Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas
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Resumo: | Trade unions’ legitimacy is rooted in membership, since unions result from the organization of workers who found they were stronger through a collective voice. Accordingly, union representativeness has been assessed primarily through ‘density’ – the ratio of union members to the total workforce. We argue that density is crucial but insufficient. First, the decline in trade union membership jeopardizes internal legitimacy; second, unions have developed external legitimacy when acting beyond their members. Inspired by the multifaceted concept of ‘political representation’, we suggest a fairer approach which adds the composition of unions’ boards – beginning with gender – to density whenever unions act on behalf of all workers. Specifically, we contend that trade unions willing to take part in the European negotiations should adopt gender quotas on their boards. This approach is likely to stimulate equality in the labour market, while contributing to unions’ revitalization, thus fostering the quality of democratic institutions. |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotasTrade unionsgender quotasdensityrepresentationEuropean social dialogueTrade unions’ legitimacy is rooted in membership, since unions result from the organization of workers who found they were stronger through a collective voice. Accordingly, union representativeness has been assessed primarily through ‘density’ – the ratio of union members to the total workforce. We argue that density is crucial but insufficient. First, the decline in trade union membership jeopardizes internal legitimacy; second, unions have developed external legitimacy when acting beyond their members. Inspired by the multifaceted concept of ‘political representation’, we suggest a fairer approach which adds the composition of unions’ boards – beginning with gender – to density whenever unions act on behalf of all workers. Specifically, we contend that trade unions willing to take part in the European negotiations should adopt gender quotas on their boards. This approach is likely to stimulate equality in the labour market, while contributing to unions’ revitalization, thus fostering the quality of democratic institutions.SageRepositório da Universidade de LisboaRego, RaquelEspirito Santo, Ana2023-07-05T11:23:10Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/58435engRego, R., & Espírito-Santo, A. (2023). Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 29 (4), 415-4330959-680110.1177/09596801231187270info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T01:18:46Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/58435Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:08:44.147369Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas |
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Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas |
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Rego, Raquel |
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Rego, Raquel Espirito Santo, Ana |
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Espirito Santo, Ana |
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Rego, Raquel Espirito Santo, Ana |
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Trade unions gender quotas density representation European social dialogue |
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Trade unions gender quotas density representation European social dialogue |
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Trade unions’ legitimacy is rooted in membership, since unions result from the organization of workers who found they were stronger through a collective voice. Accordingly, union representativeness has been assessed primarily through ‘density’ – the ratio of union members to the total workforce. We argue that density is crucial but insufficient. First, the decline in trade union membership jeopardizes internal legitimacy; second, unions have developed external legitimacy when acting beyond their members. Inspired by the multifaceted concept of ‘political representation’, we suggest a fairer approach which adds the composition of unions’ boards – beginning with gender – to density whenever unions act on behalf of all workers. Specifically, we contend that trade unions willing to take part in the European negotiations should adopt gender quotas on their boards. This approach is likely to stimulate equality in the labour market, while contributing to unions’ revitalization, thus fostering the quality of democratic institutions. |
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Rego, R., & Espírito-Santo, A. (2023). Beyond density: Improving European trade unions’ representativeness through gender quotas. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 29 (4), 415-433 0959-6801 10.1177/09596801231187270 |
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