Between decentralisation and centralisation of collective bargaining. The Spanish case

This article examines four aspects of Spanish industrial relations. It examines first the impact of labour reforms on collective bargaining in 1994 and 1997, and second, the socio-economic consequences of collective bargaining, especially as concerns the control of inflation through pay restraint. T...

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Autores: Martin, Antonio|||0000-0002-8225-1860, Alós, Ramon|||0000-0002-7225-2093
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:132874
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/132874
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Negociacions col·lectives de treball
Collective bargaining
Decentralisation
Centralisation
Flexibility
Employment
Wages
New agenda of collective bargaining
Spain
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Sumario:This article examines four aspects of Spanish industrial relations. It examines first the impact of labour reforms on collective bargaining in 1994 and 1997, and second, the socio-economic consequences of collective bargaining, especially as concerns the control of inflation through pay restraint. Third, it examines the changes in the articulation of the bargaining levels, and fourth, it deals with the coverage and legitimacy introduced by the current changes in collective bargaining. The conclusions of this exploration are twofold. On the one hand, legal changes imply a dual process of decentralisation and centralisation in the structure of collective bargaining. Both processes are complementary to a certain extent, but they are also independent of each other. On the other hand, legal changes have resulted in a widening and enrichment of the content of bargaining. This means introducing new clauses in collective agreements. The exchange of security of employment for flexibility in working time and the introduction of a new agenda of qualitative bargaining are the most important ones.