Negotiating a new Swedish model : Employment transition agreements and the struggle over redundancies
| Autor: | Jan Ottosson, Olle Jansson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Sweden
Labour economics Economic History media_common.quotation_subject Transition (fiction) 05 social sciences 050209 industrial relations Degree (music) 0506 political science Negotiation industrial relations unemployment protection Ekonomisk historia 0502 economics and business Industrial relations Unemployment 050602 political science & public administration Economics Collective agreements Business and International Management Income protection insurance media_common employment security |
| Popis: | This article is aimed to contribute to our knowledge regarding employer and employee preferences about employment security and unemployment income protection as well as the degree of neoliberal change during the last decades through the lens of collective bargaining. It charts the institutional–historical development of an Employment Transition Agreement (ETA) between the bargaining cartel for white-collar unions, PTK, and the organisation for private employers, SAF/SN. ETAs are a form of institution through which Swedish trade unions and employer organisations give employees added protection in the event of redundancies, mostly in the form of added income protection but also matching services and shorter training programmes. Drawing from archival material and published statements in newspapers, the article engages with what the organisations wanted from such agreements during negotiations and how this shifted during the decades. The results show that the agreements have given employees added unemployment income protection while at the same time giving employees greater flexibility during collective lay-offs. It also shows how the agreement initially was more focused on employment security and proactive investments in skills. But when the balance of power shifted in favour of employers, PTK had to give up any such ambitions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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