Interplay between State and Collective Bargaining, Comparing France and Spain
- Ana Belén Muñoz Ruiz 2
- Nuria Ramos Martín 3
- Catherine Vincent 1
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Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES)
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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University of Amsterdam
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Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
ISBN: 978-90-4856-023-3, 978-90-4856-024-0
Year of publication: 2023
Pages: 143-178
Type: Book chapter
Sustainable development goals
Abstract
The authors examine Spain and France, where the state intervenedto reform collective bargaining systems through legal regulation.French and Spanish policymakers used the same rhetoric to justifythe reforms: the alleged rigidity of their labour markets and collectivebargaining systems. Nevertheless, several differences are noticed,especially regarding the strategies of social partners. The idea ofdecentralisation as a unidirectional and comprehensive process ischallenged when examining both countries. In France, the concept ofarticulation over that of determination is preferred when referring tothe collective bargaining decentralisation process. In Spain, the effectof the reforms has been the creation of a new pattern of fragmentationin industrial relations rather than a clearly decentralised collectivebargaining system