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Manfred Bobke and Herbert Grimberg. Der gewerkschaftliche Warnstreik im Arbeitskampfrecht: “Neue Beweglichkeit” gegen rechtliche Begrenzungen der gewerkschaftlichen Handlungsfreiheit (The warning strike organized by trade unions as reflected in the law on industrial conflict: “New mobility” against legal limitations of trade unions' freedom). (Cologne: Bund, 1983).

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Fritz Ossenbühl and Reinhard Richardi. Neutralität im Arbeitskampf (Neutrality in industrial conflict). (Cologne: Heymanns, 1987).

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The economic crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s has led to a continuous questioning of established patterns of labor law in the Federal Republic of Germany. Until the mid-1970s full employment was one of the basic characteristics of the German labor market. Since then, an unemployment rate of approximately 10 percent has become part of the picture. In spite of the fact that the economy has recovered to a great degree, unemployment persists. Evidently, economic growth by itself does not imply job creation, and rationalization has become the key word of management policy. Since economic growth is more easily reached by new technologies than by the use of more manpower, job security is endangered irrespective of economic prosperity. In order to remain competitive in the world market, German companies have no choice but to reduce costs and to increase productivity.