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La disminución del poder sindical en México

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  • Fairris, David

    (Universidad de California)

  • Levine, Edward

    (Universidad de California)

Abstract

The last two decades have witnessed a significant decline in the power of the labor movement in Mexico. This study uses data from the Mexican National Survey of Household Incomes and Expenditures to examine specific aspects of this decline. First, we show that the percentage of the labor force organized into unions has declined from roughly 30% to 20% between 1984 and 2000. The decline is rather widespread across detailed industries and occupations. Second, we show that this decline is largely explained by the changing institutional context within which unions organize and retain members rather than by changing industry, occupation, or demographic features of workers. Finally, we show that the ability of unions to win wage demands for their members has also declined, although not as precipitously as has union density.// Durante los dos pasados decenios disminuyó significativamente el poder de los sindicatos en el movimiento laboral mexicano. Este estudio utiliza datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares de México a fin de analizar algunos aspectos específicos de esta disminución. Mostramos en primer lugar que el porcentaje de la fuerza de trabajo organizada en sindicatos ha decrecido de 30 a 20% entre 1984 y 2000. La disminución es generalizada entre las diversas industrias y ocupaciones. En segundo lugar, vemos que esta disminución se explica en gran medida por el cambiante contexto institucional en el que los sindicatos organizan y retienen a sus miembros antes que por el cambio en las características industriales, ocupacionales o demográficas de los trabajadores. Por último, observamos que ha disminuido también la capacidad de los sindicatos para ganar las demandas salariales de sus miembros, aunque no tanto como la densidad sindical.

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  • Fairris, David & Levine, Edward, 2004. "La disminución del poder sindical en México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(284), pages 847-876, octubre-d.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:71:y:2004:i:284:p:847-876
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    Cited by:

    1. Raymundo M. Campos-Vázquez & Nora Lustig, 2017. "Labour income inequality in Mexico: Puzzles solved and unsolved," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2017-186, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Raymundo M. Campos-Vázquez & Nora Lustig & John Scott, 2018. "Inequality in Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989-2014," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-188, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    3. Raymundo M. Campos-Vázquez, 2013. "Why did wage inequality decrease in Mexico after NAFTA?," Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, CIDE, División de Economía, vol. 0(2), pages 245-278, July-Dece.
    4. Raymundo Campos-Vázquez & Nora Lustig & John Scott, 2018. "Inequality in Mexico: Labour markets and fiscal redistribution 1989–2014," WIDER Working Paper Series 188, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    5. Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez & Nora Lustig, 2017. "Labour income inequality in Mexico: Puzzles solved and unsolved," Working Papers 1719, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
    6. Hector Elias Gutierrez Rufrancos, 2012. "The Mexican Wage Curve 2000-2003: A Quantile Analysis," Working Paper Series 3412, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.

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    Keywords

    densidad sindical; salarios relativos; desigualdad salarial;
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    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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