Abstract
AbstractChapter 6 summarizes the book’s findings and discusses implications for theory, policy, and labor strategy. The problem of expanding precarious work has been framed in popular debates as requiring either more informed, mutual gains–oriented strategic choices by management, or top-down policies that help individuals adjust to changing skill and labor demands under technology-driven globalization. The framework in this book suggests instead the need for strong labor market and collective bargaining institutions, that constrain exit and bind employers to negotiated compromises with their workforce. These institutions are most likely to be built and sustained where worker representatives succeed in bridging labor divides based on inclusive strategies of solidarity.
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Oxford University PressNew York
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