Industrial Relations in West Germany
A Case Study of the Car Industry
Description:... Case study of labour relations in the Volkswagen (VW) motor vehicle industry in Germany, Federal Republic - reveals how trade unions, trade union structure and the institutional framework contribute to high labour productivity of industrial workers and efficiency in industrial production, exemplified by (1) the 1975 VW Redundancy Scheme, (2) the set-up of a VW assembly factory in the USA (multinational enterprise), and (3) collective bargaining on overtime at Opel and VW; includes excerpts of 1975 labour legislation on works councils. Bibliography.
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