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Spartengewerkschaften, Statuskonflikte und Gemeinwohl: Gesetzlicher Ordnungsrahmen statt Laissez-faire

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  • Lesch Hagen

    (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Kompetenzfeld Tarifpolitik und Arbeitsbeziehungen, Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 21, 50668 Köln, Tel.: (0221) 4981 778)

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In December 2014, the German Federal Government adopted a draft law on the exclusive applicability of collective agreements - the so-called Tarifeinheitsgesetz. Critics see this as an unacceptable interference to the freedom of association. They point out, that despite multi-unionism you can neither observe a substantial increase in new trade unions being set up nor an increase in labor disputes. Proponents of the legal regulation argue that the industrial peace obligation would be jeopardized by competing unions. Craft unions negotiated twice as intense as industrial unions. In industries with union competition, risk of conflicts would accumulate. In addition, the public interest would be harmed if unions battled out their rivalries during collective bargaining negotiations. The proposed law tackled these problems by providing stronger incentives for cooperation between competing unions.

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  • Lesch Hagen, 2015. "Spartengewerkschaften, Statuskonflikte und Gemeinwohl: Gesetzlicher Ordnungsrahmen statt Laissez-faire," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 64(1), pages 111-136, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:73:y:2015:i:1:p:111-134
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2015-0108
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    1. Keller, Berndt, 2020. "Berufsgewerkschaften als autonome Akteure der Tarifpolitik. Konsequenzen für das System etablierter Arbeitsbeziehungen [Trade unions as autonomous actors in collective bargaining. Consequences for," Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management, Verlag Barbara Budrich, vol. 27(4), pages 437-460.

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