Collective labor relations and juridification: A marriage proposal

Assaf S Bondy and Jonathan Preminger
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Assaf S Bondy: Safra Center for Ethics, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; Sociology Department and Y&S Nazarian Center, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Jonathan Preminger: Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, vol. 43, issue 3, 1260-1280

Abstract: Contributing to debates over relations between the collective and juridified regulation of labor, this article analyzes a rich case study in the Israeli construction sector to claim that juridification can spur unions and employers’ associations to initiate strategic and inclusive change. By subsuming processes of juridification into traditional IR frameworks and embracing its logic and practices, the corporatist social partners broaden the relevance of collective labor relations to workers otherwise excluded from direct union representation. In this way, while not increasing union density or improving wages, these ‘traditional’ IR actors reassert their monopolistic control over worker and employer representation, as well as over the sectoral labor market.

Keywords: Collective labor relations; employment rights; juridification; new IR actors; social partnership (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X20983593

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