Trade Unions, Immigration, and Immigrants in Europe, 1960-1993

A Comparative Study of the Actions of Trade Unions in Seven West European Countries
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-57181-764-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Reihe: International Studies in Social History

European trade unions are among the most influential and powerful institutions within Western economies, in many cases cooperating with the government and employers' associations in socio-economic decision-making processes. Consequently they also play an important role in the formulation of policies relating to immigration and the migrant workers, who are arriving and becoming part of the workforce the unions are representing and protecting against employers and other authorities. However, trade unions have not always fulfilled their role as the most obvious organization to defend the interests of foreign workers to the extent they could be expected. The reasons for this are complex and due to conflicts of interests that arise from their intermediary position between employers, government authorities, and indigenous workers.

This volume offers a rich analysis of the situation in seven major European countries but also a comparison of the data found and an attempt to account for the differences established. It ends with some conclusions on the prospects of trade unions within the European Union, and on the lessons to be learned from the present analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Penninx, Rinus

Roosblad, Judith

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Foreword

Jan Lucassen

Chapter 1. Introduction

Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad

Chapter 2. Trapped in the Consociational Cage: Trade Unions and Immigration in Switzerland

Barbara Schmitter Heisler

Chapter 3. The Federal Republic of Germany: Ambivalent Promotion of Immigrants’ Interests

Peter Ku¨hne

Chapter 4. Austria: Protecting Indigenous Workers from Immigrants

August Gächter

Chapter 5. Dutch Trade Unions, Immigrants and Immigration: Myopic Politics of Equality

Judith Roosblad

Chapter 6. Trade Unions and Immigrants in France: From Assimilation to Antiracist Networking

Cathie Lloyd

Chapter 7. British Unions and Racism: Organisational Dilemmas in an Unsympathetic Climate

John Wrench

Chapter 8. Sweden: Insiders outside the Trade-Union Mainstream

Wuokko Knocke

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad

Appendices

Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Penninx, Rinus
Rinus Penninx holds a Chair in Ethnic Studies and is the Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the Free University of Amsterdam.

Roosblad, Judith
Judith Roosblad also works at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies and is writing a dissertation on "Trade Unions, Immigration, and Immigrants in the Netherlands," at the Free University of Amsterdam.

Rinus Penninx holds a Chair in Ethnic Studies and is the Director of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the Free University of Amsterdam.