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The power of trade unions in industrial relations: the case of Lithuania
The power of trade unions in industrial relations: the case of Lithuania

Author(s): Asta Krašenkienė
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Kauno Technologijos Universitetas
Keywords: trade unions; power of trade unions; industrial relations

Summary/Abstract: While the trade unions of different countries as the collective participants of labour relations experience the period of decline or transformation, the research focus on the traditional elements of trade unions’ power as such the structure of the sector, membership, collective negotiation has been strenghened. The trade unions in Lithuania, on the general, have been underinvestigated. Therefore, the aim is to characterize them acording to the traditional measures of power in industrial relations in terms of sector’s structure, membership, collective negotiations and strikes.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 104-112
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English