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It may be no surprise, but in the slipstream of recent labour disputes it has become clear which side they are on. After several clashes that showed the resistance tire producers face from trade unions and workers in efforts to rein in losses in the region prominent US press agencies have started to defend the executives that came up with plans for closures. In some articles the blame is given to the unions that are said to have ‘rejected all labour offers made by executives’.
English: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344912
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/world/europe/fates-of-2-factories-show-social ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-04/labor-challenges-plant-closings ...
For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) cbn-aias@uva.nl or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova mnikolova@etui.org. For previous issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit http://www.etui.org/E-Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter. You may find further information on the ETUI at www.etui.org, and on the AIAS at www.uva-aias.net.