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The rise of professional unions in Germany. Challenge and threat for established industrial relations?
Author(s) -
Keller Berndt
Publication year - 2018
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.12215
Subject(s) - collective bargaining , german , industrial relations , political science , political economy , labor relations , market economy , sociology , economy , labour economics , law , economics , history , archaeology
The author analyses the rise of professional unions, one of the most remarkable developments in German labour movement since the early 2000s. By means of strikes, they managed to get officially accepted as autonomous partners for collective bargaining. The author asks whether their emergence challenges or even threats the established systems of industrial relations.