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Unionism and Employer Power Strategies in S pain: Ethnography of a Labor Struggle in an Iron and Steel Firm
Author(s) -
Roca Beltrán,
Rodríguez Lluis
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anthropology of work review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.151
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1548-1417
pISSN - 0883-024X
DOI - 10.1111/awr.12040
Subject(s) - typology , power (physics) , workforce , sort , ethnography , capital (architecture) , trade union , labor relations , dilemma , business , political science , labour economics , sociology , economics , law , computer science , geography , epistemology , quantum mechanics , anthropology , information retrieval , physics , archaeology , philosophy
This article describes one case of trade union struggle in a mid‐sized iron and steel company in the province of C ádiz (southern S pain). The authors propose an analytical framework that emphasizes power in the relations between capital and labor. According to them, the sources of labor power must be identified in order to study workers and management tactics. The described episode of a union campaign is used to illustrate management strategies to control the workforce, prevent conflict, and fight unions. The article finally provides a typology of management strategies based on the sort of labor power they aim to counter.