The Future of the French Trade Unions

Dominique Andolfatto and Dominique Labbé

management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 2012, vol. 23, issue 4, 323-340

Abstract: This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the de-cline of collective actions; the increase of negotiation, especially at plant level; the de-pendence of unionists on their employers for their funding, their resources and their careers. This evolution marks a shift towards a new system which is very different from a “unionist Latin model” depicted in traditional literature on French unionism.

Keywords: France; trade unions; de-unionization; strikes; collective bargaining; union budgets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J50 J51 J52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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