Trade unionism and social pacts in Spain in comparative perspective

In this article, I contribute to the comparative literature on trade unions and social pacts, through an analysis of Spanish experience between 1996 and 2016. First, I specify the phases of agreement (‘competitive corporatism’) and confrontation. Second, I examine the impact of the agreements and th...

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Autor: Sánchez-Mosquera, Marcial
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/153480
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/153480
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680117711476
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Collective bargaining
Competitive corporatism
Economic crisis
Employers
Labour disputes
Most representative unions
Organizations
Southern Europe
Spain
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Sumario:In this article, I contribute to the comparative literature on trade unions and social pacts, through an analysis of Spanish experience between 1996 and 2016. First, I specify the phases of agreement (‘competitive corporatism’) and confrontation. Second, I examine the impact of the agreements and the subsequent breakdown of tripartite social dialogue on the two most representative trade unions. This makes it possible to explain why these unions accumulated so little strength during the period of consensus, and their evident weakness and the risks they have faced since the start of the crisis and the turn to confrontation.