Historical Data Handbook: "Trade Unions in Western Europe 1900–1945"
Research question/goal:
The project aims to create a comprehensive empirical basis for the comparative long-term analysis of the formation, organizational forms and transformation of the trade union movements in 16 countries of Western Europe from the beginnings till 1945. Country profiles with general informations about the organizations as well as the political, legal and business environment for the rise and development of the labour movement complete as detailed as possible statistics on membership over time. Additional overviews will use comparative indicators to present these data.
Current stage:
Fact sheet expand
Funding:
MZES
Duration:
to
Status:
completed
Data Sources:
Archival ressources, national statistics, Trade Union report
Geographic Space:
Western Europe
Publications expand
Monographie
Book Chapter
Tenfelde, Klaus
(Eds.)
Braun, Günter
(1997):
Gewerkschaftlicher Wiederaufbau in der Nachkriegszeit: Chemie- und Bergbaugewerkschaften in den westlichen Besatzungszonen 1945-1949..
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Journal Article
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard,
Bernhard Kittel
(2005):
European Rigidity Versus American Flexibility? The Institutional Adaptability of Collective Bargaining.
Work and Occupations,
32,
2,
pp. 163-195.
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Ebbinghaus, Bernhard
(2004):
The changing union and bargaining landscape: union concentration and collective bargaining trends.
Industrial Relations Journal,
35,
6,
pp. 574-587.
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Ebbinghaus, Bernhard
(2003):
Ever larger unions: organisational restructuring and its impact on union confederations.
Industrial Relations Journal,
34,
5,
pp. 446-460.
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Braun, Günter
(1998):
New Alliances and Concentration: Swiss Trade Unions in a process of restructuring.
EURODATA Newsletter,
8,
pp. 18-22.
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