Interplay between State and Collective Bargaining, Comparing France and Spain

  1. Ana Belén Muñoz Ruiz 2
  2. Nuria Ramos Martín 3
  3. Catherine Vincent 1
  1. 1 Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES)
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    Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES)

    Noisy-le-Grand, Francia

    ROR 04mb2v544

  2. 2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03ths8210

  3. 3 University of Amsterdam
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    University of Amsterdam

    Ámsterdam, Holanda

    ROR https://ror.org/04dkp9463

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Book:
Pathways in Decentralised Collective Bargaining in Europe

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

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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