Oñati Socio-Legal Series (May 2018)

Guaranteed Minimum Income

  • Eusebi Colàs-Neila,
  • Josep Fargas Fernández

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 109 – 127

Abstract

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Trade unions have developed a very important role guaranteeing minimum incomes through collective bargaining. However, after the last Great Recession and austerity policies imposed by the Troika on many countries, among which Spain, the traditional mechanism of fixing minimum wages has become less effective on many occasions. Nonetheless, it has been argued that trade unions are following various new paths in order to guarantee minimum wages, both in Spain and in comparative labour law, and these share several common trends. This paper aims to analyse these paths and which convergences in trade union practices and strategies can be detected in this field.

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