Rügemer and Wigand also referred in their study to US authors such as John Logan, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Martin Jay Levitt, and Joseph McCain. Subsequently, the authors published a much expanded and updated version in form of a book with the title Die Fertigmacher. Arbeitsunrecht und die professionelle Bekämpfung der Gewerkschaften (Union Busting, Labor Injustice and The Professional Fight Against Trade Unions).Werner Rügemer, Die Fertigmacher (Union Busting. Labour injustice and the professional fight against trade unions), Köln 2014 After this, the notion union busting is used routinely in the media and by all German unions.
