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European trade unions and the flexible workforce
Author(s) -
Delsen Lei
Publication year - 1990
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/j.1468-2338.1990.tb00610.x
Subject(s) - workforce , work (physics) , labour economics , business , economics , market economy , economic growth , mechanical engineering , engineering
Unions’ attitude to flexible labour contracts tend to be defensive. The author argues that these contracts are inevitable anyway and that trade unions should adopt part‐time work as an alternative to insecure forms of work and as a policy organise the new entrants in the labour market. Some policy proposals are put forward.