Spanish trade unions against labour market reforms

Strategic choices and outcomes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23213147
AutoresPablo del Rio Loira (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, autor de correspondencia), Menno Fenger (0000-0002-7019-9452, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Año2019
Volumen25
Número4
Páginas421-435
Fecha de publicación2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransfer European Review of Labour and Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1024-2589 • E-ISSN: 1996-7284
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1024258918818267
OpenAlexW2912335392
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas34

Trade unions are considered to be key political actors in the formation of welfare states. Their importance for the current fate of welfare states, however, has been disputed within academia. Aiming to contribute to this vast body of literature, this article analyses the participation of Spanish trade unions in labour market reforms since the restitution of democracy in Spain. The article analyses the strategic choices open to trade unions, particularly the choice of calling for mobilisation, and why unions make the choices that they do. Mobilisation in the form of a general strike constitutes unions’ last and most extreme resort for confronting the government. We also explain the context in which such mobilisations are able to prevent retrenchment measures attempted by the government.

Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics) · International economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Retrenchment · Welfare · Welfare state · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies