Academic Year 2022/2023
- Docente: Giuseppe Cremonesi
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SPS/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Politics Administration and Organization (cod. 9085)
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from Sep 20, 2022 to Dec 01, 2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows the development of industrial relations, with particular reference to the historical evolution of union representation in Italy, the birth of trade unions and their internal functioning; It also includes the main characteristics of trade union trading techniques in the company and the prerogatives of corporate trade unions (RSA and RSU).
Course contents
- Industrial relations - I
Causes and historical context, Distinguishing elements, Development between the 1960s and ‘70s, Outlook
- Industrial relations – II
Legislation, Court decisions, Collective autonomy
- Trade Union – I
Organization, Representative system, Operational features
- Trade Union – II
Pluralism, Financing resources, Action
- Trade Union – III
Communication, CAF - Centres of fiscal assistance, RSU - Workplace Trade Union representatives
- Employers' organizations
Employer associations, Confindustria - Industry Trade Group, Cooperation, Commerce, Food and Agriculture
- Collective bargaining – I
Values and interests, Methodology, Practice on lifelike instances
- Collective bargaining – II
Social protocols and trilateral agreements, Inter-confederation level, Industrial Unionism level, Local or Company Unionism level
- Set-up theories
Company models, Management of humans resources, The company evolving
- The conflict
Antagonism, The different forms of struggle, The lockout
- Representative organizations and Politics
Trade Union autonomy, Management, Plan
- Economic and social policy
Categories, Development
- Communication
Methodology, Language, Means
- European and International cooperation
European Unionism, Unions entrenchment in the emerging markets, Trade Unions and international bodies
- Trade Union and public-sector employment
“Consociativismo”, Autonomous Unionism, The reform of collective bargaining
Readings/Bibliography
- M. Antonioli, Per una storia del sindacato in Europa, Mondadori, Milano 2012
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- M. Carrieri, I sindacati, Il Mulino 2012
- Marianna De Luca, Nel rispetto dei reciproci ruoli. Lineamenti di sotria della contrattazione collettiva in Italia, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 2013
Bibliografia facoltativa di approfondimento:
- M. Carrieri e T. Treu, Verso nuove relazioni industriali, Il Mulino 2013
- Mario Ricciardi, La Parabola, Clueb 2013
Teaching methods
Lectures with slides, simulations
Assessment methods
The exam is oral.
Teaching tools
Lessons mostly of traditional typology, partly characterized by simulations with active student participation. Interventions by external experts are also planned, which will contribute to integrating learning with the presentation of company case histories
Office hours
See the website of Giuseppe Cremonesi
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.