Vincent-Arnaud Chappe, Jean-Michel Denis
, Cécile Guillaume, Sophie Pochic
The end of union discrimination? Legal battles and negotiated practices
Editions du Croquant, 2019, 255p.
The 2008 laws on trade union representation reform and the 2015 laws on social dialogue
introduced new obligations for companies to negotiate
the "reconciliation" of union and professional activities. How can we explain this
sudden attention paid by the public authorities to "union discrimination"? Are we witnessing
a historic break with French-style industrial relations?
Based on six case studies of large companies with contrasting social practices,
this book shows how the negotiation of agreements on union rights and "management
is also a response to the growth in litigation, led
particularly by the CGT since the 1990s, which have contributed to a greater awareness
among trade unionists of their rights.
While these company agreements now provide better protection for the most committed representatives
in the social dialogue process, who sign agreements, they do not radically change
the management practices on the ground, which continue to stigmatize grassroots union members
, especially when they oppose restructuring or denounce the deterioration
working conditions through protest practices.