Tarifeinheit versus Tarifpluralität: Konfliktintensität von Verhandlungen

Hagen Lesch

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2013, vol. 93, issue 11, 765-770

Abstract: In some industries, wage negotiations are conducted not only by labour unions covering the whole sector but also by craft unions representing single occupations. A comprehensive evaluation of wage disputes in Germany shows that craft unions are especially confrontational. Particular problems arise if several conflict-prone unions representing employees of the same company enter into competition with each other. The cumulative effects of such a situation can undermine the legal ban on industrial action while a collective wage agreement is in force. This damage could be limited by legislation regulating competition among trade unions and restoring exclusivity for wage agreements at the plant level (one company=one agreement). Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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Date: 2013
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