Stratégies syndicales et négociations salariales face à la crise en Europe

The Interrelationship of Collective Bargaining at Industry and Company-Levels in Wage Determination

“…The cross-analysis of identified wage regulation profiles and the themes actually negotiated confirms the timeliness of the duality at the heart of the concept of wage system proposed by SAGLIO: on the one hand, a "conventional" or industry level providing benchmarks and norms, and, on the other hand, a company level as the place for discussion of forms and amounts of compensation. The branch or industry therefore retains a major role in wage regulation even if the last two decades show a tendency for it to erode as a result of a movement of decentralisation of collective bargaining towards the company level, as is the case elsewhere in Europe, and this in a context of wage moderation (DELAHAIE et al, 2012). For almost a third of workplaces, this translates into a wage regulation that has been described as non-negotiated.…”