Guaranteed Minimum Income: New Spaces for Trade Union Action

• Main Authors: Eusebi Colàs-Neila, Josep Fargas Fernández
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2019-04-01
• Series: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
• Subjects: Trade unions; minimum income; social clauses; Sindicatos; ingresos mínimos; cláusulas sociales
• Online Access: http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1025

Trade unions have developed a very important role guaranteeing minimum incomes through collective bargaining. However, after the last Great Recession and austerity policies imposed by the Troika on many countries, among which Spain, the traditional mechanism of fixing minimum wages has become less effective on many occasions. Nonetheless, it has been argued that trade unions are following various new paths in order to guarantee minimum wages, both in Spain and in comparative labour law, and these share several common trends. This paper aims to analyse these paths and which convergences in trade union practices and strategies can be detected in this field.<br /><br /> Los sindicatos han desarrollado un papel muy importante en garantizar ingresos m&iacute;nimos a trav&eacute;s de la negociaci&oacute;n colectiva. No obstante, tras la gran recesi&oacute;n y las pol&iacute;ticas de austeridad impuestas por la Troika a muchos pa&iacute;ses, entre ellos Espa&ntilde;a, el mecanismo tradicional de fijaci&oacute;n de salarios m&iacute;nimos ha sido menos eficaz en muchas ocasiones. A pesar de ello, se sostiene que los sindicatos est&aacute;n siguiendo diversos nuevos caminos para garantizar ingresos m&iacute;nimos, tanto en Espa&ntilde;a como en el derecho del trabajo comparado, que comparten muchas tendencias comunes. Este art&iacute;culo se centra en analizar esas v&iacute;as y las convergencias en las pr&aacute;cticas y estrategias de los sindicatos en este terreno.<br /><br /> <strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN: </strong><a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=3198569" target="_blank">http://ssrn.com/abstract=3198569</a>