The decline of the political significance of industrial conflicts is not quite a result of the structural changes in management-labour relations (as commonly thought) in these times of globalisation. It is more a consequence of the lack of an appropriate agency and politics among the working classes, despite their increasing incompatibilities with globalising capitalism. A set of case studies of manufacturing industries in Bangalore illustrates this point.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/class-industrial-disputes-case-studies-bangalore
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/supriya-roychowdhury
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/workers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trade-unions
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangalore-t