The impact of crisis and restructuring on employment relations in banking: The cases of France, Luxembourg and Romania.

Patrick Thill, Vassil Kirov

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Abstract

This article discusses the dynamics of collective bargaining in the management of restructuring, drawing on the example of the banking sector in France, Luxembourg and Romania. We show that the organized decentralization of the corporatist or statist models of France and Luxembourg helped sustain employment relations systems and cushion crisis effects. Bargaining outcomes included internal mobility and training. In Romania, by contrast, disorganized decentralization meant that solutions were left to the company level and to market forces.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)297-313
Number of pages17
JournalEuropean Journal of Industrial Relations
Volume24
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2018

Keywords

  • Banking
  • France
  • Luxembourg
  • Romania
  • bargaining
  • collective bargaining
  • decentralization
  • restructuring
  • trade unions

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