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Disintegrating Democracy at Work : Labor Unions and the Future of Good Jobs in the Service Economy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (271 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801463976
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disintegrating Democracy at WorkDDC classification:
  • 331.88/11000943
LOC classification:
  • HE8789.U6
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- DISINTEGRATING DEMOCRACY AT WORK -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Changes in Markets and Collective Bargaining -- 3. Using Power in the Workplace -- 4. Losing Power in the Networked Firm -- 5. Broadening the Comparison -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A Interviews conducted in the United States and Germany -- B Organizational characteristics and employment practices by country, in-house and outsourced centers -- C Organizational characteristics and employment practices by collective bargaining arrangements, United States and Germany -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends on strong unions and encompassing collective bargaining institutions.
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Cover -- DISINTEGRATING DEMOCRACY AT WORK -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Changes in Markets and Collective Bargaining -- 3. Using Power in the Workplace -- 4. Losing Power in the Networked Firm -- 5. Broadening the Comparison -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendixes -- A Interviews conducted in the United States and Germany -- B Organizational characteristics and employment practices by country, in-house and outsourced centers -- C Organizational characteristics and employment practices by collective bargaining arrangements, United States and Germany -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends on strong unions and encompassing collective bargaining institutions.

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