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Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983
A series of articles looks at computerization and unions in Australia, France, and India; bargaining agreements about technological innovation in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and the effects of technology on the labor force in the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, and the United States. (SK)
Descriptors: Automation, Employment Patterns, Job Layoff, Labor Needs
Bellmann, Lutz; Dull, Herbert; Kuhl, Jurgen; Lahner, Manfred; Lehmann, Udo – IAB Labour Market Research Topics, 1997
Data on flexibility in German companies were compiled through interviews and followed up annually. Employment trends in western Germany indicated a historic peak of 29.5 million employed in 1992 followed by a steady decline of about 1 million to 28.5 million in 1995. Employment losses continued in 1996; 1997 showed some signs of stability.…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Employment Patterns, Flexible Working Hours, Foreign Countries
Horstkotte, Hermann – BASIS-INFO, 1998
As in many other industrialized countries, advances in computer technology are transforming Germany's industrial society into an information and services society. Increasingly fewer jobs are available in traditional industries and in the public sector. In the 1990s, Germany's trade unions and employers' associations have experienced steady…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Economic Change, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
Wever, Kirsten S., Ed. – 2001
This book explores how two nations with widely divergent political economies, Germany and the United States (U.S.), embraced change in four contemporary settings. "Mutual Learning with Trade-Offs" (Kirsten Wever) discusses mutual learning and the distinguishing characteristics of the political economies of Germany and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis