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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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