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- Title
Italian Trade Unions: Still Shifting between Consolidated Organizations and Social Movements?
- Authors
Regalia, Ida
- Abstract
This article discusses the current characteristics of trade unionism in Italy. First, however, attention is paid to the initial imprinting of the model, which stemmed from the circumstances in which the trade unions were reconstituted at the end of WWII, and whose far-reaching consequences are still apparent today. In fact, because of original divisions along ideological lines, and within a context of enduring voluntarism and low institutionalisation, the Italian trade unions, which acquired large followings and strong organizational capacity and influence over time, still tend to oscillate between behaving as either organizations or social movements according to convenience and to pressures applied by the rank and file.
- Subjects
ITALY; LABOR unions; VOLUNTEER service; CONFEDERAZIONE generale italiana del lavoro; POLITICAL parties &; society
- Publication
Management Revue, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 4, p386
- ISSN
0935-9915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0935-9915-2012-4-386