Tradeunionism

Introduction to Giovanni Trinca, Come ci siamo difesi dai crumiri. Ricordi di un sindacalista tra Treviso e Cassino, in Soggettività popolare e unità d'Italia. Il caso veneto, a cura di Livio Vanzetto, «Venetica», XXVI (2012), n. 1, pp. 185-213

Biography and analysis of the political thought of Salvador Seguí (1887-1923), one of the founders of the CNT, unionist and European theorist of anarcho-syndicalism.

Biografia i anàlisi del pensament polític de Salvador Seguí (1887-1923), un dels principals fundadors del sindicat CNT, sindicalista i teòric europeu de l'anarcosindicalisme.

Aproximació sobre les conflictives relacions entre Republicanisme i Moviment Obrer a comarques de Girona entre 1900 i 1936

An approach on the conflicting relations between Republicanism and the Workers' Movement in the counties of Girona between 1900 and 1936

Los indicadores de sindicalización en el Perú tuvieron una drástica caída en los últimos 15 años del siglo pasado. Este proceso de pérdida organizativa producida por la confluencia de factores externos (crisis económica aguda seguida por un modelo neoliberal, reforma laboral flexibilizadora, etc.) con las debilidades de un modelo sindical, produjeron la desaparición de organizaciones muy importantes del movimiento sindical, o su reducción a la mínima expresión. Aunque todos los sectores del sindicalismo sufrieron en ese período, fue muy golpeado el sector de los asalariados privados, especialmente en las ramas donde la estructura productiva cambió radicalmente dejando por tanto sin base a los sindicatos sobrevivientes. La Federación Metalúrgica, la Federación Química, la Federación Bancaria, etc., son solo algunos ejemplos de organizaciones que desaparecieron en el período. El movimiento sindical peruano perdió así un acumulado organizativo y de recursos que ha sido difícil recuperar.

In this paper we examine the transformation of industrial relations in Greece during the memoranda and after their official expiry. We argue that during the memoranda period, a process of "disorganized decentralization" of the collective bargaining system took place. This process was consolidated after the official expiry of the memoranda, through the legislation of the use of "opening clauses". The consequences of the decentralization are the drastic reduction of collective agreements at the sectoral/occupational level, the reduction of the collective bargaining coverage rate, the increase of the individual contracts and the deterioration of the terms and working conditions of employees. These changes occurred in a conjuncture of the trade union movement's weakening, and of the barriers for the development of collective action that have been legislated by the state. We argue that at this set of circumstances, the political and organizational reconstruction of the trade union movement is urgent.

Unionism, an allied, albeit subordinate, force in the neodevelopmentalist political front of the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, was relatively absent from the mobilizations against or in favor of Dilma’s impeachment compared with other social movements and sought to resist and, in a way, realign itself to counter the counterreforms of Michel Temer’s government. Although union and popular demonstrations have multiplied, the absence of a unified strategy in the face of the coup and the reforms have weakened the possibilities of union resistance, and losses for workers have accumulated.

O sindicalismo foi uma força aliada, ainda que subordinada, na frente política neodesenvolvimentista dos governos de Lula da Silva e Dilma Rousseff, foi uma força política relativamente ausente nas mobilizações contra ou a favor do impeachment de Dilma, se comparado a outros movimentos sociais e tem procurado resistir e, de certo modo, se realinhar, para enfrentar as contrarreformas do governo de Michel Temer. No entanto, apesar de as manifestações sindicais e populares terem se multiplicado, a ausência de uma estratégia unificada diante do golpe e das reformas fragilizou as possibilidades de resistência sindical e as perdas para os trabalhadores têm se acumulado.