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An emerging transnational industrial relations? Exploring the prospects for cross†border labour bargaining

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  • Urs LUTERBACHER
  • Andrew PROSSER
  • Konstantinos PAPADAKIS

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Global union federations (GUFs) and multinational enterprises (MNEs) have been concluding “international framework agreements†(IFAs) to protect their interests amidst the globalizing economic landscape. By modelling the underlying bargaining processes, the authors show that IFAs can be expected when both sides exhibit risk aversion, although the agreement will favour the less risk†averse side. Since globalization has created fewer vulnerabilities for MNEs than for GUFs, IFAs have so far typically delivered only minimal benefits for labour. But this should change in the future if strengthened transnational union capacities and abilities to threaten MNEs with reputational costs bring greater equalization of attitudes towards risk.

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  • Urs LUTERBACHER & Andrew PROSSER & Konstantinos PAPADAKIS, 2017. "An emerging transnational industrial relations? Exploring the prospects for cross†border labour bargaining," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 156(3-4), pages 307-343, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intlab:v:156:y:2017:i:3-4:p:307-343
    DOI: 10.1111/ilr.12078
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    1. Garaudel, Pierre, 2020. "Exploring meta-organizations’ diversity and agency: A meta-organizational perspective on global union federations," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 36(1).
    2. Lohmeyer, Nora & Schüßler, Elke & Helfen, Markus, 2018. "Can solidarity be organized "from below" in global supply chains? The case of ExChains [Kann Solidarität „von unten“ in globalen Zuliefererketten organisiert werden? Der Fall ExChains]," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 25(4), pages 400-424.
    3. Michele Ford & Michael Gillan, 2021. "Power resources and supranational mechanisms: The global unions and the OECD Guidelines," European Journal of Industrial Relations, , vol. 27(3), pages 307-325, September.
    4. Pierre Garaudel, 2020. "Exploring meta-organizations’ diversity and agency: A meta-organizational perspective on global union federations," Post-Print halshs-02474817, HAL.

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