TRADE UNION STRATEGIES IN INDUSTRY 4.0: GERMAN METALWORKERS TRADE UNION (IG METALL)

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 15 Sayı: 3, 1500 - 1532, 31.12.2024

Ali İhsan Çelen

https://doi.org/10.54688/ayd.1521869

Öz

Industry 4.0 involves much more flexible and uncertain production models compared to the industrialization waves experienced so far. Undoubtedly, one of the most important effects of this wave of change and transformation, which brings with it many disadvantages as well as advantages, is seen on working life. This situation, which is mostly against the working class, has made the historical roles of unions even more evident. In this context, Germany, which is the center of Industry 4.0 and the IG Metall, which has the greatest representation ability in the German labor market, in this process are a successful example for other unions. Accordingly, the purpose of the study is to determine union strategies that can be implemented against industry 4.0 and therefore new technologies, specifically for IG Metall. The study was carried out based on the evaluative case study method, taking into account the activities of IG Metal, especially after 2010. As a result, the basic union strategies that can be implemented against Industry 4.0 are as follows. Global cooperation, update, expansion, participation in management, training and development, social dialogue and strike. In this process, IG Metal's role, which focuses on more mixed strategies instead of concentrating on a specific movement of thought such as pragmatist, reformist, doctrinaire, is due to the fact that the industrialization wave is much more complex, rapid, comprehensive, flexible, precarious and uncertain than expected.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Industry 4.0, IG metall, Union Strategies

ENDÜSTRİ 4.0’DA SENDİKAL STRATEJİLER: ALMAN METAL İŞÇİLERİ SENDİKASI (IG METALL)

Öz

Endüstri 4.0 bugüne kadar yaşanan endüstrileşme dalgalarına kıyasla çok daha esnek ve belirsiz üretim modellerini içermektedir. Sağladığı avantajlar yanı sıra birçok dezavantajı da beraberinde getiren bu değişim ve dönüşüm dalgasının şüphesiz en önemli etkilerinden biri çalışma hayatı üzerinde görülmektedir. Çoğunlukla çalışan sınıfının aleyhine olan bu durum sendikaların tarihsel rollerini daha da belirgin hale getirmiştir. Bu kapsamda Endüstri 4.0’ın merkezi konumunda olan Almanya ve Alman işgücü piyasasında en büyük temsil yeteneğine sahip IG Metall’in bu süreçteki stratejileri diğer sendikalar için başarılı bir örnek konumundadır. Buna göre yapılan çalışmanın amacını IG Metall özelinde, endüstri 4.0’a dolayısıyla yeni teknolojilere karşı yürütülebilecek sendikal stratejilerin belirlenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma değerlendirici örnek olay yönteminden hareketle IG Metall’in özellikle 2010 yılı sonrası faaliyetleri dikkate alınarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak endüstri 4.0’a karşı yürütülebilecek temel sendikal stratejiler şunlardır: Küresel işbirliği, güncelleme, genişleme, yönetime katılma, eğitim ve geliştirme, sosyal diyalog ve grev. Bu süreçte pragmatist, reformist, doktriner gibi belirli bir düşünce akımına yoğunlaşma yerine daha karma stratejilere yoğunlaşan IG Metall’in bu rolü, yaşanan endüstrileşme dalgasının tahmin edilenden çok daha karmaşık, hızla, kapsamlı, esnek, güvencesiz ve belirsiz olmasından kaynaklanmaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Endüstri 4.0, IG Metall, Sendikal Stratejiler

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