Pulignano, ValeriaOrtiz Gervasi, Luisde Franceschi, Fabio2019-01-082019-01-082016Pulignano V, Ortiz Gervasi L, de Franceschi F. Union responses to precarious workers: Italy and Spain compared. Eur J Ind Relat. 2016 Mar 1;22(1):39-55. DOI: 10.1177/09596801156214100959-6801http://hdl.handle.net/10230/36215Transformations of European labour markets and welfare systems have deepened the problem of precarious work, leading trade unions to develop strategies to represent and organize the workers affected. We focus on Italy and Spain, two of the countries with the most precarious labour markets in Europe, and address the specificity and variety of union responses. We relate these responses to the different institutional contexts, including employment and welfare regulation, and the power resources unions can draw upon.application/pdfeng© Valeria Pulignano, Luis Ortiz Gervasi, Fabio de Franceschi, Union responses to precarious workers: Italy and Spain compared, European Journal of Industrial Relations. 2016 Mar 1;22(1):39-55. Copyright © 2016 SAGE Publications. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680115621410 The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in European Journal of Industrial Relations, 22/1, Dec/2015 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680115621410Atypical workComparative industrial relationsLabour marketPower resourcesPrecarious workTrade unionsWelfareinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess