Challenges for trade unions in the era of the current economic crisis in the European Union Cover Image

Wyzwania dla związków zawodowych w dobie bieżącego kryzysu ekonomicznego w Unii Europejskiej
Challenges for trade unions in the era of the current economic crisis in the European Union

Author(s): Dariusz Leszczyński
Subject(s): Economy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Globalization
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: globalization; financial crisis; unionization; neoliberalism; a crisis of trade unions;

Summary/Abstract: The economic processes experienced by European Union member states are clearly simultaneous in that the relative increase in the GDP of Northern Europe coincides with the dissolving structures in the South, manifested both in economic collapse and social discontent. Unemployment and all kinds of adverse phenomena that are related to it provide a foundation for dangerous conflicts, capable of disorganizing and devastating any society. Such conflicts are frequently augmented by structural and institutional crises, in particular in the areas devoid of innovative stimuli where production capacity is underused and alternatives absent. Apart from the negative economic development that has affected all countries to some extent, it is equally important to address the area of social relations comprising labor market and challenges related to the new form of social system where all the parties to the dispute are obliged to coexist.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 77-93
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish