European works councils as risk communities: The case of general motors

Thomas Fetzer

doi:10.1177/0959680108094136

European works councils as risk communities: The case of general motors

Thomas Fetzer^*

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The London School of Economics and Political Science

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The European works council (EWC) at General Motors is widely regarded as an outstanding example of cross-border trade union cooperation. This article reconstructs its development as a European trade union 'risk community', which since the mid-1990s has faced unprecedented challenges to workers' interests as a result of intra-European competition for investment and GM's strategy of corporate globalization. To a limited extent, the EWC offered a European solution to local and national problems, but cross-border cooperation has remained fragile and issue-specific, and has implied a Eurocentric notion of trade union internationalism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-308
Number of pages	20
Journal	European Journal of Industrial Relations
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680108094136
State	Published - Sep 2008
Externally published	Yes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

European works councils
General Motors
International trade unionism
Solidarity

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