Des négociations entravées

Adapting While Resisting: the Ambivalence of Union Action in the Face of Lean Production

“…Particularly strong in France, the decentralization of collective bargaining has effectively resulted in a considerable increase in the number of negotiations organized in companies. We observe in this situation that unionists invest differently and selectively in negotiations (Bloch-London and Pélisse, 2008) according to the degree they feel concerned by the topics discussed and/or judge more or less useful to seize upon (Giraud and Ponge, 2016). Unionists did not perceive these negotiations on job arduousness as an opportunity to create a discussion and to mobilize workers regarding work organization; they were seen as technical negotiations that allowed little room to act on the modes of organizing work imposed by the financial logic of the groups, and about which it would be difficult to inspire employees.…”

Bargained Equality: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Workplace Gender Equality Agreements and Plans in France

“…Qualitatively, state‐managed bargaining can encourage employers to invest in equality bargaining in the absence of other strong pressures for action, and to create dynamics of negotiation where they did not previously exist or were only weakly present. However, for state‐driven bargaining more generally, it is observed that employers are able to direct local bargaining processes to escape legislative control (Giraud and Ponge ). Even where they are formally compliant with obligations to bargain they may be delivering weak agreements which provide little in the way of concrete actions or additional protections beyond legal minima.…”