German unions demanded co-determination beyond the enterprise, at sector and macro levels

Evidence

Hensel’s enterprise-level representation of workers endorsed a very limited version of co-determination, however, compared to the much further reaching demands of Germany’s trade unions of a democratic reconstitution of the capitalist economy. Union proposals for co-determination centered on trade-union influence on economic decision making beyond the enterprise at sector and macroeconomic levels (e.g., directing investment flows), for example (compare Deppe, Von Freyberg, and Kievenheim 1969). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 960

Categorization

• XREF: The contrast between enterprise-level co-determination and macroeconomic union demands connects to debates about German Mitbestimmung and postwar capital-labor settlement. — connects to: Ordoliberal enterprise co-management aimed to constrain union influence, unlike union demands — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 960; Workers’ control demanded joint state-worker management beyond mere nationalization. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 402

Broader Connections

• Ordoliberal enterprise co-management aimed to constrain union influence, unlike union demands #contradicts (0.90) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 960