The economic crisis: Testing employee relations

Steen Erik Navrbjerg; Trine Pernille Larsen

doi:10.1177/0143831x13506050

The economic crisis: Testing employee relations

Bidragets oversatte titel: Den økonomiske krise: hvordan er medarbejderrelationerne

Steen Erik Navrbjerg, Trine Pernille Larsen

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Abstract

Frem til krisens start i 2008 har mange tillidsrepræsentanter skullet forhandle positive forhold på plads: Det har mange steder handlet om lønforhøjelser eller goder til medarbejderne. Det ændrede sig brat, da krisen kom. Herefter har forhandlingerne ofte drejet sig om negative budskaber – om lønstagnation, lønnedsættelse, arbejdstidsfordeling eller måske ligefrem afskedigelser.
Denne artikels analyse viser overordnet, at ud af 3275 tillidsrepræsentanter i den private sektor, arbejder 75 procent på virksomheder, som i høj grad har været påvirket af krisen – mens kun 6 procent var på virksomheder, som slet ikke har været påvirket af krisen. De resterende 19 procent har i et vist omfang været påvirket.
Skønt de tillidsvalgte ofte bliver involveret i afskedigelser af kolleger og lønreduktioner som følge af krisen, lykkes det i vidt omfang at bevare kollegernes tillid. Det accepteres fx i vid udstrækning, at tillidsrepræsentanten bliver hørt og måske ligefrem er medbesluttende i forbindelse med afskedigelser. Dog viser analyserne også, at på de virksomheder, hvor krisen har ramt hårdest, er tillidsrepræsentanterne i særlig grad udsat for interessekonflikter mellem ledelse og medarbejdere.

Bidragets oversatte titel	Den økonomiske krise: hvordan er medarbejderrelationerne
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Economic and Industrial Democracy
Sider (fra-til)	1-23
Antal sider	23
ISSN	0143-831X
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x13506050
Status	Udgivet - 15 maj 2015

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Kollektive forhandlinger, tillidsrepræsentant, kolleger, krise

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