Essays about: "Collective bargaining agreement"

Found 5 essays containing the words Collective bargaining agreement.

  1. 1. Job Quality in the Gig Economy: How do the workers perceive it? : An exploratory study on the perceived job quality for gig workers in the geographically tethered gig economy

    University essay from

    Author : Oskar Hedvall; Oskar Gustavsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Gig Job; Job quality; Gig economy; Geographically tethered; Fair Work Convention; Sweden; Collective bargaining agreement;

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  3. 2. RAISING A NEW COLLECTIVE VOICE THROUGH GREENFIELD UNION ORGANISING : The mobilisation and unionisation of workers and the establishment of a collective agreement at Foodora in Sweden

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Sophie Banasiak; [2021]
    Keywords : workforce fragmentation; food-delivery platforms; greenfield organising; unions; collective agreement; agency; structures; interactions; resources mobilisation; learning; strategy; institutional change; fragmentation du travail; plateformes de livraison de repas; implantation syndicale; syndicats; accord collectif; agence; structures; interactions; mobilisation des ressources; apprentissage; stratégie; changement institutionnel; fragmentering av arbetsstyrka; matleveransplattformar; greenfield-organisering; fackföreningar; kollektivavtal; mänskligt agentskap; strukturer; interaktioner; mobilisering av resurser; lärande; strategiskt handlande; institutionell förändring;

    Abstract : Following an actor-centred approach to institutional change, the aim of the study was to explore the process of ‘greenfield organising’ through which unions and collective bargaining structures are established in workplaces where there are none initially. A qualitative theory-oriented single case study, using some principles of the grounded theory, analysed the organising process and negotiations at Foodora in Sweden that resulted in a collective agreement. READ MORE

  4. 3. Worker Ant or Your Own Boss? : A Labour Process Analysis of Foodora Riders' Experiences of Algorithmic Management

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Simon Karlernäs; [2021]
    Keywords : Algorithmic Management; Foodora; Gig Economy; Labour Process; Workplace Control; Individualism;

    Abstract : Introduction: This qualitative case study extends the research of algorithmic management by examining the experiences of food-delivery workers working for the gig company Foodora. As Foodora promotes the job as flexible and autonomous, the utilisation of labour process theory (LPT) in this study helps to uncover if these sentiments hold true in practice by examining what Foodora’s labour process looks like, and how control, autonomy, and individualism take shape in the workplace. READ MORE

  5. 4. Labor Bargaining Power and Capital Structure: A Study of the Impact of Labor Bargaining Power on Financial Leverage in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Patrik Kvistrum; Hjalmar Kågerman; [2012]
    Keywords : labor bargaining power; capital structure; unionization; collective agreements; financial leverage;

    Abstract : In this thesis, data on 277 Swedish listed companies over the period 2005-2011 is used to examine the relationship between labor bargaining power and financial leverage employing two different methods. First, we find that firms with higher unionization rates on average have a lower debt-to-capital ratio. READ MORE

  6. 5. Implementation of the Core ILO Standards, the Right to Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining at the National Level – Comparative Study of Poland and Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Niko Tatulashvili; [2011]
    Keywords : freedom of association; collective bargaining; collective agreement; right to strike; implementation of the ILO standards; Poland; Georgia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : By ratifying the ILO Conventions on freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining (Nos. 87 and 98) member states undertake the obligation to bring national legislation and practice into full compliance with these international labour instruments. READ MORE