The Impossible Transition from "Absolute Monarchy" toward Industrial Democracy in France: The Experience of Workers' Representatives at Schneider, 1899-1936

Following strikes in the Schneider factories in Le Creusot in 1899, management was forced to satisfy union demands and set up a representative personnel authority, namely, workers' representatives, who would be allowed to resolve conflicts and transmit demands to management. However, the role o...

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Published inBusiness History Conference. Business and Economic History On-line : Papers Presented at the BHC Annual Meeting Vol. 10; p. 1
Main Authors Floquet, Mathieu, Laroche, Patrice
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Wilmington Business History Conference 01.01.2012
Subjects
Archives & records
Case studies
Committees
Data collection
Evolution
Factories
History
Industrial democracy
Prime ministers
Strikes
Studies
Unionization
Workers
Working groups
France
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Summary:Following strikes in the Schneider factories in Le Creusot in 1899, management was forced to satisfy union demands and set up a representative personnel authority, namely, workers' representatives, who would be allowed to resolve conflicts and transmit demands to management. However, the role of the workers' representatives was hijacked by management and rapidly diverted from its objective, leading to the suffocation of unionization at birth. This study seeks to show how the initial establishment of worker participation resulted in weaker unionization overall. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1941-7349
1941-7349