IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/ecoind/v38y2017i3p375-399.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

When does solidarity end? Transnational labour cooperation during and after the crisis – the GM/Opel case revisited

Author

Listed:
  • Susanne Pernicka

    (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria)

  • Vera Glassner

    (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria)

  • Nele Dittmar

    (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria)

  • Adam Mrozowicki

    (Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Poland)

  • MaÅ‚gorzata Maciejewska

    (Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Poland)

Abstract

The General Motors (GM) case stands out for its transnational employee cooperation. During the crisis the ‘national turn’ of union politics seems to have eroded solidarity and mutual trust relations. In this article the authors suggest disentangling the behaviour of labour representatives and their attitudes, identities and feelings to develop a more sophisticated perspective on labour transnationalism. Concepts of sociological neo-institutionalism and empirical evidence from two automobile companies (GM/Opel and Volkswagen) in Germany, the UK and Poland are used to investigate the conditions under which transnational solidarity occurs and prevails. The authors conclude that solidarity in both companies has not come to an end and contributes to repertoires of contention in future labour conflicts.

Suggested Citation

  • Susanne Pernicka & Vera Glassner & Nele Dittmar & Adam Mrozowicki & MaÅ‚gorzata Maciejewska, 2017. "When does solidarity end? Transnational labour cooperation during and after the crisis – the GM/Opel case revisited," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 38(3), pages 375-399, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:38:y:2017:i:3:p:375-399
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X15577840
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0143831X15577840
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0143831X15577840?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:38:y:2017:i:3:p:375-399. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.ekhist.uu.se/english.htm .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.