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    Just vote no! Union–busting in the European fast–food industry: the case of McDonald’s (2002)
    Oxford, UK and Boston, USA : Blackwell Publishers Ltd
    Industrial relations journal 33 (2002), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1468-2338
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This paper examines the problem of effectively regulating the labour relations practices of multinational corporations. It focuses on the activities of the McDonald’s Corporation in a number of European countries. The findings suggest that public and private codes of conduct have a very limited effect and that determined and well–resourced corporations can not only undermine regional forms of regulation—such as that provided by the European Union—but also, and to a considerable extent, national–level regulation. This is particularly evident in the area of independent trade union representation. Although its aim of avoiding collective bargaining and union recognition wherever possible is only partially successful, McDonald’s appears to have developed a number of highly effective strategies for limiting the presence of trade unions at restaurant level, particularly in avoiding or undermining statutory works councils and union representation rights.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2338.00234
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    The reluctant bargainers? McDonald’s, unions and pay determination in Germany and the UK (1999)
    Oxford, UK and Boston, USA : Blackwell Publishers Ltd
    Industrial relations journal 30 (1999), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1468-2338
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: There is growing evidence that multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly develop organisation-based employment strategies, which promote the transmission of employee relations practices across national borders. This article provides an analysis of one MNE’s employee relations practice and what appears to be its preference for operating, where possible, independently of national industrial relations systems. The findings, which draw on a UK/German comparison, raise a number of questions about the adequacy of even highly juridifed national systems to protect workers rights in practice.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2338.00115
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    The union recognition dispute at McDonald's Moscow food-processing factory (2005)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Industrial relations journal 36 (2005), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1468-2338
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This article reports on the union recognition dispute that took place at the McDonald's food-processing plant in Moscow. It examines this dispute in the context of McDonald's employment practices worldwide, the interventions made by international and local unions, and Russian government bodies. Despite these interventions it became impossible to either organise the workforce or establish a collective agreement. The case illustrates the difficulties facing both local unions and global union federations when confronted by intransigent multinational companies, especially in low-skilled sectors in transitional economies.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2338.2005.00361.x
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    Multinational corporations, employers' associations and trade union exclusion strategies in the German fast-food industry (2002)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Employee relations 24 (2002), S. 437-460 
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    ISSN: 0142-5455
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: This paper focuses on the employment practices of both multinational corporations (MNCs) and large national competitors in the German fast-food industry, such as Burger King, Pizza Hut, Nordsee, McDonald's, Churrasco and Blockhaus. The paper poses a number of questions. Have the activities of MNCs affected the employment practices of national companies? Are companies adopting union exclusion policies and if so why and to what extent? Does the "country of origin effect" help explain the activities of MNCs? What changes are evident in workers' terms and conditions and how effective are statutory systems of employee representation in practice? The findings suggest that Anglo-Saxon-based MNCs are more likely to adopt anti-works council and non-union policies in the sector, suggesting that MNCs may indeed be able to transfer their management practices across borders, imposing their employer-based systems with little regard for German institutional arrangements.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01425450210435563
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    Recruiting the acquiescent workforce: A comparative analysis of McDonald's in Germany and the UK (1999)
    Bradford : Emerald
    Employee relations 21 (1999), S. 540-555 
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    ISSN: 0142-5455
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Focuses on the workforce characteristics of the German and UK operations of McDonald's Corporation. The UK workforce is characterised by predominantly young workers with very limited work experience, the German workforce is much older and mostly foreign workers. The analysis suggests that despite these differences and differences in labour market regulation, there is a key similarity between the workforces. The corporation is able to draw on similarly "weak" and marginalised segments of the labour market and these segments are likely to be particularly acquiescent to managerial prerogative. National institutional arrangements can still constrain the employment relations policies of multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, this analysis supports the notion that there is a growing diversity within national systems increasingly explained by MNE policies and practices. This does not necessarily mean that national systems are becoming redundant, but that there is a dynamic relationship between such systems and the needs of MNEs.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01425459910299857
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    Corporate versus societal culture: a comparative study of McDonald's in Europe (1995)
    Bingley : Emerald
    International journal of contemporary hospitality management 7 (1995), S. 52-56 
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    ISSN: 0959-6119
    Source: Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
    Topics: Economics
    Notes: Examines the human resource policy of one US multinational company(MNC) (the McDonald's Corporation) operating in the hospitality industryin Germany and the UK. Focuses on the makeup of the workforce, levels ofunionization and worker participation. These issues are analysed in thecontext of the debate about the convergence or divergence of behaviourin organizations and the increasing globalization of economic activity.Suggest that although the company has been unable to avoid unioninvolvement at industry level in Germany (as it has in the UK)unionization and industrial democracy are still seen as highlyundesirable in both countries. Concludes that, while there are aspectsof societal culture which cannot be totally evaded or overridden, themeaning and value of societal culture are continually and consistentlybeing undermined by the pressure for convergence as represented in thiscase by one MNC's corporate culture.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09596119510080006
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    Realism or idealism? Corporate social responsibility and the employee stakeholder in the global fast-food industry (2005)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing
    Business ethics 14 (2005), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1467-8608
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Philosophy , Economics
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2005.00385.x
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