After the Auroux laws

Employers, industrial relations and the right in France

Bibliographic Data

ID6407620
AuthorsBernard H Mo, Bernard H Moss (University of Auckland, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume11
Issue1
Pages68-80
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402388808424666
OpenAlexW1966879830
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited11

This article explores the roots of industrial relations policy under the French Fifth Republic. Challenged by radical unions, employers and the right formulated a common consensus‐minded response. While refusing face‐to‐face bargaining with radical unions in the work‐place, employers negotiated a network of national agreements to secure social peace and consensus. If employers came to accept company bargaining and workplace expression under the Auroux Laws, it was because under depressive market conditions they were able to dominate the new institutions. Despite commitment to de‐regulation Chirac has preserved the laws and urged the co‐operation of unions and management to achieve greater labour market flexibility

Business · Collective bargaining · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Flexibility (engineering · Labour economics · Labour law · Law and economics · Management · Market economy · Market regulation · Political economy · Political science · Social dialogue · Sociology · Work (physics · French Urban and Social Studies · Industrial relations · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Social Sciences and Governance

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