Guaranteed minimum income: new spaces for trade union action

Colàs-Neila, Eusebi; Fargas Fernández, Josep

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1015

Guaranteed minimum income: new spaces for trade union action

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Colàs-Neila E, Fargas Fernández J. Guaranteed minimum income: new spaces for trade union action. Oñati Socio-legal Series. 2019;9(1):109-27. DOI: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1015

Abstract

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.