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    Main features of the labour policy in Portugal

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    In this working paper is presented information on the Portuguese labour market developed with the support of the European project WORKS-“Work organisation and restructuring in the knowledge society”. Is still a on the process article and thus commentaries are welcome. The structure is based on the following topics: a) The employment policy (Time regimes - time use, flexibility, part-time work, work-life balance -, and the work contracts regimes – wages, contract types, diversity); b) Education and training (skilling outcomes, rules on retraining and further training, employability schemes, transferability of skills); c) Equal opportunities (relevance of equal opportunity regulation for restructuring outcomes, the role of gender and age regulation); d) Restructuring effects (policy on transfer of personnel, policy on redundancies, and participation or voice in restructuring).labour market; work organisation; knowledge society; employment policy; Education; gender

    The CEP-OECD institutions data set (1960-2004)

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    This dataset contains information about the evolution of labour market institutions in twenty OECD countries from 1960 to 2004. The countries in the sample are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States. Where possible the data refers to West Germany throughout. Note that the temporal coverage of these data differs from series to series and country to country. The accompanying data can be downloaded at the link below

    The CEP-OECD Institutions Data Set (1960-2004)

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    This dataset contains information about the evolution of labour market institutions in twenty OECD countries from 1960 to 2004. The countries in the sample are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Where possible the data refers to West Germany throughout. Note that the temporal coverage of these data differs from series to series and country to country. The accompanying data can be downloaded at the link aboveOECD Institutions, Data

    The situation of electronic, information and communications technologies in France : current trends and future prospec

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    13 p.There is a widespread consensus among experts as to the crucial importance of what are known as the “new information and communications technologies” (NICTs) for economic growth and employment in a new millennium characterised by the onward march of economic globalisation. Undoubtedly, the areas of activity subsumed under the general NICT heading seem much broader than the definitions adopted for the international surveys associated with the Denki Rengo. However, there is enough overlap between the various areas for them to serve as a backdrop to this report on the French situation in these sectors. The report will deal in succession with the following points : 1. some observations on the definition of the technologies as a whole and their “comparability” across countries ; 2. the French situation in the electronics, computer and telecommunications sectors, together with future trends ; 3. the evolution of employment in the various sectors ; 4. the industrial relations situation in these sectors : recent developments and new issues ; 5. some findings from the Audit of french firms

    Union inclusiveness and temporary agency workers: the role of power resources and union ideology

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    This article investigates the determinants of union inclusiveness towards agency workers in Western Europe, using an index which combines unionization rates with dimensions of collective agreements covering agency workers. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we identify two combinations of conditions leading to inclusiveness: the ‘Northern path’ includes high union density, high bargaining coverage and high union authority, and is consistent with the power resources approach. The ‘Southern path’ combines high union authority, high bargaining coverage, statutory regulations of agency work and working-class orientation, showing that ideology rather than institutional incentives shapes union strategies towards the marginal workforce

    Transitions to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands

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    The “digital revolution” that began in the late 1960s has transformed product markets and production processes in rich democracies. Observers depict the changes underway as a transition from the Fordist industrial economy to a new “knowledge economy,” characterized by rapid technological innovation and associated with a heightened premium on higher education.1 Although the challenges of this transition are broadly similar across the rich democracies, individual countries have navigated the course differently

    What next for unions in Central and Eastern Europe? Invisibility, departure and the transformation of industrial relations

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    This article examines union revitalization in Central and Eastern Europe, focusing on two countries: Hungary and Latvia. Trade unions have not only had to cope with a declining membership base, but have also had to respond to austerity programmes and government cuts in public sector employment. We argue that the inability of unions to provide a strong voice for alternative policies to the current neoliberal orthodoxy has been driven by a declining membership base, but also by weakened social dialogue mechanisms, limited industrial representation and an ageing membership profile, exacerbated by net outward migration in recent years. However, we find that unions in Latvia and Hungary have responded differently to these issues

    outcomes of the Deep View Project

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    UID/SOC/04647/2013Despite early legislation supporting telework contracts in 2003, virtual work is still not expressive in the labour market. The current labour minister stated that the government encourages the topic to be discussed through social dialogue and collective bargaining. Virtual work received little consideration from the social partners in social dialogue. Collective agreements considering virtual work were also meagre and mostly repeated parts of the labour law emphasizing the improvements of working conditions. We detected collective bargaining outputs in the computer programming activities and two company agreements in the health care sector but did not find any convention mentioning telework in the finance sector.publishersversionpublishe

    Explaining divergent bargaining outcomes for agency workers: the role of labour divides and labour market reforms

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    Under what conditions can unions successfully regulate precarious employment? We compare the divergent trajectories of collective bargaining on agency work in the Italian and German metal sectors from the late 1990s. We explain the differences by the interaction between trade unions’ institutional and associational power resources, mediated by employers’ divide-and-rule strategies and by union strategies to (re)build a unitary front. In both countries, the liberalization of agency work allowed employers to exploit labour divides, undermining unions’ associational power and preventing labour from negotiating effectively. However, while Italian unions remained ‘trapped’ in the vicious circle between weak legislation and fragmented labour, German unions were able to overcome their internal divides. The different degree of success depended on the nature of the divides within the labour movements

    Redes sindicais internacionais e interseccionalidade : cadeias globais de valor na confecção do vestuário e siderurgia na IndustriALL Global Union

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    Orientador: Angela Maria Carneiro AraújoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências HumanasResumo: Redes sindicais internacionais e o papel da IndustriALL Global Union nas indústrias de confecção do vestuário e siderúrgica são os objetos desta dissertação. A premissa ou ponto de partida é que trabalhadores são mais empoderados por poder estrutural na indústria siderúrgica - majoritariamente masculina, branca e nacional - comparada ao poder associacional na indústria têxtil - majoritariamente feminina, negra ou parda e estrangeira. Meu argumento é que dado que trabalhador@s são fragmentados devido à raça, gênero e nacionalidade em cadeias globais de confecção, a política de identidade é benéfico ao sindicalismo internacionalmente. Duas hipóteses são testadas no nível internacional: Primeiro, devido ao poder estrutural, trabalhador@s da siderurgia estabelecem arranjos do tipo "bottom-up" (de baixo pra cima) em redes sindicais internacionais e, devido ao poder associacional, trabalhador@s da confecção do vestuário estabelecem arranjos do tipo "top-down" (de cima para baixo) em redes sindicais internacionais. Os resultados demonstram que: (i) há uma correlação próxima dentre marcadores sociais de diferença (gênero, raça e nação) e o sucesso relativo de uma rede sindical internacional (que é "bottom-up"); e (ii) a política de identidade é um fator que influencia a internacionalização do movimento sindicalAbstract: International union networks and the role of IndustriALL Global Union at the garment and steel industries are the objects of this dissertation. The starting point/ premise is that workers are more empowered by structural power in the steel industry - mostly male, white, and national - compared to associational power in the garment industry - mostly female, Black or Brown, and foreign. The argument is that since workers are fragmented because of color, gender, and nation in global supply chains, identity politics in labor unions are beneficial to unionism worldwide. Two hypotheses are tested at the international level: First, due to structural power steelworkers design bottom-up international union networkers, and due to associational power garment workers design top-down international union networkers. Second, national union organizations more attentive to identity politics are more likely to internationalize. The results show that indeed: (i) there is a close correlation between social markers of difference (gender, color, and nation), labor markets in global supply chains and the international union networks; and (ii) identity politics is a factor that takes influences the internationalization of the labor movementDoutoradoCiencia PoliticaDoutora em Ciência PolíticaCAPE
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