Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport

Emma Hughes, Tony Dobbins and Doris Merkl-Davies
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Emma Hughes: University of Liverpool Management School, UK
Tony Dobbins: University of Birmingham, UK
Doris Merkl-Davies: Bangor University, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, vol. 43, issue 1, 146-167

Abstract: This article empirically applies Knut Laaser’s integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer’s moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland’s public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced.

Keywords: Labour process; moral economy; public transport; solidarity; unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X19891235

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