European Trade Union Confederation at the Crossroad: New Challenges and New Roles

• Autorzy: Urszula Kurczewska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper discusses the role of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in political processes at the European Union (EU) level. The author presents historical development of the ETUC and its present structure. A detailed account on the evolution in the strategy of the ETUC, shifting from the 'logic of membership' (as an umbrella organisation for only a part of the labour movement across Europe) to the 'logic of influence' (as a powerful actor with monopoly in the interest representation of labour building its capacity to impact decision-making mechanism at the EU level) is delivered. The strategic change has not been a smooth process, as it entails structural adjustments and contributes to identity crisis within the ETUC. The author claims that currently the ETUC attempts to reconcile those two contradicting logics by combining strategy of effective interest representation with the strategy of mass social mobilisation. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Trade unions; Role of trade unions

PL

Związki zawodowe; Rola związków zawodowych

• Czasopismo: Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 4
• Numer: nr 2 (8)
• Strony: 77--93

Twórcy

autor

Urszula Kurczewska

• Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

Bibliografia

• Abbott, K., (1997), The European Trade Union Confederation: its Organisation and Objectives in Transition," Journal of Common Market Studies": 35 (3): 465-481, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford, Britain
• ETUCs vision of Europe, adopted by the 10th Congress in Prague 26-29 May 2003
• ETUC (2012), Resolution 5-6 June 2012 - A Social Compact for Europe http://www.etuc.org/ documents/social-compact-europe