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'No other book that I am aware of places the German industrial relations system in the broader industrial and political context in an effort to understand the role of the industrial relations system in contributing to a nation's economic success and how that role is being affected by economic and political change.'-James P. Begin, Rutgers UniversityThe reunification of Germany in 1990 juxtaposed two very different models of industrial relations. This volume assesses the results. By the late 1980s, West Germany had developed and refined a largely collaborative relationship between business and labor, codified in law, that governed industrial relations effectively. How would East German workers, operating within a completely different system for forty years, respond to West Germany's institutional social partnership? Would western-style social partnership spread to all of the New Germany, or find itself seriously destabilized?The internationally recognized scholars who contribute to this volume are unanimous in their admiration of key elements in the German model. They diverge, however, on their assessments of the resilience of that model in the face of dramatic new challenges in the 1990s

Die Wiedervereinigung stellte das Modell der Sozialpartnerschaft, das in der Bundesrepublik entwickelt worden war, auf eine ernsthafte Probe. In den neuen Bundesländern mussten sich Institutionen wie Arbeitgeberverbände und Gewerkschaften erst etablieren. Lowell Turner schildert am Beispiel des ostdeutschen Metallarbeiterstreiks von 1993 und weiterer Fallstudien aus ostdeutschen Metallbetrieben die Konflikte und Resultate des Übergangs von der Plan- zur Marktwirtschaft.

In this contribution to a review symposium on a book by Ruth Milkman, L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement (New York: Russell Sage, 2006), the reviewer contends that Milkman's remarkable story conveys inspiration & hope for the labor movement & for social justice in the US. Turner describes L.A. Story as a product of both expert observation & a grounded perspective based on a career of research on critical issues in American society. Milkman's broad narrative, spanning most of the 20th century & into the 21st, deftly illustrates the development of an influential labor movement in Los Angeles. She confirms that today's low-wage immigrant workers, even the undocumented, tend to be more enthusiastic about unionization than are native-born workers. She sees, in the 'best practice' story of labor movement revitalization in Los Angeles, the potential for an alliance of unions & immigrant workforces "to transform the political, economic, & social landscape of the urban regions that form the building blocks of a global economy. ". References. J. Stanton

"Thema dieses Beitrags sind neu erstarkte Arbeiter-, Umwelt- und Studentenbewegungen in den USA, die in Fallstudien über deren Kampagnen (Lebensstandard, Anti-Sweatshop, nachhaltige Entwicklung und Justice for Janitors) untersucht werden. Die Fallbeispiele dokumentieren überraschende Evidenzen für die Wiederbelebung eines progressiven Aktivismus in Amerika an einer kritischen Wegscheide mit kontrastierenden Perspektiven - Washington-Konsensus versus Seattle-Koalition, kapitalgesteuerte Antigewerkschaftskampagnen versus gewerkschaftliche Mobilisierung, unternehmerische Macht und Korruption versus Arbeiter- und soziale Bewegung, und in der globalen Arena: unilaterale Dominanz versus multilaterale Aushandlung. Wenn die in diesem Beitrag beschriebenen Koalitionen auch vorwiegend lokalen Charakter haben, stellen sie doch, zählt man sie zusammen, eine substanzielle Bewegung für breite ökonomische und soziapolitische Reformen dar, eine amerikanische Bewegung mit globalen Verzweigungen. Vertreten wird das Argument, dass die Revitalisierung der sozialen Kräfte in den USA bedeutsam genug ist, um nach einer Erklärung zu verlangen, und dass die Evidenzen auf die Kausalität zentraler Kräfte verweisen: auf chronische Ungleichheit, strategische Führerschaft und Koalitionsbildung." (Autorenreferat)

This article considers the strategies employed by some U.S. unions to increase membership and regain influence. Three successful case studies are reviewed and the factors for success identified as national union support, rank-and-file mobilization, coalition building, and a range of innovative and flexible tactics adapted to particular industry, labor market and workforce characteristics. The article concludes with a discussion of the chances for disseminating such practices and possible lesson for European unions.