Germany
An intertwined two-part system of unilateralism and collective bargaining
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10253166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner Schmidt (0000-0002-3528-2138, Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit, Technik und Kultur (F.A.T.K.) / University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, corresponding author), Andrea Müller (0000-0003-4701-7902, Forschungsinstitut für Arbeit, Technik und Kultur (F.A.T.K.) / University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-86 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labor History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-656X • E-ISSN: 1469-9702 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0023656x.2017.1375596 |
| OpenAlex | W2766065897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
Public sector industrial relations in Germany consist of two parts. On the one hand, wages and working conditions for civil servants are unilaterally determined by law, and on the other, there is a completely developed industrial relations system for non-civil servants (employees) working in the sector. Remarkably, although they have no right to take industrial action, civil servants are not in a worse situation than employees. In view of a simple concept of industrial relations where employers and workers are in complementary labour market roles, this seems difficult to explain. Indeed, public sector industrial relations are more complex. The article suggests that bargaining in the public sector is less an economic procedure than a dispute over the political, societal and statutory recognition of public services and an adequate participation of employees. Being aware of this special character of public sector industrial relations, the United Services Trade Union (Ver.di) tries to back strikes by organising societal support, whereas the German Federation of Civil Servants (DBB) operates more by lobbying in the political sphere and by recourse to the constitution. In spite of a general decline in collective bargaining and trade union density, and long years of austerity, both types of industrial relations are relatively stable
Austerity · Collective bargaining · Constitution · Economics · Economy · Industrial action · Labor relations · Labour economics · Labour law · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sector · Statutory law · Trade union · Industrial relations · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Forces of Labor
Verwaltungs-strukturreformen in den deutschen Bundesländern
The Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations
The continuation of early austerity measures
International and Comparative Employment Relations
Public Sector Employment Regimes
Die Ökonomisierung des öffentlichen Dienstes
The Role-Set
The political economy of public sector trade union militancy under Keynesianism
Front Stage, Backstage
Working-Class Power, Capitalist-Class Interests, and Class Compromise
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |