THE DECLINING POWER OF BULGARIAN TRADE UNIONS IN THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SOCIETY
THE DECLINING POWER OF BULGARIAN TRADE UNIONS IN THE PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SOCIETY

Author(s): Marieta Hristova
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Bulgarian trade unions;union density;union members;declining power;ESS;
Summary/Abstract: The goal of this report is to examine how the power of trade unions in Bulgaria has been declining over the past decades paralleled by similar European processes. Proof of this thesis includes indicators such as trade union density, coverage of collective bargaining, degree of centralization and decentralization of negotiation, etc. Data from the European Social Survey – fifth wave (2010) is analyzed to give an indication who and what the trade union members are and what are the factors that define the status of the workers as union members. The biggest challenges for trade unions are to cope with various changes that occur in the nature, content, and organization of work, employment and division of labour, as well as changing working, economic, cultural and social relationships.

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