Australian and German scholars, originally published in 1985, offers a picture of the upsurge of New Unionism and the growth of old unions, and looks at the severe setbacks which occurred in the labour movements of Britain and Germany between the 1880s and the First World War. Labour history is seen from a European perspective and special emphasis is placed on the role of the state in Britain and Germany in its desire to contain and suppress trade union activity by law or force. Insights are provided into the political allegiances of the unions and their members to the parties of the working class and the state.

History of the German Labour Movement
History of the German Labour Movement

Author: Helga Grebing

Publisher:

Published: 1985-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Set against the background of the economic, social and political conditions in Germany from 1890 to the end of the Nazi era, this classic study traces the emergence and development of the German labour movement.

The Politics of the West German Trade Unions
The Politics of the West German Trade Unions

Author: Andrei S. Markovits

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 9780521305136

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This book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity of a democratic Federal Republic of Germany. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement, the study concentrates on explaining to what extent organised labour helped solidify, yet at the same time challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority in German history's most extensive and longest-lasting democracy. Professor Markovits explains the immediate financial, legal and political framework wherein the unions operate and differentiates the various political trends that have consistently determined inter-union co-operation, as well as rivalry. An analysis of four major unions, including the vast metal workers' grouping, shows how the industrial reality of each helps to shape its political outlook and strategic thinking. Contingent factors such as personal leadership are analysed in addition to objective industrial and historical criteria. This major study concludes by cautiously gauging the future of the West German trade unions in an increasingly complex and uncertain world.