Resistance is Useless! The Problems of Trade Union Organization in the European Fast-food Industry: The Case of McDonald’s

Tony Royle

Chapter 8 in Challenges for European Management in a Global Context — Experiences from Britain and Germany, 2002, pp 189-214 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is based on a comparative case study which examines the employee relations practices of the American multinational the McDonald’s Corporation in several European countries. It focuses on the problems of union organization in the European fast-food industry and the implications of these trends for employee rights to representation, pay and conditions of employment.

Keywords: Industrial Relation; Union Membership; Collective Agreement; Work Council; Union Representative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230510180_9

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