Rethinking precariousness and its evolution: A four-country study of work in food retail
European Journal of Industrial Relations
2019
25
4
327-344
precarious employment ; labour relations ; labour market segmentation ; collective bargaining ; food service ; retail trade ; comparison
Canada ; USA ; Germany ; Sweden
Employment
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680118814339
English
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"This article analyses the expansion of precarious work in industrialized economies, integrating the welfare regime, risk shift and segmentation literatures. I examine trends in wages, working hours, pensions and healthcare in food retail in Canada, Germany, Sweden and the USA between 1980 and 2016. Precariousness increased in each country, but the form and degree of change differed markedly, reflecting the effects of product market competition, bargaining centralization and labour regulation."
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