Documents sectoral social dialogue 224 results

"En 2019, des mobilisations historiques dans le secteur de la santé belge donnent naissance à un mouvement interprofessionnel et intersyndical, regroupant du personnel et des usager·es pour la défense de la santé, qui se poursuit en 2020. En réponse, le gouvernement convoque les organisations patronales et syndicales afin de proposer la signature d'accords sociaux pour la période 2021-2024. La négociation des accords collectifs sectoriels devient le centre des tensions, la convergence des luttes cédant la place à des conflits locaux ou sectoriels plus défensifs."

"The continuing advance of globalization, together with deepening European integration, has increased the significance of the transnational level of trade union organization and action. This study offers a comprehensive overview of the development, structure, and policies of global and European trade union federations to serve as a reference work on all the key trade union movements operating globally and in Europe. It presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges facing these organizations and their strategic and policy responses. As a handbook, this volume provides extensive and systematically presented data on transnational sectoral trade union federations. Applying an analogous structure in the presentation of both global and European levels, the study features extensive organizational profiles, portraits, and overviews. This empirical material serves to reveal recent innovations in cross-border policy instruments and strategic approaches since the 1990s. The changing profiles of international trade unions - as measured against a set of functional criteria drawn from political science - and key developments in transnational trade union activity since the start of the new century are also investigated."

"This study argues that sectoral bargaining offers a flexible alternative to legal regulation in setting terms and conditions of employment, encourages participation and involvement, brings benefits to employers and improves productivity and performance. It also provides a platform for sector and cross-sector social dialogue leading to improved policymaking and better macroeconomic outcomes. A statutory framework based on Wages Council-type arrangements and advisory, conciliation and arbitration service Codes of Practice is recommended for the United Kingdom, with sectors in the ‘foundational economy' being prioritised. Sector agreements need to be about much more than pay, though, if they are to realise their potential."

"This article examines the preconditions for successful implementation of multi‐employer collective bargaining in countries lacking supportive institutions. It presents cases from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, three liberal market economies where multi‐employer bargaining has either survived in some sectors or where there have been recent attempts to strengthen it. The findings highlight the importance of both “regulatory” institutions (e.g. laws) and “cognitive” institutions (e.g. social norms) to ensure that, first, employment relations actors have the power and resources to support multi‐employer bargaining in practice and, second, workers and employers accept this form of wage‐setting as legitimate."