Die Re-Regulierung der Schlachthofarbeit in der Corona-Krise

Sebastian Marcel () and Seeliger Martin ()
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Sebastian Marcel: Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften, Allende-Platz 1, 20146Hamburg, Deutschland
Seeliger Martin: Institut für Arbeit und Wirtschaft, Universität Bremen, Wiener Str. 9, 28359Bremen, Deutschland

Arbeit, 2022, vol. 31, issue 1-2, 235-254

Abstract: The precarious working and employment conditions in the meat industry have been the subject of regulatory attempts in the past. A triple crisis – of European integration, of labor relations and of social nature – was not followed by regulation in the past. Our article shows that the extension of the consequences to persons affected outside the meat industry (as neighbors of slaughterhouses) due to the pandemic has significantly increased the relevance and pressure for action. The symbolic relevance of the issue also increased in the wake of the Corona crisis because regulations were interpreted in the context of the federal governmentʼs overall pandemic response. Analysis of policy change reveals that the debate about meat industry regulation has been ongoing since 2007. While tentative attempts at regulation included an industry-wide minimum wage as early as 2014, it was widely undermined. It remains tobe seen whether the federal governmentʼs new regulations can now prevent this by gradually banning temporary work and service contract work (Werkvertrag).

Keywords: European integration; Corona; meat industry; Tönnies; labor regulation; Europäische Integration; Corona; Fleischwirtschaft; Tönnies; Regulierung von Erwerbsarbeit; European integration; Corona; meat industry; Tönnies; labor regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1515/arbeit-2022-0013

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