Flexibility and Security within European Labor Markets
通过对比比利时、英国和德国四家跨国子公司，研究地方谈判如何影响劳动力灵活性与就业安全政策的权衡，以及工会权力如何受国家制度、子公司组织方式和地方因素影响。
In this comparative qualitative study, the authors examine how local bargaining shapes the trade-off between labor flexibility and employment security policies in four multinational subsidiaries in Belgium, Britain, and Germany. They also consider whether and how union power to shape flexibility and security policies is affected by national institutions, the way that multinationals organize their subsidiaries, and local contextual factors. Findings support this multilevel, interdependent framework. Trade-offs are shaped by differences in workers’ structural power in specific local subsidiaries. Differences in inter-subsidiary organizational configurations, markets, and technologies modify how unions can leverage collective resources to wield power in their relationship with management.