Brothers in arms or at arms? IG‐Metall in 1994
Confronting recession and unification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6262429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Bastian (0000-0002-8910-189X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-100 |
| Publication date | 1995-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644009508404388 |
| OpenAlex | W1978376964 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The protracted collective bargaining dispute in German manufacturing during spring 1994 displayed a variety of characteristics fundamental to an understanding of the social unification process in Germany. This article focuses on contextual conditions affecting the negotiating and compromise formation process. This serves to illustrate the ‘turbulent environment’ under which industrial relations are currently taking place. To illustrate this argument the article analyses the requirements and obstacles to finding a compromise in the 1994 bargaining round. The core challenge consisted in displaying a degree of organisational flexibility on both sides of the bargaining table. At the heart of this challenge is the search for a new architecture in German industrial relations which includes coming to terms with the combined effects of unification and economic restructuring
Collective bargaining · Compromise · Economic system · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · German · Law and economics · Management · Negotiation · Neutrality · Political science · Restructuring · Sociology · Unification · Variety (cybernetics · Computer Science · History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Industrial Relations
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |