Les syndicats dans les entreprises coopératives

Abstract

Cooperative enterprises emphasize their “moral” dimension in the Durkheimian sense, because their primary vocation is to serve the collective interest of their members. Based on a survey of several industrial cooperative enterprises, this article describes the difficulties encountered by trade unionists in these companies, where each member is expected to occupy the position of employee, decision-maker and shareholder simultaneously. The aim is to shed light on the moral dilemmas faced by member-unionists, and to show how these dilemmas lead to a redefinition of union functions.

Keywords

• trade union
• cooperative enterprise
• collective membership