Angelernter Arbeiter

• Verdrängte Beruflichkeit - Renaissance Des Berufsprinzips? **

The recent successes of professional unions are undeniable. This essay poses the question whether there is a triple phenomenon of "excluded professionalism" within (German) union history, its historiography and corresponding industrial sociology. The article argues there is a need for greater attention to professions and professionalism as principles binding union members to representative organizations, and therefore to learn from the current success of these unions instead of criticizing or even rejecting them. [PUB ABSTRACT]

... der alten deutschen Arbeiterbewegung verbundene Vision ist aber an den Realitäten des ... aufgrund der immer größeren Zahl angelernter Arbeiter ohne Fachgelerntheit immer schwieriger we...

• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Band 15 Nr. 4, Oktober 2008

• Organisatorischer Wandel von Gewerkschaften in Postkommunistischen Ländern. Der Fall Der Solidarnosc**

Since the Eastern Enlargement of the EU, the conditions in which trade unions operate in Central Eastern Europe have changed considerably. The influence of the communist heritage and the dilemmas of the transformation period are losing their importance. Using the example of the Solidarity union, the article analyses the organisational change of unions in Central Eastern Europe. The failure of Solidarity's involvement in party politics has led to increasing attention being focused on workplace organizing activities following the AngloAmerican model. The young union activists develop a different self-conception from older unionists. The reference to Solidarity's history is disappearing, which leads to conflicts about the union's identity and its goals. The new union organisations are born...

... Van Hootegem (2008) zu Identitäten von Arbeitern und ihren Zusammenhang mit gewerkschaftlichem Enga...angelernter Arbeitskräfte mit einem niedrigeren Schulabschlus...

• Industrielle Beziehungen
• Band 16 Nr. 1, Januar 2009