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AUTHOR
M Rigby
Institutional resources as a source of trade union power in Southern Europe
Abstract Institutional resources are one of four sources of power available to trade unions (Gumbrell –McCormick and Hyman, 2013). Literature has tended to pay more attention to associational and organizational power and to emphasize the indispensable but problematic character of institutional resources. This paper examines the role of institutional resources in three Southern European countries (Greece, Portugal and Spain) which share common characteristic including post dictatorship political settlements; recent economic crises; external intervention. Comparative analysis draws out the distinctive role and character of institutional resources in Spanish industrial relation. It shows how t…
Las trayectorias de las instituciones laborales españolas ante las recientes presiones económicas: ¿Cómo quedan los recursos para los sindicatos?
En el presente articulo, se examina las trayectorias de las instituciones laborales espanolas, es- pecialmente, durante el reciente periodo de crisis (2008-2014) y su operatividad para los sindicatos en tanto que les proporcionan recursos en la representacion de los intereses de los trabajadores. El examen se inscribe dentro de la perspectiva institucionalista e historica de la economia politica que pone enfasis en la importancia de la configuracion estructural de las instituciones a la hora de explicar el desarrollo de las relaciones laborales, asi como los recursos que proporcionan a los actores sociales. En el examen, se utilizan fuentes secundarias de distintos organismos estatales. El …
The extension of collective agreements in France, Portugal and Spain
This article examines the role of extension provisions for collective agreements in France, Portugal and Spain, three countries that have faced pressure to introduce more flexibility in their employment regimes during recent economic crises. The article establishes the continuing importance of extension provisions for maintaining high bargaining coverage in all three countries and traces the origin of national differences in their evolution to the strategies of the various actors, governments, employers and trade unions, and the context in which they are operating. It also looks at the characteristics of the extension regulations themselves.Cet article examine le rôle des mécanismes d’exten…