This article presents the first results of a qualitative research project examining trade union activists at Fiat factories in Italy and Poland. It discusses two issues: first, whether it is possible to find any common ground (a 'principle of unity') which could facilitate transnational union action; second, the distinctive features of the development of Polish trade unionism in comparison with unions in the West. By applying Touraine's model of working-class consciousness, one can detect profound differences between Italian and Polish workers, and there seems to be increasing divergence between unionism in the East and the West.
Trade union consciousness, east and west: A comparison of Fiat factories in Poland and Italy
Meardi G.
1996
Abstract
This article presents the first results of a qualitative research project examining trade union activists at Fiat factories in Italy and Poland. It discusses two issues: first, whether it is possible to find any common ground (a 'principle of unity') which could facilitate transnational union action; second, the distinctive features of the development of Polish trade unionism in comparison with unions in the West. By applying Touraine's model of working-class consciousness, one can detect profound differences between Italian and Polish workers, and there seems to be increasing divergence between unionism in the East and the West.File in questo prodotto:
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