The 2008 global financial crisis and the
subsequent Eurozone crisis triggered dramatic changes in European labour
relations. Unemployment and precariousness increased considerably. This
was further exacerbated by austerity measures, leading to declining
minimum wages and layoffs in the public sector. These structural changes
varied considerably by country but collectively pose challenges to
organized labour as they confront neoliberal restructuring.
Concurrently, recent social struggles continue to develop with
unemployed and precarious workers playing a major role as protest
actors.
Focusing on the triangular
relationship of precariousness, trade unions and social movements, this
book draws on a range of exciting cases, both comparative and country
case studies, in order to understand how the shadow of the crisis still
haunts organized labour in Europe. The chapters in this collection each
offer a unique perspective on how the results of the crisis, in Western,
Southern and Eastern Europe, are leading to a variety of new social
movements as a consequence of increased precariousness and also how
trade unions are attempting to respond.
Confronting Crisis and Precariousness - Organised Labour and Social Unrest in the European Union
SCHMALZ Stefan , SOMMER Brandon
Description du produit
- Catégories: Travail, Social & Santé
- Editeur: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
- ISBN: 9781786610478
- Date de publication: 16/07/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 246
- Langue: Anglais
Résumé
Table des matières
1. Confronting Crisis and Precariousness in the European Union
Stefan Schmalz, Brandon Sommer and Antonio Loffredo
2. Precariousness in the Eurozone: Causes, Effects and Developments
Klaus Dörre
3.
The Competitive Architecture of European Integration: European Labour
Division, Locational Competition and the Precarization of Work and Life
Stefanie Hürtgen
4. Precarious Environment: European Trade Unions in a Time of Crises
Steffen Lehndorff, Heiner Dribbusch and Thorsten Schulten
5. Holding its Own: Labour Among Social Movements in France
Karel Yon
6. Are Trade Unions Trapped? Precarious Movements and Labour Struggles at the Left Turn in Portugal
Elísio Estanque, Hermes A. Costa, Dora Fonseca, and Andreia Santos
7. Enduring Austerity: Memoranda Politics and its Impact on Labour in Greece
Maria Markantonatou and Geoff Kennedy
8. Spatialities of Precarity: Young People in the Southern Mediterranean
Jörg Gertel
9. The End of the German Model? The Transformation of German Capitalism and Fragmented Labour Relations
Stefan Schmalz and Lea Schneidemesser
10. Precarity And Counter-Movements in the European Semi-Peripheries:
Adam Mrozowicki
11. Labour Protests in Eastern Europe
Joachim Becker
12. Conclusion: Two Worlds of Precariousness, Two Worlds of Unionism
Stefan Schmalz, Brandon Sommer, Raúl Lorente, and Johanna Sittel