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Forces of reproduction and change in collective bargaining: A social field perspective

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  • Susanne Pernicka

    (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

  • Vera Glassner

    (Chamber of Labour, Austria)

  • Nele Dittmar

    (Technical University of Berlin, Germany)

  • Klaus Neundlinger

    (institute for cultural excellence, Austria)

Abstract

The paper addresses the endurance of sector collective bargaining despite many announcements of its demise. Bourdieusian social theory is used to interpret collective bargaining as a dominated social field that is distinct and relatively autonomous from other economic, political and transnational fields. Empirically, we trace the trajectories of German and Italian metal sector’s collective bargaining fields. In Germany, field agents contributed to a continuing erosion of collective bargaining, regional differentiation of membership strategies, and a reorientation of dominated employers’ associations towards their members. In Italy, some field agents resisted supranational and national liberalization demands and contributed to the adaptation and innovation of bargaining practices and hence, to the preliminary re-stabilization and re-balancing of collective bargaining between industry and company level.

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  • Susanne Pernicka & Vera Glassner & Nele Dittmar & Klaus Neundlinger, 2021. "Forces of reproduction and change in collective bargaining: A social field perspective," European Journal of Industrial Relations, , vol. 27(3), pages 345-363, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:eurjou:v:27:y:2021:i:3:p:345-363
    DOI: 10.1177/0959680121998478
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