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The fast-food industry is one of the few industries that can be described as truly global, not least in terms of employment, which is estimated at around ten million people worldwide. This edited volume is the first of its kind, providing an analysis of labour relations in this significant industry focusing on multinational corporations and large national companies in ten countries: the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Russia.
A common framework of analysis is used to examine the extent to which multinational enterprises impose or adapt their employment practices in differing national industrial relations systems. The findings reveal that the global fast-food industry is typified by trade union exclusion, high labour turnover, unskilled work, paternalistic management regimes and work organization that allows little scope for developing workers' participation in decision-making, let alone advocating widely accepted concepts of social justice and workers' rights.
By providing a detailed analysis of the extent to which the McDonald's Corporation adapts or imposes its labour relations policies in Europe, this volume represents a real life case study revealing the interaction between a global multi-national enterprise and the regulatory systems of a number of different European countries.
Keith Lucas was killed instantly when his BE2 biplane collided with
that of a colleague over Salisbury Plain on 5 October 1916. As a
captain in the Royal Flying Corps, Lucas would have known that his
death was a very real risk of the work he was doing in support of
Britain's war effort. But Lucas wasn't a career pilot - he was a
scientist. The Flying Mathematicians of World War I details the
advances and sacrifices of a select group of pioneers who left the
safety of their laboratories to drive aeronautics forward at a
critical moment in history. These mathematicians and scientists,
including Lucas, took up the challenge to advance British aviation
during the war and soon realized that they would need to learn how
to fly themselves if they were to complete their mission. Set in
the context of a new field of engineering, driven apace by
conflict, the book follows Lucas and his colleagues as they endured
freezing cockpits and engaged in aerial versions of Russian
roulette in order to expand our understanding of aeronautics. Tony
Royle deftly navigates this fascinating history of technical
achievement, imagination, and ingenuity punctuated by bravery,
persistence, and tragedy. As a result, The Flying Mathematicians of
World War I makes accessible the mathematics and the personal
stories that forever changed the course of aviation.
The McDonald's Corporation is not only the largest system-wide
sales service in the world, it is a phenomenon in its own right,
and is now recognized as the most famous brand in the world. By
providing a detailed analysis of the extent to which the McDonald's
Corporation adapts or imposes its labour relations policies in
Europe, this volume represents a real life case study revealing the
interaction between a global multi-national enterprise and the
regulatory systems of a number of different European countries. Key
features include:
* an overview of the McDonald's Corporation's development and
structure
* an analysis of its corporate culture and the issues of
franchising
* an examination of key union strategies, including systems of
co-determination, consultation and collective-bargaining
* a chapter dealing specifically with European legislation, in
particular the McDonald's European Works Council
The author systematically analyzes the conflict between the
McDonald's Corporation and the industrial relations systems of the
European countries within which it operates, and exposes this
conflict as an 'unequal struggle' between economic liberalism and
collectivism.
The fast-food industry is one of the few industries that can be described as truly global, not least in terms of employment, which is estimated at around ten million people worldwide. This edited volume is the first of its kind, providing an analysis of labour relations in this significant industry focusing on multinational corporations and large national companies in ten countries: the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Russia. The extent to which multinational enterprises impose or adapt their employment practices in differing national industrial relations systems is analysed, Results reveal that the global fast-food industry is typified by trade union exclusion, high labour turnover, unskilled work, paternalistic management regimes and work organization that allows little scope for developing workers' participation in decision-making, let alone advocating widely accepted concepts of social justice and workers' rights.
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