Integración europea y relaciones laborales.: Enfoques teóricos, procesos políticos y resultados institucionales

• Sergio González Benega ^[1] ; Mona Aranea ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad de Oviedo

     Universidad de Oviedo

     Oviedo, España

     
  2. [2] Cardiff University

     Cardiff University

     Castle, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Cuadernos de relaciones laborales, ISSN-e 1988-2572, ISSN 1131-8635, Vol. 39, Nº 1, 2021, págs. 153-172
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5209/crla.69558
• Títulos paralelos:
  • European integration and industrial relations.: Theoretical approaches, political processes, and institutional outcomes
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  • español

    El artículo examina la dimensión europea de relaciones laborales. Se reconstruye el proceso político iniciado en la década de los 1950 por las autoridades públicas comunitarias y las organizaciones representativas del empresariado y del trabajo, que ha dado lugar al actual entramado institucional de las relaciones laborales europeas. El artículo utiliza los principales enfoques teóricos de Economía Política sobre europeización con el objeto de revisar los efectos convergentes, de coordinación multi-nivel o disruptivos de las relaciones laborales europeas sobre los sistemas nacionales de relaciones laborales. Se describe la coherencia, funcionalidad e interconexión de las principales piezas institucionales de las relaciones laborales europeas: concertación tripartita; diálogo social interprofesional; diálogo social sectorial; y representación laboral en empresas de dimensión comunitaria. Las conclusiones del artículo sustancian que las relaciones laborales europeas constituyen un estrato de regulación incompleto, que ofrece resultados complejos de armonización de las condiciones de trabajo y empleo en Europa.

  • English

    The article examines European industrial relations in their development over time since the first tripartite negotiations between the European public authorities and the representative trade unions and employers’ organizations in the late 1950s. The focus lies strictly on the European layer of industrial relations. Our theoretical framework builds on the review of the main Political Economy approaches with regards to the Europeanization process. We explore the potential for convergence, multi-level harmonization or disruption of European industrial relations and their interdependence with an impact on national industrial relations systems. The article describes the main constituent parts of European industrial relations, which are deployed along four interlinked institutional dimensions: tripartite concertation; cross-industry social dialogue; sectoral social dialogue; and employee representation at community-scale firms. The findings substantiate that European industrial relations constitute an incomplete but perfectly traceable layer of multi-level regulation, with harmonization effects over time on labour and working conditions in Europe.

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