New trend of strikes in Germany

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380680
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Iwasa Takuya 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (00346230)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ストライキ / ドイツ / 労使関係

Outline of Final Research Achievements

On an international comparison, Germany has been located in a country where strikes are less frequent. However, in response to the transformation of the collective agreement system in recent years, a new form of strikes has never occurred. This research analyzes the following three trends as a characteristic trend of new strikes in particular. The first is a strike due to withdrawal from collective agreement and non-participation of collective agreement. The second is a strike caused by offensive by employers association. In this research, we analyzed strikes deployed in the retail industry from 2007 to the following year. The third is a strike associated with closing offices. In particular, this research focused on cases of factory closure at AEG Nuernberg plant and Franklin company Witrich factory.

Free Research Field

社会政策