Subjects:

Subjects:

“…"Pacts for employment and competitiveness are an integral component of the ongoing process of decentralization of collective bargaining in Germany, a phenomenon that has been hailed as key to that nation's economic resurgence. Yet little is known about the effects of pacts on firm performance. …”

“…The bottom line is that the notion of union voice is urgently in need of restatement if it is to continue to shape research into the economic consequences of unions."…”

“…It is argued here that if they fail to define what they stand for, are unable to increase their presence at the workplace, and continue to lack convincing strategies to deal with contemporary economic and political trends working against them, then their decline may become a rout."…”