TY - JOUR T1 - The Rise and Fall of Industrial Unionism JF - Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research Y1 - 2012 A1 - Jelle Visser KW - industrial decline KW - industrial unionism KW - industrial unions KW - sector organization KW - sectoral bargaining KW - trade union structure KW - trade unionism KW - union organizing AB -

Measured by its achievements, industrial unionism represented the high point in the history of 20th century trade unions. This article analyses the defining characteristics and organizing model of industrial unions and argues that changes both in the labor market, in particular the decline of industry, and in union organizing and sectoral bargaining have led to the ‘fall’ of the industrial union. The article ends with some suggestions with regard to the spirit and agenda of the post-industrial union.

VL - 18 L2 - eng CP - 2 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 Y1 - 2000 A1 - Ebbinghaus, B. A1 - Jelle Visser KW - collective bargaining KW - Europe KW - globalization KW - organizing KW - trade unions AB -

This comparative data handbook offers an empirical base to a long-term and comparative understanding of changes and variations in European union movements. It provides information on the context and history of union development, the changes in the structure of post-war unionism until today, the long-term trends in union membership and union density, and the shifts in the cross-sectional composition of union membership.
 
Introduction and references are included, as well as standardised tables for each country and comparative indicators.This book is the result of many years of research by the authors in collaboration with an international research team, and provides an original source for comparative and national studies or individual enquiries. It offers cross-checked and often newly-calculated statistics from the project's unique comprehensive database on national union organisations and their membership series.
 
An original, comprehensive and up-to-date data collection on postwar union movements, Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945 will act as an indispensable tool for anyone comparing labour relations across Europe. (publisher's statement)

PB - Macmillan CY - London L2 - eng ER -