Continuity and change in trade union frames: Evidence from general strikes in Spain

2019 ◽  
pp. 0143831X1985779
Author(s):  
Oriol Barranco ◽  
Oscar Molina
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Continuity And Change

This article analyses trade union frames in the context of general strikes in Spain from the late 1970s to 2017. General strikes are critical communicative events for trade unions, in which the way the unions frame their demands and public campaigns reflects the key elements of their strategies. The study of framing in relation to general strikes by the largest union confederation in Spain provides new insights into the capacity of trade unions to adapt to a rapidly changing socioeconomic and political context and, more specifically, to use public discourse as an important element in their revitalization strategy. In contrast with the widespread perception of trade union immobilism, the analysis shows continuity in claims such as job creation, a good public social protection system and the trade unions’ political role, but also changes such as the passage from workerism to citizenism, and from demanding full employment to denouncing precariousness.

Tackling Organisational Stress within Trade Unions

1990 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 8-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Miller
Keyword(s):  
Stress Management ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Political Context ◽  
The Political ◽  
Trade Unionism ◽  
Methodological Problems

Stress management programmes for trade union officials still remain underdeveloped. This article seeks to highlight some of the methodological problems in trying to mount such programmes within the political context of contemporary trade unionism. The author argues that a much more “holistic” approach towards the “management of discontent” is necessary.

Civil Strife and the Growth of Trade Union Unity: The Case of Ireland

1973 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-431
Author(s):  
Charles McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
The Troubles ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Union Movement ◽  
Difficult Time

A MAJOR CLAIM OF THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN THIS DIFFICULT time in Northern Ireland is that they have ‘prevented the spread of riot and disturbance into the workplace’. The claim has been consistently made and with growing emphasis since the troubles began, and Norman Kennedy at last year's annual conference of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions called it the one beacon of hope, this ‘maintaining unity of the workers, Catholic and Protestant, on the shop floor’ in what he described as largely a conflict of worker against worker, of a working-class community divided along sectarian lines. This is associated with a related claim that trade union recommendations on social and political change have a special legitimacy because the leadership is close to the people who are involved in the conflict. This political role, essentially non-party, is seen to be more significant and extensive than the traditional political activity of the trade union movement.

Full employment : the case for a new strategic outlook

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-554
Author(s):  
Hans-Jürgen Arlt
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Kind Permission

Full employment is still the focus of trade union politics, despite the fact that the envisaged reduction of unemployment by half is no longer a realistic objective and that hopes now centre more modestly on "reversing the trend" on the labour market. However, the more narrowly trade unions gear their policies to the employment crisis, the greater the risk they run of failing to tackle the key problems of a changed "work society". This article, which first appeared in German in Die Mitbestimmung 7/98 and is published here with kind permission, contains a plea for a credible and successful debate.

scholarly journals Persepsies t.o.v. die sosio-politieke rol van vakbonde, stakings en vakbonddemokrasie

1990 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Ferndale
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
General Public ◽  
Labour Unions ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Union Democracy

Perceptions regarding the socio-political role of labour unions, strikes and trade union democracy. The aim of this study was to determine the perceptions of trade union members and the general public with regard to the socio-political role of the emergent trade unions!. A further aim was to determine whether or not respondents regarded those unions as democratic organisations. The findings of this investigation indicate that the respondents viewed strikes and the socio- political role of trade unions positively. The trade unions mentioned were further regarded as democratic organisations. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie ondersoek was om die persepsies van vakbondlede en die breer publiek t.o.v. die sosio-politieke rol van sogenaamde "emergent" vakbonde1 te peil. Daar is ook gepoog om vas te stel of die "emergent" vakbonde as demokratiese organisasies beskou word, al dan nie. Die bevindinge van hierdie ondersoek was dat die respondente 'n posihewe siening van stakings en die sosio-politieke rol van vakbonde het. Verder word die genoemde vakbonde ook as demokratiese organisasies beskou.

Activation and trade unions: confronting the dilemma

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 588-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Valkenburg
Keyword(s):  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Union Power ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Current Activation ◽  
Oriented Approach

Active employment strategies raise complex questions and considerations for trade unions. This is especially true for activation. If unions oppose activation it will be hard for them to play a relevant role in the contemporary debate. If they agree with current activation policies they will share responsibility for the risks attached to them. This article tries to find a way out of this dilemma. It explores the central issue of what constitutes an adequate stance for trade unions with regard to activation, in a situation where full employment is not a realistic aim. A possible way out of the dilemma is formulated from two perspectives. The first is a reciprocal, client-oriented approach to benefit claimants elaborated in terms of rights and duties that are defendable from a trade union point of view. The second is a broader concept of social participation, in which participation is not limited to paid employment on the regular labour market. Formulating these ideas only makes sense if the unions are also prepared and able to back them up with union power. The final section of the article addresses the question of how unions can back up their position on activation with union power.

scholarly journals TRADE UNION CONTROL IN THE CONTEXT OF TRADE UNION RELATIONS WITH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ENTITIES IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Petro Lukyanchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Union Control

At the present stage of development of the trade union movement in Ukraine, the issues of determining the place and role of trade unions in the system of public administration as a subject of public administration and the institution of civil society are relevant. The lack of legal recognition of social partnership, and its replacement by social dialogue has led to a decrease in the influence of trade unions on social protection and the lack of trade union control. The latter has been replaced by public control exercised in Ukraine by various public associations. The aim of the article: As a result, trade unions began to participate as advisory bodies rather than as defenders of workers' labor rights. Accordingly, the relations with the subjects of public administration have changed. The aims of the article: to demonstrate that not only in the Ukrainian practice of public administration, but also in the science of public administration, no attention is paid to the problem of trade union control and the relationship between trade unions and public administration entities. Object of research: trade unions as a subject of public administration. Research methodology: a review of Ukrainian literature sources on trade union control and its impact on the relationship of public administration. The results obtained: in the Ukrainian science of public administration there are no publications on trade union activities and trade union control; the mechanisms for building relationships between trade unions and public administration entities are not defined; there is a constant perception that trade unions are public associations and their main role is to conduct a dialogue between employers, authorities and employees; there is no clear conceptual view of the trade union control process, which causes many legal conflicts. Practical significance: scientific substantiation of the use of the concept of "trade union control" in legal practice and in the activities of public administration, its clear definition makes it possible to influence the rights of workers and influence the development of social policy by public administration.

scholarly journals Uzbekistan In The New Era Of Trade Union Development (2016-2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 294-297
Author(s):  
Abdulhakim Kholliyevich Buronov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
New Era

This article provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the activities of trade unions in Uzbekistan, in particular, the systemic measures taken by the federation in the field of social protection.

Legal Expertise: A Critical Resource for Trade Unionists? Insights into the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Guillaume
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Institutional Power ◽  
Collective Redress ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Expertise

Abstract Based on in-depth qualitative research conducted in one of the major French trade unions (the CFDT), this article explores to what extent and under what conditions trade unions adopt different legal practices to further their members’ interests. In particular, it investigates how ‘legal framing’ has taken an increasingly pervasive place in trade union work, in increasingly decentralised industrial relations contexts, such as France. This article therefore argues that the use of the law has become a multifaceted and embedded repertoire of action for the CFDT in its attempt to consolidate its institutional power through various strategies, including collective redress and the use of legal expertise in collective bargaining and representation work.

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