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Between consolidation and crisis: divergent pressures and sectoral trends in Poland

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  • Guglielmo Meardi

    (University of Warwick)

  • Vera Trappmann

    (Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg)

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This article describes the evolution of social dialogue and collective bargaining in Poland between 2008 and 2012, arguing that the effects of the crisis have been asymmetrical in two ways. First, while Poland is the only EU country to have avoided recession in macroeconomic terms, the crisis has actually disproportionately affected labour through higher unemployment and worsening employment conditions. Secondly, in a decentralized system like the Polish one, effects of the crisis have differed by sector. Sectors exposed to international competition such as the automotive and steel sectors have suffered from job losses and major restructuring, while services and construction have withstood better. While social dialogue has been temporarily re-legitimized during the crisis, it plays only a sporadic role.

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  • Guglielmo Meardi & Vera Trappmann, 2013. "Between consolidation and crisis: divergent pressures and sectoral trends in Poland," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 19(2), pages 195-204, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:19:y:2013:i:2:p:195-204
    DOI: 10.1177/1024258913480900
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    1. Christian Dustmann & Tommaso Frattini & Anna Rosso, 2015. "The Effect of Emigration from Poland on Polish Wages," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 117(2), pages 522-564, April.
    2. Guglielmo Meardi, 2007. "Restructuring in an enlarged Europe: challenges and experiences," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 13(2), pages 253-266, May.
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    1. Maarten Keune, 2021. "Inequality between capital and labour and among wage-earners: the role of collective bargaining and trade unions," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 27(1), pages 29-46, February.
    2. Vera Glassner, 2013. "Central and eastern European industrial relations in the crisis: national divergence and path-dependent change," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 19(2), pages 155-169, May.

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