Volume 67 (2014), Edition 5

The extent of economic and social disruptions in Europe since the outbreak of the crisis has awakened numerous expectations that the employee organisations in European countries should organise common counter measures. International union solidarity...

Social mobilisation and unrest have been gaining momentum around the world recently. However, at first glance, there has been no general surge in the volume of strikes in Western Europe since the outbreak of the Great Recession. How can this be...

After sketching out briefly the development of industrial labour and industrial relations in India, this essay examines the impact of processes of informalisation on forms of industrial dispute. Examples are drawn, in particular, from two...

Even before the 2008 crisis, the Greek trade union system was already characterized by low density and weak links to other societal actors. The unsuccessful union response to the austerity policies imposed on Greece reflected the extent of the...

Spain, together with its Southern European neighbours Portugal and Greece, is among the countries hardest hit by the ongoing crisis. The severe austerity policies introduced in 2010 have increased the economic and social problems. The trade unions...

This paper examines why, after the 2008 crisis and the draconian measures taken by the government, the Romanian trade unions were so powerless. It focuses on the interplay between internal (i.e. institutional) and external (i.e. economic and...

The article analyses a case of industrial action at several British sites belonging to ISS, a global provider of facility services. It is shown how the case is embedded in the strike culture of Great Britain and the precarious service sector. The...

The increasing importance of the service sector leads to changes in the ways industrial conflict presents itself today. Structural aspects of the service sector as well as its organisational particularities play their part. The tertiarisation of...

Building on evidence from ver.di activities in Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, the article presents recent developments in the strategic organisation of industrial action based on the mobilisation of employees. The new form of strike activity...