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Labour solidarity in crisis? Lessons from G eneral M otors
Author(s) -
Bernaciak Magdalena
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12009
Subject(s) - solidarity , recession , economics , political science , financial crisis , trade union , transnationalism , great recession , european union , political economy , labour economics , international economics , keynesian economics , law , politics
Why was the 2008–09 economic downturn not matched by an internationally coordinated trade union response? Drawing on the evidence from G eneral M otors, this article argues that this was due to states' extraordinary involvement in the economy during the crisis, which provided strategic alternatives to labour transnationalism at the national level.