The role of unions in the Twenty-first century : a report for the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti /

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Focusing on the role and functions of trade unions, this collection of essays by a team of international scholars looks to the future and explores their broader political and social remits and responsibilities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti
Otros Autores: Boeri, Tito, Brugiavini, Agar, Calmfors, Lars, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Wages.
Collective bargaining.
Labor unions.
Collective Bargaining
Labor Unions
Salaries and Fringe Benefits
Syndicats.
Salaires.
Négociations collectives.
trade unions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Collective bargaining
Wages
Vakverenigingen.
vakbonden
trade unions
arbeidsverhoudingen
labour relations
collectieve overeenkomsten
collective agreements
arbeidsomstandigheden
working conditions
sociale verzekering
social insurance
pensioenen
pensions
werkloosheid
unemployment
loonafspraken
wage agreements
sociaal welzijn
social welfare
welvaartsstaat
welfare state
Employee participation
Medezeggenschap
Electronic books.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Cotributors
  • Part I. The Future of Collective Bargaining in Europe
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Union Membership
  • 2.1. Membership trends in the twentieth century: increased cross-national variation
  • 2.2. Union membership decline
  • 2.3. Why join a trade union?
  • 2.4. Cyclical explanations of union membership developments
  • 2.5. Structural explanations
  • 2.6. Institutional explanations
  • 2.7. Centralization and unionization
  • 2.8. Some additional empirical evidence on union membership
  • 2.9. New organizing strategies
  • 2.10. Conclusions.
  • 3. Wage Bargaining, Union Power, and Economic Integration
  • 3.1. Review of literature on union wage effects: theory and evidence
  • 3.2. The impact of trade, integration, and FDI in Europe on union bargaining power
  • 3.3. Conclusions
  • 4. Wider Dimensions of Unions' Presence
  • 4.1. What else do European unions do?
  • 4.2. How do they do it?
  • 4.3. The future of union presence
  • 4.4. Conclusions
  • 5. Bargaining Structure and Macroeconomic Performance
  • 5.1. The conventional wisdom
  • 5.2. The interaction between bargaining structure and economic policy.
  • 5.3. Bargaining structure and macroeconomic shocks
  • 5.4. Bargaining structure and the EMU
  • 5.5. Conclusions
  • 6. The Future Prospects for Trade Unions in Europe
  • 6.1. Prospects for union membership
  • 6.2. Four scenarios for collective bargaining in the future
  • 6.3. Possible union strategies
  • Comments
  • Villy Bergström
  • Robert Flanagan
  • References
  • Part II. What do Unions do to the Welfare States?
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Unions' Involvement in the Welfare State
  • 2.1. Unions and the welfare state development
  • 2.2. Unions and membership structure.
  • 2.3. Unions as a political movement
  • 2.4. Unions and social insurance administration
  • 2.5. Unions and occupational welfare
  • 2.6. Institutional and political veto points
  • 3. Unions and Pensions: Theory, Evidence, and Implications
  • 3.1. What unions do to pensions: economic theory
  • 3.2. The importance of institutional setting
  • 3.3. What unions do in practice: empirical evidence on unions and pensions
  • 4. Learning from Welfare Reforms: The Case of Public Pensions
  • 4.1. Long-term and short-term reform pressures on pay-as-you-go systems
  • 4.2. Tax financing or payroll contributions?
  • 4.3. Reversing early retirement
  • 4.4. How to calculate benefits fairly
  • 4.5. Privatization by mandated or voluntary occupational pensions?
  • 4.6. Towards more funded private pension systems
  • 4.7. Unilateral or negotiated reforms?
  • 5. Unions and Unemployment Insurance
  • 5.1. Unemployment insurance and the demand for union membership
  • 5.2. Unemployment insurance, wage bargaining, and unemployment
  • 5.3. How do unions influence unemployment insurance policies?
  • 5.4. Unemployment insurance reforms
  • 5.5. How could a Ghent system help other European countries?
  • 6. Conclusions.

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