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"This paper deals with Alternative Dispute Resolution in labour relations within a company in the French context. By contrast with the United States and Canada, mediation and arbitration are rarely used in France for resolving individual or collective labour relations disputes. It is therefore interesting to study such voice procedures in labour relations in France and analyse their impact on procedural justice and equity within the company. The study also analyses the incentives to use mediation/arbitration, in labour relations, as well as the disincentives. It highlights the importance of information and communication with the employees in fostering positive attitudes to it and reducing their fears. This is illustrated by an empirical study of the French subsidiary of the IBM Corporation. We focus our attention on the IBM ‘open door' policy and describe the results of a quantitative statistical analysis of 203 respondents."

"The tech industry's shifting landscape and the growing precarity of its labor force have spurred unionization efforts among tech workers. These workers turn to collective action to improve their working conditions and to protest unethical practices within their workplaces. To better understand this movement, we interviewed 44 U.S.-based tech worker-organizers to examine their motivations, strategies, challenges, and future visions for labor organizing. These workers included engineers, product managers, customer support specialists, QA analysts, logistics workers, gig workers, and union staff organizers. Our findings reveal that, contrary to popular narratives of prestige and privilege within the tech industry, tech workers face fragmented and unstable work environments which contribute to their disempowerment and hinder their organizing efforts. Despite these difficulties, organizers are laying the groundwork for a more resilient tech worker movement through community building and expanding political consciousness. By situating these dynamics within broader structural and ideological forces, we identify ways for the CSCW community to build solidarity with tech workers who are materially transforming our field through their organizing efforts."

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"Der Artikel entfaltet einen systematisierenden Überblick über Open-Source-Communitys und ihre sozioökonomischen Kontexte. Nach einer historischen Rekonstruktion zur Ausdifferenzierung quelloffener Entwicklungsvorhaben und ihren Relationen zu etablierten IT-Unternehmen werden vier Varianten derzeitiger Open-Source-Gemeinschaften voneinander abgegrenzt – von korporativ geführten Kollaborationsprojekten und elitezentrierten Projektgemeinschaften über heterarchisch angelegte Infrastrukturvorhaben bis hin zu egalitär ausgerichteten Entwicklergruppen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die quelloffene Softwareentwicklung in den letzten 15 Jahren zu einer allgemeinen Branchenmethode und einem Baustein der Innovationsstrategien aller großen Technologiekonzerne avanciert ist, aber ihre Formatierung als Gegenentwurf zur proprietären Herstellung weitgehend verloren hat. Als Ankerpunkt für Hoffnungen auf eine insgesamt offenere, dezentraler und demokratischer strukturierte Arbeitswelt eignen sich die meisten Open-Source-Projekte heute nicht mehr."