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The culture of skilled work in a Norwegian shipyard, 1945-90
Økland, Gunnar Magne Croucher, Richard
Økland, Gunnar Magne
Croucher, Richard
Abstract
We anatomise the culture of skilled work in the Solheimsviken shipyard in Bergen, Norway, from 1945 to 1990, linking it to democratic impulses within the workforce. This independent culture had strong if bounded democratic elements that were ultimately reflected in the institutions of a worker’s cooperative which operated from 1985. However, a shift away from shipbuilding immediately preceded the cooperative’s foundation and eroded the position of the older skilled workers who had carried the culture, undermining it even before the cooperative’s collapse.
Keywords
work culture, skilled work, industrial democracy, worker, cooperatives, employee, ownership, shipyard
Date
2017
Type
Journal article
Journal
Labor History
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Volume
58
Issue
3
Page Range
271-287
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Published as green open access
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