Crisis and trade union challenges in Portugal and Spain: between general strikes and social pacts

Maria da Paz Campos Lima and Antonio Martín Artiles
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Maria da Paz Campos Lima: Dinâmia-CET, Lisbon University Institute, pazmlima@gmail.com
Antonio Martín Artiles: Department of Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2011, vol. 17, issue 3, 387-402

Abstract: This article examines the responses of trade union confederations to the impact of the international crisis of 2007—2010 in Portugal and in Spain. Both countries had socialist governments in power and were in particularly vulnerable positions when the crisis struck. During this period trade union confederations negotiated social pacts and called general strikes. Drawing from the literature on social pacts, general strikes and on the identities and strategic actions of trade unions, the article explores the dynamics of government policies and trade union responses and their implications for the relationship between social pacts and general strikes.

Keywords: Social pacts; general strikes; economic crisis; trade union strategies; socialist parties; trade unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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