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Berufs- und Spartengewerkschaften. Zur Kritik des Tarifeinheitsgesetzes (Professional unions. A critique of the Collective Agreement Unity Act)

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Seit den fruehen 2000er Jahren wandeln sich einige Berufsverbaende zu Berufsgewerkschaften und etablieren sich als unabhaengige Tarifpartner im Verkehrs- und Gesundheitssektor. Der Beitrag behandelt zunaechst ihre wesentlichen gemeinsamen Merkmale. Im Mittelpunkt steht das 2015 in Kraft getretene Tarifeinheitsgesetz, welches das abgeschaffte Prinzip der Tarifeinheit wieder einfuehrt („ein Betrieb, eine Gewerkschaft“). Unsere umfassende Kritik argumentiert nicht, wie es ueblicherweise der Fall ist, aus juristischer Sicht, sondern aus der Perspektive der Arbeitsbeziehungen. Sie erfolgt auf drei Ebenen: Probleme der Praktikabilitaet der Verfahren, der breitere Kontext der Gewerkschaftsentwicklung, befuerchtete, aber unrealistische Konsequenzen fuer das System der Arbeitsbeziehungen. (Since the early 2000s some professional associations have changed into professional unions and have established themselves as independent bargaining partners in the transport and health sectors. The paper begins by presenting the most important common characteristics of such professional unions. It focuses on the Collective Agreement Unity Act which came into force in 2015 and re-establishes the abolished principle of bargaining unity (‘one company, one union’). Our comprehensive critique does not take the usual legal perspective but rather an industrial relations one. It is based on three levels: Practical problems of the applicability of procedural rules, the broader context of trade union development, feared but unrealistic consequences for the system of employment relations.)

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  • Keller, Berndt, 2016. "Berufs- und Spartengewerkschaften. Zur Kritik des Tarifeinheitsgesetzes (Professional unions. A critique of the Collective Agreement Unity Act)," Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, Organisation und Management - The German Journal of Industrial Relations, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 23(3), pages 233-279.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:indbez:doi:10.1688/indb-2016-03-keller
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    Keywords

    Germany; trade union; objectives; structures; effects; labor-management relations; public policy; labor law; personnel management;
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    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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