Workplace processes and employment opportunities for vulnerable social groups

Andrea Signoretti

European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2021, vol. 27, issue 1, 77-92

Abstract: Employment opportunities and conditions of vulnerable social groups are affected by multiple agencies (including unions and employers) and labour market institutions. This study, drawing on iterative long-term research within workplaces, aims to discover the key interrelations among factors that are peculiar to different contexts. The research questions are pursued through a comparison of the treatment of women and migrants, respectively, in an Italian and a US car-manufacturing plant. Labour legislation is particularly important in the US case, whereas in the Italian context employers have more discretion. In both environments, unions have only a limited role.

Keywords: Employers; Italy; labour market conditions; labour market institutions; unions; USA; vulnerable social groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0959680119900751

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