Benedikt Bender

I highly recommend this fascinating article!

Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social

Interessanter Überblick! In der Tat: die Streikbereitschaft ist seit der Corona-Pandemie & der Energie- und Inflationskrise gestiegen. Die spannende Frage wird sein, ob es sich dabei um längerfristige oder doch eher kurzfristige Effekte handelt, die (z.B.) mit abnehmender Inflation verschwinden.

I have a new paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)

French unions, employers set to hold last-ditch pensions talks next week French unions and employers negotiating changes to a 2023 pension reform are set to hold last-ditch talks next week, even as at least one major participant was not sure if it would join.

France’s 🇫🇷 social partners are involved in the pension reform process, ensuring their participation & input. Some unions have left the negotiations; however, an important session is taking place today.

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Prime Minister Tusk's coalition is much more diverse than Germany's former 'traffic-light coalition'🚦ever was. Nevertheless, the coalition holds.

IG Metall: Gewerkschaft fordert keine Viertagewoche mehr Wegen der schlechten wirtschaftlichen Lage verlangt die IG Metall laut einem Bericht vorerst keine Viertagewoche bei vollem Lohnausgleich mehr. Auch Ver.di wird zurückhaltender.

Trade unions in Germany are no longer fighting for the 4-day working week.

According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.”

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What the Hell is Going on in North America? Daniel Béland (McGill) visits us next Tuesday, 20th of May, to discuss the politics of social policy from Trudeau and Trump 2.0. We look forward to learn from his research focus on public policy and territorial politics at our InFER colloquium. Join us!

‼️JOB ALERT‼️

Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work

100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
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Gewerkschaften (links im Plot): durchgehend dagegen
Arbeitgeber (rechts): durchgehend dafür

➡️ Branchenübergreifend konstante Einstellungen – dargestellt als Mittelwerte wegen fehlender Variation.
➡️ Klassischer Konflikt entlang der Linie Arbeit vs. Kapital – wie aus dem Lehrbuch.

Am Tag der Arbeit ein Blick auf einen der stabilsten Konflikte mit hoher Salienz: Arbeitszeit!

Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)

Insider–outsider representation and the logic of membership and participation. A multi-level analysis of unions' positions and individual attitudes on welfare state reforms Abstract . The insider–outsider theses suggest that trade unions have usually had strong incentives to represent the interests of the insiders. However, we

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In addition, a general trend towards dissatisfaction with welfare state reforms by trade unions was evident after the general election in 2016. Since the reform of unemployment benefits was highly salient, we note that salient campaign topics may strongly affect post-election union positions.(10/11)

🔑 We observed the strongest correlations with union positions for low-skilled insiders & low-skilled outsiders and we suggest that if these groups change their views, union positions are likely to shift accordingly - reflecting both the logic of membership and participation📢. (9/11)

We used survey data from the German Internet Panel to determine class groups and their positions on unemployment benefits & labour market regulation.
Macro-level data from the Reform Monitor on Political Conflict was used to determine the stance of six different unions. (8/11)

In our study, only two groups satisfied both conditions:
*blue-collar workers (low-skilled insiders) &
*low-service functionaries (low-skilled outsiders)

We therefore formed the hypothesis that their views have most influence on union positions. (7/11)

If a particular class group is going to shape unions positions, two conditions must be met:

(1) high union membership &
(2) high union participation

The absence of either condition reduces the influence of the class group. (6/11)

Based on previous work we define six different class groups of insiders & outsiders according to their skill levels (low, medium, high), employment sector and occupation. (5/11)

Each class in the workforce displays different patterns of membership and participation. We argue that these patterns determine influence on union position rather than pure ideology. (4/11)

Unions do care about insider as well as outsider member attitudes and they take both the level of union membership & level of union participation (e.g. discussions, meetings) into account. (3/11)

Dualization theory argues that unions reflect dominant members - usually insiders - while the solidarity approach sees unions backing all vulnerable groups, regardless of dominant member opinion. We argue that the picture is more complex. (2/11)

Our analysis builds on the debate by comparing the impact of insider and outsider attitudes on union positions. (1/11)

⏰ Finally out & happy to share the key finding + a quick summary of our analysis below 📢

🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.

Decarbonising national growth models: derisking, ‘hobbled states’, and the decarbonisation possibility frontier This article brings together Growth Model Theory and climate change under the assumption that economic growth will remain a policy priority during the green transition. The relevant research questi...

Mark Blyth and I sang a duet. It’s about how a country’s growth model shapes its state capacity to decarbonize - both the advantages and disadvantages. Enjoy! @ripejournal.bsky.social
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I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag / Hugo Sinzheimer zum 150sten

Infos zur Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag:

🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung)
🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung)
🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform)

Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...

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I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.