Labor Relations and Trade Unionism

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A. Identify the main theoretical approaches in the literature on labor relations and trade unionism. B. Understand the institutional action instruments of worker and employer representatives in regulating the labor market. C. Comprehend historically and comparatively the role of social actors in labor relations. D. Reflect on current problems and future challenges for labor relations, trade unionism, and employer associations. Develop an introductory knowledge of the broad field, literature, and various approaches to labor relations, trade unionism, and employer associations. Develop the ability to analyze current problems in labor relations, trade unionism, and employer associations. 1. Introduction and contextualization of key concepts and theories of labor relations and trade unionism. 2. Social dialogue and democracy. 3. Industrial democracy: various forms of worker representation and collective bargaining. 4. From Fordist regulation to neoliberal deregulation of employment relations. 5. Labor conflicts, protest, and strikes. 6. Trade unions and employer associations as bureaucratic organizations. 7. The crisis and revitalization of trade unionism. 8. Patterns of labor relations and the European social model. 9. Labor relations in Portugal. 10. New social actors, new forms of collective action, and the future of labor relations. This is the first in a sequence of courses that seeks