IdeaClaim Cited
The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike separates formal office, physical control, perceived legitimacy, and recipient acceptance. The February settlement changed the forum for collective bargaining without transferring ownership or representing every worker, while Weber, Barnard, Simon, and Follett supply distinct analytical questions rather than one cumulative theory.
What turns a formally valid direction into authority that people will recognize and enact?
Organizational CaseClaim Cited
The labor-market settlements often grouped as the Nordic model were constructed through different conflicts and institutions: Denmark's 1899 September Compromise did not create Sweden's later wage-coordination system, and no single bargaining or agreement-extension rule governs all five countries. Their durable mechanism is organized disagreement within public legal and welfare frameworks, while posted, migrant, temporary, and platform workers expose how protection depends on coverage.
How did organized workers, employers, and governments turn strikes and lockouts into revisable rules without making conflict—or the people outside the agreement—disappear?