La Boillat vivra! . La Boillat Will Live!
Verzio FF submission At the beginning of 2006, employees at the Swissmetal Boillat factory in Reconvilier (Bernese Jura) occupied the plant for 37 days. They were all united – executives and employees alike – and supported by the entire populace. The management of the Swissmetal Group, the owners of...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | French |
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Künzi, Daniel
2007
Switzerland |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c700fc16-1c34-4ef8-99e6-1f9c176eda7d |
| Summary: | Verzio FF submission
At the beginning of 2006, employees at the Swissmetal Boillat factory in Reconvilier (Bernese Jura) occupied the plant for 37 days. They were all united – executives and employees alike – and supported by the entire populace. The management of the Swissmetal Group, the owners of the factory, planned to relocate production elsewhere. This intensive and remarkable resistance raises many questions: for example, what is the purpose of the UNIA trade union; what role and how much power do the democratic Helvetian institutions have? |
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| Published: | 2007 |