Le syndicalisme au Nicaragua depuis le retour du Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (2007-2016)

Abstract

In an historical approach and in the distinction between social movement and institution, the article deals with the relationships between Trade Union and the Nicaraguan State since the Sandinistas returned to power in 2007. Refering to the three-party labour relations pattern (between the State, the employers and the trade unions), the article first analyses Trade Union as a political and economical actor and next its function in the economic development model of the Sandinistas Government of Reconcilation and National Unity. Next this work focuses on the birth and development of the Confederation of Self-employed Workers. The article examines the ambivalence of a new form of Trade Union and how the state aims at organizing and in the end controlling most informal workers.

Keywords

• State
• trade unionism
• sandinism