The influence of trade unions in France since the 1950s. New insights based on quantitative data

L’influence des syndicats depuis les années 1950 en France. De nouveaux éclairages à partir de données quantitatives

Cyprien Batut, Tristan Haute (), Ulysse Lojkine () and Paolo Santini
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Cyprien Batut: PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Tristan Haute: CERAPS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ulysse Lojkine: CRIS - Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AxPo - AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization - Sciences Po - Sciences Po

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Abstract: This article uses multiple sources of quantitative data to trace the evolution of trade union influence in France since the 1950s. On the one hand, we put into perspective explanations of the decline in union membership in the 1980s due to socioeconomic changes or generational renewal. On the other hand, we qualify the idea of a linear decline by highlighting other factors that drive the unions' capacity for mobilization, linked to the economic, social, and political context.

Keywords: trade unions; deunionisation; time series; syndicats; désyndicalisation; séries longues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-02-22
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