Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015

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Marticorena, Clara; D'urso, Lucila Florencia
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2022
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The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically the importance of union strategies as a moderatingvariable between unions’ structural and associational power and their bargaining and mobilisationpower. To this end, we selected three unions, one from each of three strategic industrial sectors inthe Argentinian national economy – automotive, chemical and edible oils – and analysed theirdynamics of collective bargaining and labour conflict in the 2003–2015 period. The research isbased on a review of secondary sources (collective bargaining agreements and conflict databases)as well as primary sources (semi-structured interviews with managers, trade union leaders, workerrepresentatives and activists). Whereas workers in each of these sectors have a similarly high degreeof structural power, we observed differences among the sectors in working, wage andorganisational conditions. These differences are associated with three different union strategies forbuilding union power, which we identify as partnership, confrontational and combative.
Fil: Marticorena, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales; Argentina
Fil: D'urso, Lucila Florencia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Posición estratégica
Poder sindical
Estrategias sindicales
Argentina
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spelling Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015Marticorena, ClaraD'urso, Lucila FlorenciaPosición estratégicaPoder sindicalEstrategias sindicalesArgentinahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically the importance of union strategies as a moderatingvariable between unions’ structural and associational power and their bargaining and mobilisationpower. To this end, we selected three unions, one from each of three strategic industrial sectors inthe Argentinian national economy – automotive, chemical and edible oils – and analysed theirdynamics of collective bargaining and labour conflict in the 2003–2015 period. The research isbased on a review of secondary sources (collective bargaining agreements and conflict databases)as well as primary sources (semi-structured interviews with managers, trade union leaders, workerrepresentatives and activists). Whereas workers in each of these sectors have a similarly high degreeof structural power, we observed differences among the sectors in working, wage andorganisational conditions. These differences are associated with three different union strategies forbuilding union power, which we identify as partnership, confrontational and combative.Fil: Marticorena, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales; ArgentinaFil: D'urso, Lucila Florencia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaMcMaster University2022-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/202271Marticorena, Clara; D'urso, Lucila Florencia; Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015; McMaster University; Global Labour Journal; 13; 3; 9-2022; 281-3041918-6711CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/article/view/4929info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.15173/glj.v13i3.4929info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:59:41Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/202271instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:59:41.757CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
title Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
spellingShingle Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
Marticorena, Clara
Posición estratégica
Poder sindical
Estrategias sindicales
Argentina
title_short Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
title_full Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
title_fullStr Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
title_full_unstemmed Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
title_sort Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marticorena, Clara
D'urso, Lucila Florencia
author Marticorena, Clara
author_facet Marticorena, Clara
D'urso, Lucila Florencia
author_role author
author2 D'urso, Lucila Florencia
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Posición estratégica
Poder sindical
Estrategias sindicales
Argentina
topic Posición estratégica
Poder sindical
Estrategias sindicales
Argentina
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically the importance of union strategies as a moderatingvariable between unions’ structural and associational power and their bargaining and mobilisationpower. To this end, we selected three unions, one from each of three strategic industrial sectors inthe Argentinian national economy – automotive, chemical and edible oils – and analysed theirdynamics of collective bargaining and labour conflict in the 2003–2015 period. The research isbased on a review of secondary sources (collective bargaining agreements and conflict databases)as well as primary sources (semi-structured interviews with managers, trade union leaders, workerrepresentatives and activists). Whereas workers in each of these sectors have a similarly high degreeof structural power, we observed differences among the sectors in working, wage andorganisational conditions. These differences are associated with three different union strategies forbuilding union power, which we identify as partnership, confrontational and combative.
Fil: Marticorena, Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Laborales; Argentina
Fil: D'urso, Lucila Florencia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description The aim of this paper is to analyse empirically the importance of union strategies as a moderatingvariable between unions’ structural and associational power and their bargaining and mobilisationpower. To this end, we selected three unions, one from each of three strategic industrial sectors inthe Argentinian national economy – automotive, chemical and edible oils – and analysed theirdynamics of collective bargaining and labour conflict in the 2003–2015 period. The research isbased on a review of secondary sources (collective bargaining agreements and conflict databases)as well as primary sources (semi-structured interviews with managers, trade union leaders, workerrepresentatives and activists). Whereas workers in each of these sectors have a similarly high degreeof structural power, we observed differences among the sectors in working, wage andorganisational conditions. These differences are associated with three different union strategies forbuilding union power, which we identify as partnership, confrontational and combative.
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Marticorena, Clara; D'urso, Lucila Florencia; Strategic Position and Trade Union Power: A Comparative Study of the Automotive, Chemical-Petrochemical and Oil Sectors in Argentina, 2003-2015; McMaster University; Global Labour Journal; 13; 3; 9-2022; 281-304
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