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Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport

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  • Emma Hughes

    (University of Liverpool Management School, UK)

  • Tony Dobbins

    (University of Birmingham, UK)

  • Doris Merkl-Davies

    (Bangor University, UK)

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This article empirically applies Knut Laaser’s integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer’s moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland’s public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced.

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  • Emma Hughes & Tony Dobbins & Doris Merkl-Davies, 2022. "Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(1), pages 146-167, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:43:y:2022:i:1:p:146-167
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X19891235
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