Conference
The Interregional Trade Union Councils (IRTUC) and the cross-border workers: The cases of the Galicia-Norte de Portugal and Alentejo-Extremadura IRTUCs
| العنوان: | The Interregional Trade Union Councils (IRTUC) and the cross-border workers: The cases of the Galicia-Norte de Portugal and Alentejo-Extremadura IRTUCs |
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| المؤلفون: | Alves, P., Rego, R., Pérez, M. |
| المساهمون: | Iva Pires, Eduardo Medeiros |
| بيانات النشر: | APDR |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| المجموعة: | Repositório do ISCTE-IUL (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Border regions, Cross-border cooperation, IRTUC, Migrant workers, Trade unions |
| الوصف: | As some literature states, the border regions tended to be neglected by the European countries and by the social actors for a long time (Magone, 2006). This attitude only changed with the beginning of the European integration process. Since then, the cooperation between cross-border regions and the deepening of their interdependence and integration was seen as a key factor for the success of the integration. The trade union movement does not stay apart from this process. In 1976, the first Interregional Trade Union Council (IRTUC) was born in the borders of Germany, France and Luxemburg. According to Prince and Magone, one of the most important tasks of the IRTUCs is related with the problems that affect the cross-border migrant workers, mainly the issues of equal treatment in terms of wages, social security, recognition of skills, taxation, etc., taking into account the disparities that characterise the cross-border regions. Prince and Hammer (2010) also states that the IRTUCs are focused in ensuring that the legal and administrative frameworks and collective agreements, which are diverse in the different sides of the borders, are applied in order to avoid social dumping. With their activities of information and legal advice they build trust and solidarity among the workers. For Hammer, IRTUCs also contribute to enhance trade union capacities, by facilitating and support cross-border networks at sectoral and company level, and have a role of political representation facing to the regional authorities. For Prince, some of the IRTUCs have evolved gradually for a more broadened range of activities, acting in the fields of employment and social policy, vocational training, regional development and the environment and Noack (2001) refers that they can range from a mere “network node” to an “interregional social partner” with a key function in the regional development. Portugal and Spain share a long border of over 1 000Km subject to a “double periphery” (Covas, 1997) in respect both to their countries and to the ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | conference object |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-989-8780-01-0 989-8780-01-0 |
| Relation: | PEst-OE/SADG/UI3127/2013; Proceedings of the 20th APDR Congress; Alves, P., Rego, R., & Pérez, M. (2014).The Interregional Trade Union Councils (IRTUC) and the cross-border workers: The cases of the Galicia-Norte de Portugal and Alentejo-Extremadura IRTUCs. Em Iva Pires, Eduardo Medeiros (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th APDR Congress (pp.1-21). APDR. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/25843; http://hdl.handle.net/10071/25843 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/25843 |
| Rights: | openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.D4307C5C |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| ردمك: | 9789898780010 9898780010 |
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