PT Journal
AU Harden, H
TI Fabrik in Weiß. Ökonomisierung,
Segmentierung und Arbeitskampf im Krankenhaus
SE Sozial.Geschichte Online: Zeitschrift für historische Analyse des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
PD 05
PY 2021
BP 89
EP 112
VL 2021
IS 29
DI 10.17185/duepublico/19418
LA de
AB The German health care system has been subject to an increase in economic pressure and competition following changes introduced in the early 2000s which make hospital funding largely dependent on payments for diagnosis-related groups. As a result hospitals introduced measures to reduce labour costs by increasing workloads and worsening nurse-patient ratios. Additionally, large numbers of formerly publiclyowned hospitals were privatised. This case study investigates the successful strike of workers employed by the privatised service provider of a university hospital and explores the possibilities of solidarity within a precarious and highly segmented workforce.
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