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Zwischen Kooperation und Konfrontation. Machtressourcen und Strategien der spanischen Gewerkschaften CCOO und UGT in der Eurokrise (Between cooperation and confrontation: Power resources and strategies of the Spanish trade unions CCOO and UGT during the Eurozone crisis)

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  • Huke, Nikolai
  • Tietje, Olaf

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Infolge der Krise der Eurozone haben sich die strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen gewerkschaftlichen Handelns in Spanien veraendert. Es fand ein UEbergang von einem System der institutionalisierten Kooperation mit Elementen ritualisierter symbolischer Konfrontation zu einem System der fragmentierten symbolischen Kooperation mit Elementen (spontaner) realer Konfrontation statt. Der Artikel zeigt unter Rueckgriff auf den Machtressourcenansatz der Gewerkschaftsforschung, dass die spanischen Mehrheitsgewerkschafen CCOO (Comisiones Obreras) und UGT (Union General de Trabajadores) nur begrenzt in der Lage waren, auf diese Veraenderung der politischen Spielregeln zu reagieren. Nachdem sie unter der Regierung der PSOE weitgehend erfolglos versuchten, ueber eine permissive Haltung im bi- und tripartistischen sozialen Dialog weitergehende Verschlechterungen zu verhindern, fuehrte dessen Scheitern unter der PP zu einer vorsichtigen Radikalisierung und verstaerkten Bemuehungen der Gewerkschaften um gesellschaftliche Mobilisierungen. (The Eurozone crisis has significantly shifted the framework for trade union action in Spain. In consequence, a transition from a system characterized by institutionalized cooperation with strong elements of ritualized symbolic confrontation towards a system of fragmented symbolic cooperation with elements of (spontaneous) real confrontation has taken place. Building on the power resource approach in trade union research, the article argues that the majoritarian Spanish trade unions CCOO (Comisiones Obreras) and UGT (Union General de Trabajadores) were limited in their capacity to react to this change in the political “rules of the game”. Under the PSOE government they unsuccessfully tried to attenuate further deteriorations within the bi- and tripartite social dialogue. After the collapse of social dialogue during the PP government, a cautious radicalization and the increasing importance of mobilization can be observed within CCOO and UGT.)

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  • Huke, Nikolai & Tietje, Olaf, 2014. "Zwischen Kooperation und Konfrontation. Machtressourcen und Strategien der spanischen Gewerkschaften CCOO und UGT in der Eurokrise (Between cooperation and confrontation: Power resources and strategie," Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, Organisation und Management - The German Journal of Industrial Relations, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 21(4), pages 371-389.
  • Handle: RePEc:rai:indbez:doi:10.1688/indb-2014-04-huke
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    Keywords

    trade unions; Spain; crisis; union renewal; social dialogue;
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    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • J52 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation

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