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Die doppelte Einbettung der Logistikarbeit und die Grenzen prekärer Beschäftigung

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  • Butollo, Florian
  • Koepp, Robert

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The article investigates the changing production model in retail logistics. Retail logistics is dually embedded: in value chains and in the socio-structural patterns of local labour markets. Given demographic change and new subjectively-based demands of workers towards labour, logistics companies face increasing difficulties sourcing their labour force from the local secondary labour market – a practice that used to be common in the phases of rapid expansion in retail logistics in the 1990s and 2000s. The analysis of two case studies, expert interviews and secondary material point out measures taken by companies to counter the destabilisation of their production model. The counter measures, so-called “fixes”, encompass a combination of a socio-spatial expansion of recruitment practices, technology-driven rationalisation and a strengthening of ties between the workforce and the companies’ employment system. This constellation allows for a window of opportunity for progressive labour policies (Arbeitspolitik), as well as an upgrading of employment conditions among the service sector proletariat (Dienstleistungsproletariat) in retail logistics.

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  • Butollo, Florian & Koepp, Robert, 2020. "Die doppelte Einbettung der Logistikarbeit und die Grenzen prekärer Beschäftigung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 73(3), pages 174-181.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2020-3-174
    DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2020-3-174
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    1. Canzler, Weert & Knie, Andreas, 2023. "The future of mobility: Winners and losers and new options in the public space," Discussion Papers, Research Group Digital Mobility and Social Differentiation SP III 2023-601, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.

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