EU posted work and transnational action in the German meat industry. (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wagner, Ines
• Is Part Of: Transfer. Volume 21:Number 2(2015:May)
• Page Start: 201
• Page End: 213
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Transnational action -- posted work -- German labour market -- institutional change -- social movement unionism -- labour migration; Labor movement -- Europe -- Periodicals; Industrial relations -- Europe -- Periodicals; 331.09405
• DOI: 10.1177/1024258915573187
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1024-2589

Abstract

This article traces the course of a transnational action in the German meat industry involving an alliance of transnational posted workers, a local civil society organization and the trade union NGG (Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten). As labour's channels of influence have broken down and posting of low-wage workers has intensified, trade unionists have responded by building coalitions with societal actors. The case illustrates a complementary approach to studying how resistance unfolds in transnational workplaces under conditions in which traditional avenues for protest are blocked or marginalized.