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The Politics of West German Trade Unions: Strategies of Class and Interest Representation in Growth and Crisis book cover

1st Edition

The Politics of West German Trade Unions Strategies of Class and Interest Representation in Growth and Crisis

By Andrei Markovits Copyright 1986
611 Pages
by Routledge

611 Pages
by Routledge

611 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1986, this book assesses the politics of the West German trade unions in the context of their larger role as major actors in the polity. By focusing on the historical realities of the labour movement both before and after 1945, the study explains the extent to which organized labour solidified and challenged the dominant structures of politics and authority. It examines the... Read more

Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Structure of the West German Union Movement 2. The Legal Framework for Industrial Relations in the Federal Republic 3. A History of the German Trade Union Federation, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB): From Reconstruction to the Third Basic Program 4. Vanguard of West German Labor: The Metalworkers’ Union, IG Metall 5. From Activism to Accommodation: The Deradicalization of the Chemical Workers’ Union, IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik 6. Leber’s Vanguard: The Construction Workers’ Union, IG Bau-Steine-erden (written by Thomas C. Ertman) 7. The Aristocracy of Labour: The Printers’ Union, IG Druck und Papier (written by Thomas C. Ertman); Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary of German terms; Index

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Markovits, Andrei

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