Union voucher at the sickbed of French unionism? The CFDT union confederation and the AXA experiment, 1981–1993

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ID10252583
AuthorsRémi Bourguignon (0000-0001-7870-8648, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Mathieu Floquet (Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises)
Year2016
Volume57
Issue5
Pages606-626
Publication date2016-10-19
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLabor History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-656X • E-ISSN: 1469-9702
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0023656x.2016.1239884
OpenAlexW2535945065
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

In the 1980s, to address financial difficulties, the CFDT (a French reformist union) proposed an original solution – the union voucher – aimed at broadening its membership base and generating new resources. It affords unions with funding from a company, which annually distributes vouchers to employees, who can remit the voucher (or not) to unions of their choice. This mechanism is based both on company financing and the individual choices of employees. In the early 1990s, the insurance company AXA experimented with and then adopted this solution. This article traces the history of the union voucher and assesses the union’s experience

Business · Economics · Labour economics · Political science · Voucher · Accounting · Labor Movements and Unions · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Public Administration · Social Policies and Family

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