Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport
Hughes, Emma ; Dobbins, Tony ; Merkl-Davies, Doris
Economic and Industrial Democracy
2022
43
1
February
146-167
trade unionism ; trade union solidarity ; trade union ; public transport ; ethics
Trade unionism
https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X19891235
English
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"This article empirically applies Knut Laaser's integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer's moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland's public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced."
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