Crisis, cambio en la UE y estrategias sindicales: el impacto de la condicionalidad en el repertorio estratégico de los sindicatos españoles durante la crisis de la eurozona
During the eurozone crisis, the PSOE’s and PP’s governments implemented a series of reforms of the Welfare State and the labour market in exchange for financial help from the EU; what is known as conditionality. The trade unions, CC. OO. and UGT, responded to these reforms as the representatives of...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5754859 |
| Source: | Revista española de ciencia política, ISSN 1575-6548, Nº 42, 2016, pags. 45-68 |
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During the eurozone crisis, the PSOE’s and PP’s governments implemented a series of reforms
of the Welfare State and the labour market in exchange for financial help from the EU; what
is known as conditionality. The trade unions, CC. OO. and UGT, responded to these reforms
as the representatives of the sectors most affected by them. There are two narratives to explain
trade unions’ strategies during the crisis. On the one hand, it is argued that trade unions used
traditional political action to influence political decision making processes. On the other hand,
trade unions have developed new actions either of a transnational character or related to typical
social movements’ activities. The article explains why the crisis led to this new combination of
trade union repertories calling on different sectors and levels of action. The main argument is
that the EU conditionality led to the emergence of a new political regime that we have dubbed
“neoliberal intergovernmentalism” due to the institutional and ideological changes that it
brought about. In turn, this new regime impacted upon the political opportunity structure,
triggering a strategic reorientation of trade unions. |
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