Trade Union responses to precarious employment in Germany

Abstract: Content: Introduction; 1. Precariousness in the German labour market; 1.1 Forms of atypical and precarious employment; 1.2 Dimensions of precarious employment; 1.3 Summary: Incidence of precarious employment in Germany; 2. Trade union strategies against precarious employment - an overview; 2.1 Change of legislation in order to limit, prevent or even forbid certain forms of precarious employment; 2.2 Collective agreements to improve the conditions of precarious employment and to limit its use; 2.3 Organising workers in precarious employment and giving them practical help and assistance; 2.4 "Good work" as a trade union counter model against precarious employment; 3. Trade union strategies against precarious employment – four case studies; 3.1 Tackling low wages; 3.2 Temporary Agency work: Limiting and regulating; 3.3 Representing dependent self-employed workers; 3.4 Apprentices: More training capacities and takeovers; 4. Conclusion

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 63 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: WSI-Diskussionspapier ; Bd. 178

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Atypische Beschäftigung ; Gewerkschaftspolitik ; Deutschland ; Geringfügige Beschäftigung ; Gewerkschaftspolitik ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2011
• Creator: Bispinck, Reinhard ; Schulten, Thorsten
• Contributor: Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-294534
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:47 PM CET