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Collective actions on the margins of the salariat

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  • Marie-Christine Bureau

    (LISE-CNAM, Paris, France)

  • Antonella Corsani

    (IDHES-UMR 8533, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)

Abstract

In light of the renewed expansion of independent work and the blurring of the boundaries between wage labour and independence, the emergence of new collective actors in the space between wage labour and independent work/contracting is of critical significance. In this article we propose to highlight two experiences of collective action, both in France. On the one hand, we examine the Intermittent and Precarious Workers Coordination and, on the other, the project launched by a Coopérative d’Activité et d’Emploi (CAE: employment and activity cooperative or BEC: Business and Employment Cooperative) with the aim of evolving towards a ‘work mutuality’. While quite different with regard to their origins and means of mobilisation, these experiences nevertheless share two common significant traits: they are both what we term ‘instituting factories’ ( fabriques instituantes ); and they both experiment with non-hierarchical forms of decision-making, organisation and collaboration. We attempt to shed light on the background of these two experiences of collective action whose origins are rooted in professional situations on the margins of the salariat , as well as upon the innovative displacements they introduce into the working world by re-interrogating forms of workplace democracy.

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  • Marie-Christine Bureau & Antonella Corsani, 2018. "Collective actions on the margins of the salariat," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 24(3), pages 279-295, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:24:y:2018:i:3:p:279-295
    DOI: 10.1177/1024258918775505
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    1. Antonella Corsani, 2012. "Autonomie et hétéronomie dans les marges du salariat. Les journalistes pigistes et les intermittents du spectacle porteurs de projets," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00964483, HAL.
    2. Antonella Corsani, 2012. "Autonomie et hétéronomie dans les marges du salariat. Les journalistes pigistes et les intermittents du spectacle porteurs de projets," Post-Print hal-00964483, HAL.
    3. Marie-Christine Bureau & Antonella Corsani, 2012. "La maîtrise du temps comme enjeu de lutte : l'exemple des intermittents du spectacle," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00762036, HAL.
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    1. Marie-Christine Bureau & Patrick Dieuaide, 2018. "Institutional change and transformations in labour and employment standards," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 24(3), pages 261-277, August.
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