Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport

Hughes, Emma ORCID: 0000-0002-4539-0845, Dobbins, Tony and Merkl-Davies, Doris (2022) Moral economy, solidarity and labour process struggle in Irish public transport. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43 (1). 0143831X1989123-0143831X1989123.

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Abstract

<jats:p> This article empirically applies Knut Laaser’s integrated conceptual framework, combining Sayer’s moral economy (ME) theory with labour process theory (LPT), to examine how two rival Irish unions engaged with an uneven moral economy and consciously sought to build collective worker solidarity during a dispute over competitive tendering and marketization. Using qualitative data from a case study of BusCo in Ireland’s public transport sector, the article enriches sociological understanding of trade union solidarity, and how it is engendered, contested and experienced. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Labour process, moral economy, public transport, solidarity, unions
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2020 08:45
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:04
DOI:	10.1177/0143831x19891235
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3073621