Estrategias sindicales, recursos de poder y relaciones de empleo: el caso de Correos

Guzmán, Sofía Pérez de; Prieto, C. Allende

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“…Ambos tipos de poderes se interrelacionan. Estamos estudiando como el "poder de asociativo" se deriva de la posición de los afiliados en la estructura ocupacional y del mercado de trabajo (Pérez Guzmán;Prieto 2022). En otras palabras, presuponemos que un bajo poder de mercado de los trabajadores precarios y de pequeñas empresas implica un bajo poder de asociación, una debilidad ante la negociación colectiva.…”

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¿Representan los sindicatos a la clase trabajadora? Ideología y política en España (2002-2020)

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2023

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La composición de la afiliación sindical sigue siendo dominante de clase trabajadora tradicional. Pero adquiere especial protagonismo el crecimiento de la clase media. Ambas clases perciben sus ingresos como suficientes y confortables, están satisfechos con la marcha de la democracia y se orientan hacia el centro-izquierda. Por el contrario, la clase baja de servicios y el precariado tienen una escasa participación en la afiliación sindical; ambos grupos de afiliados perciben sus ingresos económicos como difíciles, están ubicados en los bajos deciles de ingresos, están insatisfechos con la marcha de la democracia y se orientan hacia el espacio político de centro-derecha. El mundo sindical está fragmentado. Pero el punto de unión está más en el ámbito de la política que en el mercado de trabajo. La confluencia de intereses estriba en la redistribución, en la defensa y sostenibilidad del Estado del Bienestar.

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¿Representan los sindicatos a la clase trabajadora? Ideología y política en España (2002-2020)

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2023

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“…Institutional power is the power the actors derive from industrial relations institutions, usually a legacy of past struggles based on structural and associational power. It is important because it embeds past social compromises and gives trade unions a platform from which they can seek to develop other PRs (Pérez de Guzmán and Prieto, 2021). It is difficult for unions to function without a degree of institutional security (Gumbrell-McCormick and Hyman, 2013).…”

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“…Thus, in the case of IPR, the ability of unions to build upon them can be significantly conditioned by their membership and organizing power. In their study of the Post Office in Spain Pérez de Guzmán and Prieto (2021) show how IPR depended not only upon the company putting into practice Spanish legislation but also upon the membership and organizational power achieved by the unions in the organization. In the case of the Portuguese unions' dispute with Ryanair it was the unions' use of IPR in conjunction with coalitional and ideational resources which enabled them to gain recognition at the company (Mendonca, 2020).…”

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Trade unions and institutional power resources in the United Kingdom

Rigby,

García Calavia

2023

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PurposeThe paper examines the approach of United Kingdom (UK) Trade Unions to the use of institutional power resources (IPR) in the second half of the twentieth century.Design/methodology/approachUsing secondary material, it examines the unions' approach to IPR in three cases; collective bargaining; worker representation and trade union structure.FindingsThe paper concludes that unions did not appreciate the importance of, and lacked a strategic approach to, IPR. Although employer and government action were largely responsible for the decline of industrial relations institutions, the failure of the unions to engage with IPR contributed to this process. It explains the failure of the unions to engage with IPR by reference to their lack of strategic capabilities and skills in relation to power resources (PRs) in general and IPR in particular.Research limitations/implicationsIt would have been interesting to collect primary data via interviews with union actors from the period examined to test the interpretation of secondary data contained in the article.Practical implicationsThe paper has identified the kind of strategic decision-making which is necessary for unions to engage effectively with IPR. It is has also indicated the key skills which unions need to develop to be able to manage their engagement with IPR.Social implicationsThe paper has implications for the role of trade unions in society, showing the need for them to develop narratives to convince society of the importance of their role and action and to develop the skills which enable them to connect with other social groups, e.g. intermediation, engagement with coalitional resources.Originality/valueAnalysis of the decline of industrial relations institutions in this period has emphasized the role of employers and the state. This paper contributes to a more balanced perspective on this decline by drawing attention to the lack of a union strategy towards IPR and the importance of the detail of the management and employment of power resources.

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Estrategias sindicales, recursos de poder y relaciones de empleo: el caso de Correos

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

¿Representan los sindicatos a la clase trabajadora? Ideología y política en España (2002-2020)

¿Representan los sindicatos a la clase trabajadora? Ideología y política en España (2002-2020)

Trade unions and institutional power resources in the United Kingdom

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