Negotiating a new Swedish model
Employment transition agreements and the struggle over redundancies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21349352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olle Jansson (0000-0001-9038-4885, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Jan Ottosson (0000-0003-2173-0224, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 706-727 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Industrial Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1856 • E-ISSN: 1472-9296 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00221856211020033 |
| OpenAlex | W3171768984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article is aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding employer and employee preferences about employment security and unemployment income protection as well as the degree of neoliberal change during the last decades through the lens of collective bargaining. It charts the institutional–historical development of an Employment Transition Agreement (ETA) between the bargaining cartel for white-collar unions, PTK, and the organisation for private employers, SAF/SN. ETAs are a form of institution through which Swedish trade unions and employer organisations give employees added protection in the event of redundancies, mostly in the form of added income protection but also matching services and shorter training programmes. Drawing from archival material and published statements in newspapers, the article engages with what the organisations wanted from such agreements during negotiations and how this shifted during the decades. The results show that the agreements have given employees added unemployment income protection while at the same time giving employees greater flexibility during collective lay-offs. It also shows how the agreement initially was more focused on employment security and proactive investments in skills. But when the balance of power shifted in favour of employers, PTK had to give up any such ambitions
Bargaining power · Business · Collective bargaining · Economic growth · Economics · Flexibility (engineering) · Institution · Job security · Labour economics · Labour law · Management · Negotiation · Political science · Unemployment · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Industrial relations · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Industrial Relations
The Political Construction of Business Interests
Capitalists against Markets
The Power to Dismiss
Beneficial Constraints
Business Interests and the Development of the Modern Welfare State
Labour Market Regimes Under Threat? Sources of Continuity in Germany, Britain, and Sweden
Social Protection and the Formation of Skills
Varieties of Capitalism
The Political Economy of Social Pacts
The Political Economy of Collective Skill Formation
How Institutions Evolve
Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity
The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Model
The Politics of Job Security Regulations in Western Europe
The Politics of Social Risk
Does the Organization of Capital Matter? Employers and Active Labor Market Policy at the National and Firm Levels
Institutional change in varieties of capitalism
A Common Neoliberal Trajectory
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |