1、1White-Collar Workers in ManufacturingComparative Analysis of Working Conditions,Attitudes and Trade Union Representation of White-Collar Employees in Selected European CountriesThomas Haipeter,Thorsten Kalina,Angelika Kmmerling,Sophie Rosenbohm(University of Duisburg-Essen,IAQ)*With the support of
2、Alexander Bendel Report for the research project BEREPBetter Representation of White-collar Employees for a sustainable future of industrial relations in manufacturingFinanced by the European Commission23Foreword1.Introduction2.White-Collar Work and Trade Unions2.1 The research tradition into white-
3、collar work 2.2 White-collar workers and trade unions 3.Numbers,Characteristics and Working Conditions of White-Collar Employees 3.1 The survey evidence 3.2 Shares of white-collar employees in the manufacturing workforce 3.3 Education levels,occupations and roles 3.4 Working time 3.5 Working conditi
4、ons 3.6 Autonomy,heteronomy and engagement 4.Interests and Attitudes of White-Collar Workers 4.1 Our survey 4.2 Characteristics of white-collar employees 4.3 Working time 4.4 Work and working conditions 4.5 Trade unions 4.5.1 Opinions about trade unions 4.5.2 Topics and services of trade unions 4.5.
5、3 Services and contact with trade unions 4.5.4 Membership decisions 5.Trade Union Practices of Interest Representation and Organising of White-Collar Employees 5.1 Aim and organisation of trade union workshops 5.2 Trade union structures and goals 5.3 White-collar employees and working lives:problems
6、 and perceptions 5.4 Trade union organising strategies 5.4.1 Workplace dialogue 5.4.2 Information 5.4.3 Activation of trade union sections 5.4.4 Younger employees and students 5.4.5 Trade union campaigns 5.4.6 Employee participation 5.4.7 Marketing Department 5.4.8 Organising departments 5.4.9 Colle