International Conference on Eurasian Economies
9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1225
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Labor Economics and Migration
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Adem Kalça
Session : 6E Kalkınma I
Is Knowledge Economy the End of Union Action?
Bilgi Ekonomisi Sendikal Hareketin Sonu Mu?
- Prof. Dr. Adem Kalça (Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye)
Abstract
Production methods transform social structures, including the economy. In the societies that are shaped by old production methods, the existence of those people who earn their living working through these methods will be destroyed altogether and their lives will be harder than they used to be, which will lead to conflicts. It is true that changes make transformations inevitable Labor in the agriculture society was a very important production factor. In the industrial society, on the other hand, workers will serve their labor for the needs of people with a huge capital rather than serving their own ends, which make union action all the same very important. It is true that the potential role of labor as a vital component of the production has been weakened in the industrial societies. The reason for this is that there are now millions of people who can easily replace others in industrial societies. For this reason, the laborers who have faced huge challenges against the capital in this framework started to initiate union action in order to protect their rights. The function or the roles of union actions to have appeared in the industrial societies have changed when faced with information society in the 21.century. Information society forced unions towards change in union actions. Today, there is need for unionists to agree on a new road map in the 21.century for union organizations and activities.
JEL codes: J01
Kalça, Adem (2015). "Is Knowledge Economy the End of Union Action?" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.864-870, Kazan, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01225
